Lawmakers target child labor laws to ease worker shortage
A teenager bagging groceries in a Publix grocery store in Miami Beach, Fla., in June. Photo: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesLegislators in multiple states are invoking a widespread labor shortage to push bills that would weaken long-standing child labor laws.Why it matters: Some bills go beyond expanding eligibility or working hours for run-of-the-mill