🌱 Patch AM: How is Mercer Island’s senator reshaping privacy rules for child care providers?

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• How is Mercer Island’s senator reshaping privacy rules for child care providers?

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• Friday: Cloudy with a little rain, temps: high: 51, low: 45.
• Saturday: Occasional morning rain, with a high of 54 and low of 45 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Controversy, debate intensifies regarding WA child care center fraud allegations – [your]NEWS (yournews.com) — A state bill from Sen. Lisa Wellman of Mercer Island would broaden privacy protections for licensed child care providers’ personal information, amid heated allegations of fraud at some Washington centers. The proposal comes as state and federal officials, journalists, and advocates clash over investigations, harassment concerns, and transparency around child care subsidies and records.
   

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Saturday January 17

• Parent & Child: Out of This World Stories
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Sunday January 4

• Family Story Time
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Thursday January 8

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• Story Time at the Garden for Preschoolers
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Saturday January 3

• Journaling the Garden
  Sharp Cabin , 12001 Main St. , Bellevue
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  Newcastle Library , 12901 Newcastle Way , Renton
  11:15 am
• Intro to the Cricut
  Bellevue Library 1111 110th Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA 98004
  11:30 am
• Big Play Date
  Newport Way Library , 14250 SE Newport Way , Bellevue
  11:30 am
• Youth Nature Journaling Club
  The Aaron Education Center , 12001 Main St , Bellevue
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• A collision blocking the HOV lane on SR 99 northbound at 1st Ave S Bridge has been reported, and the 1st Ave S Bridge has reopened to traffic.
  5:10AM on Dec 31: A collision on SR 99 northbound at 1st Ave S Bridge is blocking the HOV lane. (Nextdoor )

• Chewy, Inc. posted a job opening for Associate Director, Site Merchandising Operations in Bellevue. Apply here.
• Target posted a job opening for Seasonal: Overnight Inbound (Stocking) (T3275) in Bellevue. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mercer Island here.

🗞 Nearby News

Bellevue

• This Porsche Looks Like It Was Designed By A Highlighter With ADHD (carscoops.com)
• Wakayama Delegation to Visit Seattle in February (napost.com)
• New Matcha Café Using AI Brewing Technology Opens in Bellevue (downtownbellevue.com)

Seattle

• Q&A: Incoming Seattle city attorney Erika Evans on how she will lead (seattletimes.com)

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