Enjoy the sunshine this weekend Great Falls, even if it’s a bit blustery.

Here’s this week’s reading list.

National League of Cities: Cities Financial Report 2024

The Washington Post: Montana Ranger comes forward with account of Tim Sheehy gun incident

The New York Times: Musk’s $1 million offer raises new legal questions

The Economist: America’s economy is bigger and better than ever

The Washington Post: How Trump may try to challenge the election results if he loses again

Associated Press: Teen smoking just hit an all-time low in the U.S., CDC reports

Stateline: Overdose deaths are down nationally, but up in many Western states

The Washington Post: Georgia judge blocks requirement that counties hand-count ballots

Texas Public Radio: The Texas Supreme Court blocks Robert Roberson’s execution

The Washington Post: The U.S.-Mexico border, the wall and the thousands of acres between them

Reuters: Boeing strike, Hurricane Helene weigh on U.S. industrial production

Associated Press: After hurricane, with no running water, residents organize to meet a basic need

Cascade PBS: Washington unveils five-year plan to ease record-high homelessness

The New York Times: The secretive dynasty that controls the Boar’s Head brand

NPR: Walgreens is closing stores; CVS is announcing layoffs. Here’s why.

The Washington Post: Grand jury formally indicts alleged Georgia school shooter, 14, and his father on dozens of additional charges

The Economist: Vladimir Putin’s spies are plotting global chaos

Florida Phoenix: U.S. judge blocks DeSantis admin’s threats to broadcasters over Amendment 4 ads

NPR: A public library in Ohio is helping entrepreneurs — and the economy

Bloomberg: Dinosaur bones are selling for millions and scientists are worried

The Atlantic: Could your first EV be the last car you ever buy?

The Washington Post: Who uses public libraries the most? There’s a divide by religion — and politics — our Department of Data found

KFF Health News: Mountain town confronts an unexpected public health catastrophe

Associated Press: Midwest chicken farmers struggle to feed flocks after sudden closure of processor

Tampa Bay Times: After two hurricanes, Tampa Bay restaurants brace for an uncertain future

KFF Health News: Millions of aging Americans are facing dementia by themselves

The Washington Post: Plan for more housing exposes a schism in a deep-blue Maryland county

Associated Press: A historically Black community grapples with lasting impacts after Baltimore bridge collapse

Bloomberg: Cities look to AI to flag residents’ trash and recycling mistakes

The Economist: Sorry you feel that way: why passive aggression took over the world

The New York Times: Lawmakers ignore abuses in India’s sugar industry because they run it

The Atlantic: Eat your vegetables like an adult

The Dial: U.S. fast food conquered the world; now it’s gone local

The New York Times: At the grocery store, blinded by the light of the ‘health halo’

Reuters: U.S. solar, storage growth clipped by labor shortages