Washington students may be leaving behind $50 million in federal aid
About $50 million in federal aid has been left on the table by Washington students that never filed a FAFSA, according to the office of the Governor. Low and middle-income families can find that the cost of college is either completely or significantly covered after aid. State programs also support students that choose technical education or apprenticeships. Many students ineligible for federal aid can still receive state aid, including undocumented immigrants and people that owe repayment of federal grants. Continue reading at KXLY. (Alexander Mils)
Recycling plastic is practically impossible — and the problem is getting worse
Waste management experts say the problem with plastic is that it is expensive to collect and sort. There are now thousands of different types of plastic, and none of them can be melted down together. Plastic also degrades after one or two uses. Greenpeace found the more plastic is reused the more toxic it becomes. An NPR investigative report found in 2020 that industry officials misled the public about the recyclability of plastic even though their own reports showed they knew as early as the 1970s and 1980s that plastic could not be economically recycled. Continue reading at KNKX. (Laura Sullivan)
Investigation finds software company’s algorithm could be artificially inflating rent prices in Seattle
A software company and nine property management groups are being accused of artificially inflating rents. An investigation found the software that sparked the lawsuit is used by management companies in Seattle. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District County in San Diego by renters. It alleges the property management companies and Texas-based software company RealPage formed a cartel to artificially inflate rent prices and decrease the supply of multifamily real estate in violation of federal law. ProPublica’s investigation found that “70% of apartments [in Belltown] were overseen by just 10 property managers, every single one of which used pricing software sold by RealPage.” Continue reading at KING 5.
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