State Legislatures Lack Public Records Of Misconduct Claims

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Over the past 15 months, state lawmakers in Texas and across the nation have been forced from office, removed from leadership roles, reprimanded or publicly accused of sexual misconduct in a mounting backlash against misbehavior by those in power.
Yet the majority of state legislative chambers have no publicly available records of any sexual misconduct claims over the past decade. They say no complaints were made, no tally was kept, or they don’t