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Houston's basic-income participants plan to spend the $500 a month on rent and groceries but the Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked the program
Some Houston residents are set to start getting $500 a month in basic income for housing and grocer…
Allie Kelly,Noah Sheidlower
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Here's where funding comes from for guaranteed basic-income programs giving money with no strings attached to low-income Americans
Basic income programs in San Antonio, Austin, Denver, and Atlanta draw funding from federal relief,…
Allie Kelly,Noah Sheidlower
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A year after a single mom stopped getting $500 a month through Chicago's basic income program, she's still holding down an apartment and making ends meet: 'It was every single thing that I prayed for.'
Chicago announced plans to relaunch its basic income program. A past participant shares how $500 a …
Allie Kelly
7 mins read
Over 100 basic-income pilots have run in US cities. Now states are getting creative to fund no-strings-attached cash payments.
The success of over 100 local GBI pilots in the US provides insight into future state-level policy.
Allie Kelly
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President Biden's new budget wants to bring back the child tax credit and make sure Americans don't face Social Security cuts all while taxing billionaires and big companies more
President Joe Biden's latest budget proposal would expand the child tax credit and create a paid-le…
Juliana Kaplan,Ayelet Sheffey
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1 million Arizonans will have all their medical debt wiped out, joining other states' efforts to make sure the burden doesn't 'torpedo' Americans' lives, Arizona's governor says
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs announced a partnership with RIP Medical Debt to forgive medical debt for …
Ayelet Sheffey
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This college town is experimenting with giving low-income entrepreneurs and gig workers $12,672, no strings attached
A guaranteed basic-income program in Ann Arbor is giving small business owners $528 a month, no str…
Allie Kelly
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Texas senator says the plan to give poor residents a $500 guaranteed basic income is unconstitutional
Harris County, which includes Houston, is offering $500 guaranteed basic income payments to the are…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Texas AG sues county over Houston-area guaranteed income program giving participants $500 a month no strings attached
The Texas Attorney General's office sued Houston's home county over its Uplift Harris guaranteed in…
Noah Sheidlower
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Support like child tax credits and basic income reduces child abuse, researchers found
Doctors found that giving financial support to low-income families could lower rates of child negle…
Allie Kelly
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A new Houston-area basic income program sending out $500 a month to residents with no strings attached had an acceptance rate lower than Harvard or Yale
Uplift Harris, a guaranteed income program in Texas, accepted just over 2% of applicants, or nearly…
Noah Sheidlower
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A Massachusetts city is giving families at risk of losing their homes $750 a month, no strings attached
Somerville, Massachusetts will give 200 low-income families $750 a month starting this summer.
Allie Kelly
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers' plan to boost the child tax credit for parents would help 'hundreds of thousands of kids get out of poverty,' a top economic official says
Jared Bernstein, a White House top economist, thinks a bipartisan plan to give parents a bolstered …
Ayelet Sheffey,Juliana Kaplan
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A third of Columbus, Ohio's population just had $335 million in medical debt wiped out thanks to Biden's American Rescue Plan
The medical debt relief program is funded by President Biden's American Rescue Plan and will only c…
Katie Hawkinson
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San Antonio experimented with giving people $5,108, no strings attached. They spent it on housing and school supplies for their kids.
San Antonio is one of several US cities that has piloted basic-income programs to assist low-income…
Allie Kelly,Noah Sheidlower
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Why I gave up on getting ahead
My drive to succeed helped lift me out of the lower-middle class. But it came at a terrible price.
Tanmoy Goswami
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Childcare providers are struggling to plan for the future as federal funding runs dry
In the coming months, expect to see childcare costs rise, centers close, and more parents quit thei…
Madison Hoff,Juliana Kaplan,Jacob Zinkula
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St. Louis is giving some families $500 a month. So far, it's helped them pay off debt and their bills, the city says.
St. Louis Treasurer Adam Layne said participants in the guaranteed basic income pilot program are s…
Kelsey Vlamis
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3 signs the economy is thriving — and 3 red flags to monitor
Some economists think the US is well on its way to achieving a "soft landing" and avoid a recession…
Noah Sheidlower,Madison Hoff
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China's economy is facing a nightmarish Year of the Dragon
The failure of Evergrande, the world's biggest property developer, is another headache for Beijing …