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

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

A Do Not Sell registry would be entirely voluntary. Participants would not need a court order or psychiatric evaluation to ...

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

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 ...

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

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.