"The question we don't really have a good answer to is, what would happen if we scaled these programs up on a larger level?" ...

An ambitious experiment to give young people money and trust them to spend it well shows promising early signs, participants ...

Kellie has tons of houseplants because she loves to care for them and watch them grow. For the past two years, she has grown alongside her plants as a recipient of the city of Boulder’s guaranteed ...

The pandemic made financial stability even more difficult for artists. A privately funded Guaranteed Income program for artists in Minnesota helps many find stability and creative freedom. Making a ...

Nearly a year-and-a-half after the city’s guaranteed basic income pilot program ended, some Los Angeles city councilmembers say they now have proof the program works – and they want to revive it so ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. — Cook County is moving to the next phase of its guaranteed income program after the pilot launched in 2022. The program leveraged $42,000,000 in federal funding provided by the ...

A Missouri judge halted St. Louis' guaranteed income program while it's being challenged in court. Circuit Judge Joseph P. Whyte on Thursday issued a temporary restraining order against the St. Louis ...

For nearly a year, New Orleans tried giving $350 a month to a group of young people, part of a privately funded experimental program to see if a universal basic income would make a significant ...

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One of the members of the Harris County, Texas governing body stood alone in rejecting a guaranteed income program, arguing that the $20 million that was used for the program should've been redirected ...