As Americans struggle with the high cost of living, an old idea is getting a fresh look. In dozens of pilot programs around the country, policymakers and researchers are exploring what happens when ...

The Texas Senate passed a bill Thursday that would ban guaranteed income programs — a move that the bill's author said was in response to Uplift Harris, a county program that would have provided ...

Reporting live from Chicago, Kelly Saberi told viewers that Cook County has now secured $7.5 million for a new guaranteed income program. That headline sounds simple. But Saberi said key details are ...

Cook County, which includes Chicago, ran a two-year basic income experiment in 2022. During the pilot, thousands of residents received $500 a month to spend however they wanted. The county has now ...

The idea of guaranteed income programs has been around for decades, but it wasn’t until one of the country’s first guaranteed income programs launched in Stockton in 2019 that the idea began gaining ...

Cook County’s guaranteed income program isn’t new. It dates back to 2022, when the county received $42 million in federal ...

Cook County has expanded its pandemic relief pilot into a permanent Guaranteed Income program, allocating $7.5 million from its budget.

(MIRROR INDY) — Janet Lewis loves her job. Every day, she goes to work at Thomas Gregg Neighborhood School, where she’s an assistant teacher helping kids with disabilities learn life skills. But no ...

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