Lack of civil engineers a bottleneck for WA’s large transportation projects
The desperate clamor to hire civil engineers is a symptom of a larger shortage of civil engineers facing contractors in Washington and across the U.S. Opportunities for work are abundant at every level, but fewer people are graduating with civil engineering degrees while thousands more retire each year. Continue reading at Seattle Times. (Ken Lambert)
Washington’s new youth homelessness ‘Lifeline’ service lags
In 2021, nearly one in six of the approximately 7,300 youth and young adults — more than half of them people of color — exiting Washington state foster care, justice or behavioral health systems were homeless a year later. The Lifeline pilot was supposed to test whether the program could serve as a crucial safety net for those who have left state care and serve as a model for similar efforts elsewhere. But first the model has to work. Continue reading at Crosscut. (Caroline Walker Evans)
Meta sued by Washington, 41 other states for addictive features targeting children
Dozens of US states, including Washington state, are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for harming young people’s mental health and contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly designing features on Instagram and Facebook that addict children to its platforms. The lawsuit claims that Meta routinely collects data on children under 13 without their parents’ consent, in violation of federal law. In addition to the 33 states, nine other attorneys general are filing in their respective states, bringing the total number of states taking action to 42. Continue reading at KING 5 TV.
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