Bill would let some young people who are incarcerated transition to live in the community
It can be difficult for anyone who’s been incarcerated to readjust to life after getting out. A bill working its way through the Legislature would allow some young people in juvenile rehabilitation to serve part of their sentences in the community with the aim of facilitating a better transition. Continue reading at KNKX. (TVW)
Teens pushing WA Legislature to ban retail puppy sales
In the last legislative session, House Bill 1640 sought to ban pet retailers like Fairwood Pet Center from selling dogs and cats. Since breeding regulations from 2009 already prohibit the practices that constitute puppy mills and kitten factories, HB 1640 would have ended the supply chain that funnels out-of-state animals raised in these conditions without interfering with the federal rules of interstate commerce. Continue reading at Crosscut. (Dorothy Edwards)
Three bills that help families would help us all
We pay mass sums of money to put children in hotel rooms and nearly nothing to provide housing and food security to the parents we are taking them away from. Yes, simply being homeless or food insecure is considered neglect. And taking a child away from their loving parent can create trauma in children that will likely never get addressed. Continue reading at The Everett Herald.
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