After some further poking around I think I have a workable solution. The TLDR is that it appears to be an issue with some graphics drivers.
I am running windows 10 with an I7 and integrated graphics.
I opened “Intel Graphics Command Center”, clicked the support question mark on the left side bar, then clicked the “Download Graphics Driver” Button in the middle. I allowed it to download, it prompted a restart and from there everything seems to be working as anticipated when opening a new project.