In another narrative twist, a handful of Democrats voted to advance some of six bills and a Democrat carried one of those ...

A Lee Enterprises investigation found most states fail to protect vulnerable women and few law enforcement agencies punish the owners of the businesses, let alone go after their support networks.

Here’s how the Lee Enterprises Public Service team did a first-of-its-kind analysis of states’ efforts to protect women who are subject to sex trafficking at illicit massage parlors.