The concept of recurring, unconditional payments to help ease household financial burdens is not new. Champions of basic income programs, which come in a number of forms, have spanned the ideological ...

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Rochester, N.Y. — The city is launching a guaranteed basic income program for 351 households, Mayor Malik Evans announced Thursday. The program will provide participants with $500 monthly payments for ...

Eligible citizens of Harris County, Texas, will receive the first payment of a new "guaranteed basic income program" starting in 2024. The program is funded with $20.5 million from President Biden's ...

A Harris County judge on Thursday denied the state’s attempt to shutter the county’s second version of a guaranteed basic income program. The 165th District Court judge heard arguments from the Texas ...

The Denver Basic Income Project just got an extension and more funding. The project offers up to $1,000 a month to Denver's poorest residents. The project said it's provided $6.5 million to residents ...

Eighty households in the city of Sacramento are poised to start receiving $500 a month, no strings attached, as part of an expansion of an existing local guaranteed basic income program. Since June ...