State Auditor General Jack Wagner, state Sen. Jane Orie and other officials are urging the Legislature to require convicted sex offenders to wear ankle bracelets containing “global positioning system” technology for five years after being released from jail.

Mr. Wagner, a former state senator from Beechview, released a report today saying that in June, the state had “lost track of 923, or nearly 10 percent, of the state’s approximately 9,800 registered sex offenders.”  read more »