AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoMeta child-safety backlash meets investor silence: A new wave of social-media addiction and youth mental-health lawsuits is pushing courts to let cases move forward, with Meta now standing out as the last major defendant after YouTube, Snap, and TikTok reached settlements in a Kentucky school-district fight—while a separate report says investors grilled Meta on AI spending and never asked about the platform’s structural risks to kids. GAO contract stay fight: A legal debate is sharpening over when agencies can override the automatic pause that usually follows a GAO protest, with “urgent and compelling” determinations at the center. New Mexico water fixes: Las Vegas, NM is set to break ground this summer on the first phase of a water treatment plant after fire-driven contamination and shutdowns. Medicaid work requirements go AI: NM joins a small set of states already using AI to handle the new 80-hours-a-month verification rules. Data-center pressure builds: New research finds most consumers barely understand data centers and many oppose them over power costs and grid reliability. Tech + policy signals: Texas AG Jay Jones joins a coalition resisting EPA rollbacks on ethylene oxide limits.
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