As she sat Wednesday on the covered deck at the 4-Way Saloon in Sidell, overlooking the town grain elevator, Leslie Powell made her way down the list of tasks she had scribbled on her yellow notepad. Asking the utility company for a payment plan was first.<script type=”text/javascript” src=”https://pixel.propublica.org/pixel.js” async=”true”></script>Powell’s husband, Mark, became owner of this busy little […]
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By By Logan Jaffe and Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica
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