As a dedicated mom and grandparent, Melinda tells PEOPLE in this week's issue that "naturally" she does see her ex-husband ...

WA school districts scramble to change their menus for next year's lunches because USDA halted local foods program funding.

Last year, Melinda left the Gates Foundation, which she founded with her ex-husband Bill Gates. She said that the move was to focus on her own philanthropic efforts with Pivotal Ventures.

In her new memoir "The Next Day," Melinda French Gates reportedly discusses the nightmares and panic attacks that led up to her 2021 divorce.

While Melinda and Bill remain based in Seattle, their children are all ... including a reference to the Gates Foundation, which Melinda co-founded with him in 2000 and left last year.