Happy Ginger Day weekend Great Falls!

Enjoy the sunshine and see you all at ArtsFest activities this week!

NPR: As people lose coverage amid Medicaid ‘unwinding,’ states work to expand access

Reuters: Utilities give clean energy investors a boost over solar

The Washington Post: Half of Puerto Rico has no electricity after Ernesto, utility reports

The Economist: Russia’s double-punch back against Ukraine’s shock raid

The Virginian-Pilot: Cellphones banned from ‘bell-to-bell’ in draft of Virginia guidelines

The New York Times: New public art rides the rails in Chicago, timed to the convention

The Washington Post: Kremlin response to Kursk incursion shows how Putin freezes in a crisis

The New Yorker: Infiltrating the far right

Curbed: Why are we still making unshaded playgrounds?

The Economist: How the young should invest

Politico: Right on red: The culture war comes for traffic lights

The Washington Post: How superblocks can help your neighborhood feel less like a traffic circle [opinion]

The New Yorker: An ode to Old Bay, the great American condiment (Jenn’s favorite seasoning)

Washington State Standard: Fentanyl detection K-9s: WA’s latest tool in the fight against opioids

Mother Jones: U.S. approves $20 billion more in weapons for Israel—as the death toll in Gaza reaches 40,000

The New York Times: To solve its housing crisis, Britain turns to an old idea: new towns

The Washington Post: Five people were charged in connection with actor Matthew Perry’s 2023 overdose death, Justice Department confirms

The Economist: Is Western culture stopping people from growing up?

The New York Times: The owners of an Iowa hog farm are switching to mushrooms