Category Archives: Sunday Reads

Sunday Reads: Sept. 17

This week’s reading list. Here’s to a great week Great Falls. Associated Press: Teacher absences forcing Vegas-area school closures deemed an illegal strike, judge finds Vox: A bold new federal experiment in giving renters cash PBS NewsHour: Biden administration restores power of states, Native American tribes to block projects that endanger waterways The Economist: In America, lots of usable organs go unrecovered or

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Sunday Reads: Sept. 10

Enjoy the sunshine this weekend Great Falls! Here’s this week’s reading list. Associated Press: Congressional watchdog describes border wall harm, says agencies should work together to ease damage Richmond Times-Dispatch: Virginia: Youngkin announces plan to address learning loss KFF Health News: The shrinking number of primary care physicians is reaching a tipping point The Economist: America’s school day starts too early. That’s

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Sunday Reads: Sept. 3

Enjoy the long weekend Great Falls. The Washington Post: How this tiny rural town saved its only grocery store The Economist: A new nuclear arms race looms Reuters: Engineer shortage may harm U.S. plan to turn Vietnam into chips powerhouse The Atlantic: Retailers bet wrong on America’s feelings about stores NPR: School bus in fatal Ohio crash lacked seat belts. Most states don’t require

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Sunday Reads: Aug. 27

Here’s this week’s reading list. Hope everyone had a lovely weekend! The Economist: Why was RICO, a mafia-targeting act, used to charge Donald Trump? The New York Times: U.S. consumers are showing signs of stress, retailers say Route Fifty: Prevention pays off: How one city may soon end family homelessness Reuters: Highly mutated COVID variant found in new countries but pandemic in ‘a

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Sunday Reads: Aug. 20

Happy weekend Great Falls. Enjoy the cooler weather and get out to see the new murals installed downtown over the last week. Associated Press: Montana climate trial: Judge sides with young activists in first-of-its-kind trial The Economist: China’s deepening property crisis threatens trouble Associated Press: Utilities begin loading radioactive fuel into a second new reactor at Georgia nuclear plant Reuters: California probes

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Sunday Reads: Aug. 13

Billings Gazette: Rilie Tané repaints old ghost signs for Coke and ice company Associated Press: U.S. judge blocks new Illinois law allowing state to penalize anti-abortion counseling centers The Star Tribune: New law lets Minn. churches help homeless people by building tiny homes on property Reuters: U.S. inflation cooling as consumer prices rise moderately again Associated Press: Fargo challenges new North

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Sunday Reads: Aug. 6

Hope you enjoyed the cooler temperatures this weekend, here’s to a good week Great Falls. Flathead Beacon: Shelter WF holds informational meeting on tenant rights The Economist: Western values are steadily diverging from the rest of the world’s Associated Press: Former first-round NBA draft pick is sentenced to 10 years in prison in $4M health care fraud The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

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Sunday Reads: July 30

Stay cool out there Great Falls and beat the heat with this week’s reading list. The Washington Post: Vladimir Putin appeared paralyzed and unable to act in the first hours of the Wagner rebellion, intelligence officials say Flathead Beacon: Small batch brews The Washington Post: Federal judge strikes down the Biden administration’s asylum restrictions for migrants The New Yorker: A small-town

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Sunday Reads: July 23

NPR: Federal ruling blocks tribes’ objection, approves building largest lithium mine The Economist: The fight over working from home goes global Associated Press: Phoenix sweltered from heat that will break record for U.S. cities The Washington Post: The atomic bombings left Oppenheimer shattered: ‘I have blood on my hands.’ In turn, the president called him a ‘crybaby.’ The New Yorker: A New Approach

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Sunday Reads: July 16

Stay cool Great Falls and enjoy the week. Flathead Beacon: Whitefish considers asking voters to divert portion of resort tax to meet housing needs The Washington Post: FDA approves first over-the-counter birth control pill in U.S., a step women’s health advocates hail as a milestone The Washington Post: Floods, fires and deadly heat are the alarm bells of a planet on the

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