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PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon needs to improve child safety with stronger background checks for child care workers and an improved sex offender registry, a state audit found. The Oregon Secretary of State ...

Background checks for school bus drivers need improvement, according to a new state audit that reinforces what NBC Connecticut Investigates reported two years ago. State auditors were studying ...

UPDATE 2/14/23 11:25 A.M.: LPSS has responded to the results of the annual external audit. In the results, LPSS addresses the findings saying, “A few findings did appear on the report and the majority ...