Sunday Reads: March 7

Hope you enjoyed this dose of spring Great Falls.
Associated Press: Bye, Bismarck: 144 cities could lose status as metro areas (apnews.com)
The New York Times: Aging beer in a sunken ship sounded like a good idea. Thieves thought so too.
CityLab: Don’t flatten the curve on urban innovation
Vox: How Biden can rein in the Big Meat monopoly
NPR: Trump appointee at VOA parent paid law firm millions to investigate his own staff
The Missoulian: ‘It’s been a good run’: Missoulian press set for last print
The Daily Press: Newport News Shipbuilding launches submarine Montana
CityLab: The case for a duty to the city
The Economist: Between the spreadsheets
Axios: How memes became a major vehicle for misinformation
NPR: ‘More dangerous and more widespread:’ Conspiracy theories spread faster than ever
Vice: McDonald’s secretive intel team spies on ‘Fight for $15’ workers, internal documents show
Civil Eats: The COVID gardening renaissance depends on seeds—if you can find them
CityLab: Kamala Harris pushes plan to strengthen city infrastructure
The Hill: Cronkite signed off 40 years ago; it seems like an eon in news standards (opinion)
NPR: There are so many flavors of potato chips: ‘Hooked’ looks at why (book review)