Nearly every basic income pilot studied has shown higher rates of employment
By PR Newswire See original post here. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — More than one dozen academic studies have found guaranteed income programs led to several
By PR Newswire See original post here. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — More than one dozen academic studies have found guaranteed income programs led to several
By: ASGHAR ADELZADEH See original post here. Daan Steenkamp, Hylton Hollander and Roy Havemann’s article criticising the recent IEJ-ADRS research on Basic Income Grant (BIG) pathway
See original post here. The Oregon legislature is considering a bill that supporters argue could set a path to statewide universal basic income. Senate Bill
See original post here. Two of the largest counties in the US are leading a new coalition to advocate for programs that provide no-strings-attached cash payments
See original post here. In Durham, North Carolina, authorities are analyzing the possibility of extending their universal basic income pilot program after just one more
By: Esteban L. Hernandez For one year, Denver will provide 140 people experiencing homelessness $12,000 with no strings attached as part of a program testing
By: JOE RUBINO Denver is going to try a new tactic in its efforts to stem the tide of the metro area’s seemingly ever-growing homelessness crisis:
By: CHASE HUNTER Sonoma County is launching a two-year pilot program for guaranteed income to study the impacts on reducing poverty and economic inequality. The $5.4
By: Seoirse Mulgrew Culture Minister Catherine Martin has announced that 2,000 grants will be awarded to artists through the new Basic Income for the Arts
See original article here. LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County‘s guaranteed basic income program is underway, with 1,000 residents now receiving $1,000 a month for the next
By: Iris Dimmick See original post here. During the pandemic, millions of Americans received thousands of dollars in no-strings-attached cash assistance from the federal government, to
See original post here. Of course, Sharon Fullilove and Diane Appiah are missing the $500 cash they each received for 12 months from the Gary
By: Crystal Price. See original post here. Since March, more than 100 people in Durham have been receiving free income through the city’s first Guaranteed
By: Devoni Rose Whitehead See original post here. In 2020, King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay initiated the King County Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot program, which
By: MARIE FAZIO See original post here. Once a week for a year, $50 was deposited into Jalen Hyde’s banking account. Hyde, currently studying engineering
By: Lizz Giordano. See original post here. With his first guaranteed basic income check, Geno Rosario purchased a cartload full of groceries. As the end of
By: Devoni Whitehead Read original post here. After a long journey filled with long nights, Zoom calls, and several rounds of report edits, I am
P.E.I. livable income advocate says private members bill creates ‘new level of importance’ as it takes basic income talks to the federal level By: Jill
By: Cristina Tomàs White. | Original post can be see here. Catalonia is set to become home to a large universal basic income experiment in
The Scottish Government has shown an “openness and interest” in bringing forward a basic income pilot for people leaving care, The National can reveal. The
Original post can be seen here: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-60028468 UBI is where a government pays all individuals a set salary, regardless of their means. The Welsh government
Bipartisan support exists for a 2019 basic income proposal that would supplement the safety net for Mainers in need. By Randy Billings Original article: https://www.pressherald.com/2022/01/02/are-cash-payments-a-more-effective-anti-poverty-tool-maine-lawmakers-are-studying-the-idea/ Sass
American cities are finally taking the safety net seriously. Is this UBI’s moment to make real progress? By: Sigal Samuel It seems like everywhere you look