AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoYouth Tech Settlement: Missouri is set to receive $100M–$150M from Meta’s $17.1B multistate settlement over claims Facebook and Instagram were designed to be addictive for kids, with required safety changes like daily time limits, “productive pauses,” nighttime blocks, and stronger age checks. Drought Watch: Severe drought has returned to parts of southwest Missouri (Newton, McDonald, Barry, Stone), with moderate drought spreading and heat threatening more dry conditions into early September. Data Center Backlash: A new review links data-center fights to election losses by incumbents, including one Missouri case, underscoring how local power, land-use, and electricity concerns are shaping ballot outcomes. Water & Health: Missouri lawmakers grilled Children’s Division leadership after foster-care deaths tied to placement failures, including a teen with diabetes and autism placed far from home. Local Climate/Weather: Southwest Missouri is also bracing for hotter late-summer conditions as forecasts warn heat could intensify drought impacts.
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