How Ketanji Brown Jackson will recast the Supreme Court
With Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation comes a new version of the Supreme Court. White men for the first time will no longer make up a majority. The oldest and longest-serving justice is Black. Women will be as close to parity as is possible on a nine-member bench, and in a government where the president is 79 and the speaker of the House is 82, the average age of a justice will be 61. Continue reading at The Washington Post. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
WA schools prepare for potential Russian cyberattacks
Alert to the heightened threat of Russian cyberattacks on U.S. targets after the invasion of Ukraine, the Seattle Public Schools district in the past several weeks has blocked web traffic from Russia, upgraded safety firewall services and hired an additional antivirus company. “The biggest problem is that schools are an easy target,” said April Mardock, the district’s cybersecurity manager. “Russia could release a whole bunch of attack bots, and they can do a good job of using them to go after lots of computers remotely.” Continue reading at Crosscut. (Chris Zoeller/The Courier via AP)
Inslee Signs Legislation Boosting Access To Community-based Behavioral Health Treatment Into Law
Last week, Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation into law that will improve access to community-based treatment for people with serious behavioral health issues and make it easier for families to get their loved one’s care when they need it, without hospitalization. The bill, HB 1773, introduced by State Rep. Jamila Taylor (D-Federal Way), streamlines the process for assisted outpatient treatment (AOT) — a court-ordered treatment in the community, instead of an inpatient setting — and expands who can receive this care Continue reading at Seattle Medium.
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