Sunday Reads: March 8

Billings Gazette: City to hold April 13 public hearing on public land sales

Ocean State Media: RI Attorney General releases bombshell report on clergy sexual abuse in Providence Diocese

The Atlantic: The great crime decline is happening all across the country

CNN: Six US troops killed in Iran war brought home in dignified transfer

The New York Times: Analysis suggests school was hit amid U.S. strikes on Iranian nbase

The Washington Post: How a DHS shooting of a third U.S. citizen went unnoticed for months

PBS News: Trump replacing Noem as Homeland Security secretary

Associated Press: Russia gave Iran information that could help strikes on U.S. military

The Economist: How the latest regional conflict is reshaping the Middle East 

The Economist: The Iran war in maps and charts

The Washington Post: Federal judge rules Kari Lake unlawfully ran U.S. media agency, voiding Voice of America layoffs

NPR: No lawsuits required: U.S. Customs is working on a system to refund tariffs

Reuters: U.S. judge to meet parties on Trump-tariff refunds in closed-door ‘settlement conference’

The Washington Post: U.S. national security offices, weakened by firings, confront Mideast war

The Wall Street Journal: World food prices rise for first time in five months, U.N. FAO says

MPR News: General Mills says it’s removed synthetic dyes from food produced for K-12 schools

Route Fifty: Iran-linked hacktivists could target governments, experts warn

The New York Times: The allure of ‘slop bowls’ fades as consumers tighten spending

ProPublica: What emergency managers say they need more than ever

Associated Press: Trump administration launches Medicaid fraud probe in New York

The New York Times: Board delays vote on trump’s ballroom amid deluge of public criticism

Route Fifty: Strength in numbers: Nonprofit launches consortium to improve public health data and outcomes

Associated Press: Elon Musk’s proposed Tesla tunnel loop met with opposition by Nashville metro council

StateScoop: Iran war will bring wave of ‘low-level cyber activity,’ says intelligence group

Foreign Affairs: Trump’s way of war