Business Insider

A guaranteed basic income program in Minneapolis found that even after a year of giving recipients $500 a month, they weren't working any less

Minneapolis's guaranteed basic income program has shown promising results after a year. The two-year GBI program gives $500 monthly to 200 low-income families, no strings attached. Researchers found ...
Sacramento Bee

Sacramento residents could get $500 a month under basic income program. Here’s how to apply

Families in the city of Sacramento can now apply to be one of 80 households chosen for the second edition of a local guaranteed basic income program. Chosen participants will receive monthly payments ...
Business Insider

Arizona Republicans call basic income payments 'unearned,' introduce a bill to ban them

Republican lawmakers in Arizona have introduced a bill to ban guaranteed basic income programs. The bill would ban any county or municipality from offering "unearned" payments to residents.
The Motley Fool

What Is Universal Basic Income (UBI)?

UBI provides regular, unconditional cash payments to individuals without work requirements. Largest UBI trial in Kenya improved medical access and business startup rates. UBI's high cost and potential ...
KETV Omaha

Metropolitan Community College's Adult Basic Education Program funding at risk

COMMUNITY DO NOT HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. EVERY YEAR, METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE HELPS THOUSANDS OF THEM GET THEIR GED IN THE ADULT BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH GRANTS AND ...
CNN

Job guarantees and free money: ‘Utopian’ ideas tested in Europe as the pandemic gives governments a new role

Christine Jardine, a Scottish politician who represents Edinburgh in the UK parliament, was not a fan of universal basic income before the pandemic hit. “It was regarded in some quarters as a kind of ...