WA and other states sue TikTok, claiming it harms kids’ mental health
More than a dozen states and the District of Columbia have filed lawsuits against TikTok on Tuesday, alleging the popular short-form video app is harming youth mental health by designing its platform to be addictive to kids. The lawsuits stem from a national investigation into TikTok, which was launched in March 2022 by a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from many states, including Washington, New York, California, Kentucky and New Jersey. All of the complaints were filed in state courts. Continue reading at The Seattle Times. (Damian Dovarganes)
Child care subsidies expanding for some WA families
Starting next month, eligible families across Washington will gain access to new state support to help cover child care costs. The expanded assistance will be available under a state law approved earlier this year and will be open to families enrolled in subsidized state child care programs for children under 3 and to staff at state-run preschools to cover care costs for their own kids. Washington’s programs for infants to 3-year-olds provide full-day care for eligible children paid for by the state or federal government. Continue reading at The WA State Standard. (Getty Images)
Washington is building hundreds of EV chargers, but is it enough?
Washington recently embarked on a $100 million program to dramatically increase the number of public electric-vehicle charging stations in the state, adding hundreds of stations between the Idaho border and the Pacific Coast, in urban and rural areas like Oroville. That’s in addition to the private stations people install in their homes. Gov. Jay Inslee announced in February that more than 5,800 new public chargers at more than 500 different sites around the state would be built by mid-2026. Continue reading at Crosscut. (Lizz Giordano)
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