If nothing else, 20 years spent behind bars taught Cozie Welch that an education is the only thing given that cannot be taken away.

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee won’t schedule a hearing for a “ban the box” bill that would restrict employers from asking about job applicants’ criminal histories, dealing a death blow to the proposal.

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which goes into effect January 1, 2020, is considered the most expansive state privacy law in the United States.

A bill that would remove criminal history questions from initial job applications in the private sector is headed to the governor’s desk.

A bipartisan bill in the Iowa Legislature could ban public employers from seeking past criminal history from job applicants.

Indiana state senators have passed a bill dealing with how public libraries handle criminal background checks.

Prospective hires to the city of Atlanta will no longer have to answer questions about the history of their salaries on their job applications. 

Lincoln man says a felony conviction 20 years ago still hurts his job chances.

Background checks for unlicensed caregivers in Idaho aren’t effective at screening potential employees who have abused or neglected vulnerable adults in the past, according to findings from an Office of Performance Evaluations report.