The Virginia Department of Social Services expects to clear a backlog of criminal background checks by February 3.

For a hunter’s first rifle, one naturally chooses among the myriad center-fire cartridges and the arms that chamber them. But ...

Judge David Schenck calls out lax Texas laws that undermine public confidence in the courts, despite winning with support from deep-pocketed special interests.

Governor Maura Healey’s office rejected a Globe request for documents tied to the order, claiming they are confidential ...

An inspection of hotels and motels serving as state-run shelters for migrants and locals that Gov. Maura Healey ordered this ...

The Michigan State Police confirmed Tuesday the agency has been investigating an embezzlement matter involving a St. Clair ...

In an effort to prevent possibly dangerous people with mental illness from buying guns, Tennessee passed a law requiring court clerks to report involuntary mental health hospitalizations. A decade ...

Background checks have become an essential part of hiring. Whether you’re running a local business, managing a nonprofit, or leading a global company, finding the right software to handle these ...

Red states seem eager to follow Trump's immigration agenda, pushing for legislatures to increase law enforcement, restrict migrant access to services and more.

Governor Maura Healey’s administration acknowledged for the first time on Thursday that it has not been conducting full criminal background checks on the people staying in the state’s homeless ...

The New York legislature is in the early stages of considering a bill that would require people buying certain kinds of 3D printers to pass a background check.