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ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox . Reporting Highlights Stores Don't Survive: The government puts millions of dollars into opening groceries in food deserts.
Many struggle to make it. Illinois' Track Record: In 2018, Illinois officials highlighted the opening of six stores through a $13.5 million grocery initiative.
Four of them have closed. Search for Interventions: Pricing is a major issue for independent stores. Experts proposed interventions including increased government investment and renewed enforcement of antitrust laws.
These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. CAIRO, Ill. — More than 100 people congregated in the parking lot of Rise Community Market on its opening day a little over a year ago.
As they listened to celebratory speeches, the audience erupted into joyful exclamations: "Mercy!" "Wonderful!" "Wow!" "All right!" Colorful homemade signs raised by local leaders beckoned the crowd to join in: "We!" "Are!" "No!" "Longer!" "A!" "Food!" "Desert!" For most American cities, the opening of .