The Texas Department of Public Safety awarded Indentix Inc. an exclusive contract to provide statewide electronic fingerprinting services and related processing for licensing and employment purposes ...

Texas law requires food stamp applicants to be fingerprinted, but federal administrators say the state needs to speed up the process or risk losing funds. "One of the things I think Texas needs to do ...

AUSTIN — Educator groups fear a new Texas law requiring nearly all public school employees be fingerprinted as part of an extensive criminal background check may rid schools of otherwise good teachers ...

Texas DPS Director Steven McCraw (left) is a former FBI agent who wanted full fingerprints. He was appointed by Gov. Perry Some Texas lawmakers were angry when the Texas Department of Public Safety ...

KPRC 2 Investigates first exposed the problem last year when reporter Amy Davis explained how the DMV was allowing criminals to obtain car dealer licenses so they could access and sell the temporary ...

The Texas Department Of Public Safety is coming under fire for a new fingerprinting procedure. As of last months, DPS began collecting complete sets of fingerprints for people getting new Texas ...

The Texas DMV Board adopted a plan for stiffer background checks on people applying for Texas car dealer licenses Thursday, including fingerprinting applicants. This major change stems from a ...

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AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - An Austin City Council member who is a supporter of ride-hailing companies Uber [UBER.UL] and Lyft has filed a lawsuit to overturn a requirement for their drivers to undergo ...

(CN) - A federal judge in Dallas said state courts are better suited to rule on a lawsuit alleging the misuse of a Texas crime scene investigator's fingerprints. U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater ...