🌱 How Oakley Carlson’s case is shaping Washington’s child welfare reform fight

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• How Oakley Carlson’s case is shaping Washington’s child welfare reform fight

Today's riddle: Where do you learn how to make ice cream ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly cloudy and cooler, with a high of 62 and low of 42 degrees.
• Saturday: Clouds giving way to some sun, temps: high: 64, low: 41.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny and comfortable, with a high of 71 and low of 42 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• WATCH: More calls to reform child welfare law after death of four-year-old Aberdeen boy (everettpost.com) — Oakville residents are again seeing their town’s name tied to a tragic child welfare case, as lawmakers compare the disappearance of Oakley Carlson to the recent death of a four-year-old Aberdeen boy. The article details how Washington’s Keeping Families Together Act and current “imminent harm” standards are drawing sharp criticism from some legislators and foster families who say the law limits caseworkers’ ability to remove children from dangerous homes.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Every spring, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and permitted wildlife rehabilitators receive calls from concerned members of the public who find young wildlife alone, with no adult in sight.
  Has the baby animal been abandoned? What do you do? Should you intervene? Hundreds of young wild animals such as fawns, seal pups, and fledgling… (Nextdoor )
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  Management Division and others. Stay tuned in for more local events soon. (Nextdoor )

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🗞 Nearby News

Rochester

• Soap Lake senior Xavier Ewing takes second in state tournament (theolympian.com)
• Rochester man charged with criminal contempt after Ontario traffic stop (fingerlakes1.com)
• Summer House's Amanda Batula and West Wilson's Alleged Romance Timeline (theolympian.com)

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• Doubleblind article reveals that most 'Psychedelics Shamen' are full of shit .. who'd have guessed! (cannabislaw.report)
• Spec Rangers and Wingless Sprints to debut at Grays Harbor Raceway (thedailyworld.com)

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