midwest

41d

The Government Spends Millions to Open Grocery Stores in #Food Deserts. The Real Test Is Their Survival.
==

The community of Cairo, #Illinois, once a food desert, welcomed its new market last year with balloons and cheers.

But the store is struggling — exposing problems with the programs set up to help.

37d

Historic #Gun Suit Survives Serious Legal Threat Engineered by #Indiana #Republicans
==

A judge ruled that a law passed by Indiana’s #GOP supermajority that tried to retroactively prevent cities from suing gun manufacturers goes too far.

The decision allows one city’s decadeslong suit against gunmakers to continue.