Christine Pitts says there’s a simple reason why Oregon kids don’t know how to read. No one is checking how they’re taught.

Kaylee has been through a lot since she was sent to a locked youth treatment center in St. George, Utah, six years ago. But she can still remember the feeling she had during the emergency child ...

Facing negligence lawsuits, the state has sometimes sued parents not otherwise accused of their children’s abuse. Oregon’s ...