Here’s to a good week Great Falls. Here’s this week’s reading list.

KFF Health News: Boom, Now Bust: Budget Cuts and Layoffs Take Hold in Public Health

Reuters: U.S. fears Nippon bid for U.S. Steel could hit vital steel supplies

Slate: How the school bus got to a crisis point

NPR: Photos: How older adults navigate their health care needs in rural America

The Economist: What to do about America’s killer cars

Associated Press: CEOs of Albertsons and Kroger says shoppers would see lower prices after merger

Reuters: Surging grocery prices in focus as US tries to stop Kroger deal

The Economist: Fury erupts in China over a food-safety scandal

Route Fifty: More Americans go hungry after COVID relief measures end

The Nation: The immigrant workers taking on America’s largest meatpacker

Route Fifty: Cities are increasingly embracing violence interventions programs to control deadly violence

The Economist: The world’s next food superpower

Foreign Affairs: The Year of Elections Has Been Good for Democracy

Associated Press: Judge blocks Ohio from enforcing laws restricting medication abortions

Colorado Newsline: Gov. Polis signs property tax bill, ballot initiatives withdrawn

The Economist: Bad information is a grave threat to China’s economy

The New Yorker: Real-estate shopping for the apocalypse

Route Fifty: Trees aren’t just pretty to look at. They’re also good for yew.

L.A. Times: Worsening wildfires, rains have accelerated erosion across California

Reuters: Hershey attacks lawsuits targeting product packaging, seeks to end Reese’s case

Nebraska Examiner: Legislature passes slimmed-down property tax relief package, ends Nebraska’s special session

Georgia Recorder: Georgia lawmakers reconsider bills to hold adults accountable for firearm safety

The Washington Post: After a decade of free Alexa, Amazon now wants you to pay

The New York Times: NCAA and N.I.L money: How much do athletes make?

The Washington Post: New Orleans ordered to pay $1 million to teen sexually assaulted by cop

Associated Press: Restaurants are catering to a growing number of solo diners

The New Yorker: The unravelling of an expert on serial killers