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In today’s newsletter: Why opening grocery stores alone doesn’t solve food deserts <[link removed]>, a guardian who enriched herself <[link removed]> using the finances of vulnerable people in her care and more from our newsroom.

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The Government Spends Millions to Open Grocery Stores in Food Deserts. The Real Test Is Their Survival. <[link removed]>

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.

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This Guardian Enriched Herself Using the Finances of Vulnerable People In Her Care. Judges Let It Happen. <[link removed]>

Judges allowed one of New York’s most prolific guardians to engage in apparent self-dealing <[link removed]> as she transferred $1.5 million of her wards’ money to her own company. Here are some highlights from reporter Jake Pearson <[link removed]>'s latest story in “The Unbefriended, <[link removed]>” a series on how the state fails its most vulnerable.

Apparent Conflict of Interest: One of New York’s most prolific guardians used her own health care company to treat vulnerable people whose finances she controlled, an apparent violation of state law.

Profiting at Wards’ Expense: ProPublica found at least 20 instances in which Yvonne Murphy referred wards under her care to her own agency, which charged them $1.5 million for services.

Lax Judicial Oversight: Judges allowed the legally questionable arrangements for years — even when officials flagged the apparent conflict.

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