Minnesota lawmaker wants to ban job application criminal history question

(St. Paul, MN) -- Minnesota's State Senate Majority Leader Kari Dziedzic is proposing a measure to ban the box on job applications that asks about applicants' criminal background for state employees.

The ban is already in place in the private sector in Minnesota.

Dziedzic says the law should apply to state employees as well.

Skeptics say so-called "ban the box" laws actually hurt employment chances for people of color.