Here’s this week’s reading list. Cheers to the weekend Great Falls.

Associated Press: Kansas county agrees to pay $3 million and apologize over law enforcement raid on newspaper

Associated Press: Voters’ anger at high electricity bills and data centers looms over 2026 midterms

Reuters: Shein sex doll scandal shines light on marketplaces’ dark corners

The Washington Post: Anti-vaccine movement celebrates growing influence in Trump’s Washington

Associated Press: Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruit as pressure builds on consumer prices

Reuters: Major retailers promise a cheaper Thanksgiving, but there’s a twist

The New York Times: As low-income shoppers tighten belts further, businesses worry

Associated Press: Korean solar firm Qcells cuts pay for 1,000 Georgia workers as officials detain imports

AL.com: Alabama prison labor in Hyundai supply chain has devastating effect on wages, researchers say

Route Fifty: Nonprofit launches tool to help agencies field Medicaid, SNAP rule changes

Associated Press: SNAP timeline remains uncertain even as the government starts to reopen

ProPublica: Trump is undoing DOJ prosecutions from his first term

The New York Times: The penny dies at 232

KFF Health News: Conflicting advice on Covid shots likely to ding already low vaccine rates, experts warn

The New York Times: Trump Administration expected to drastically cut housing grants

The Economist: Democrats collapsed in the shutdown fight

CBS Texas: Dallas mayor says city should consider moving out of iconic City Hall even if it was designed by renowned architect

The Wall Street Journal: Chips held hostage in trade war start flowing again to auto suppliers

StateScoop: New Jersey’s ‘innovation report’ shows expanded use of AI across agencies

The Economist: See how Donald Trump is creating his own police force

Route Fifty: How Dakota State University looks to lead on growing the cyber workforce

Reuters: Meta plans $600 billion US spend as AI data centers expand

StateScoop: A 2008 whistleblower case could force AT&T to repay millions it took for school, library internet subsidies

Route Fifty: With Democrats in charge in Virginia, Spanberger targets lower energy bills — and higher costs for data centers

ABC News: Appeals court sides with parent group in fight over Ohio school district’s pronoun policy

L.A. Times: Facing Trump budget shortfalls and state cuts, University of California seeks $130 million state loan

The Wall Street Journal: The bear cup that’s causing brawls at Starbucks

The New York Times: Scratch cooking is not going to improve the American diet. Just ask the French.

The Bitter Southerner: All praise to the Lunch Ladies