New conservative organization argued guaranteed income programs will create fiscal problems and drive inflation as cash assistance programs gain momentum across 15 states.

Officials in Cook County, Illinois crafted rules for a permanent guaranteed income program, building on pilot that provided 3,250 families with $500 monthly.

Fifty-two families participated in the program, receiving payments of between $100 and $500 monthly. Participants were required to have a job or participate in a job training program. Programs such as ...

A New Jersey lawmaker is proposing a nationwide pilot program for a guaranteed basic income. The 3-year experiment would give 10,000 Americans a monthly basic income. The payments would cover the ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- As the affordability crisis continues to squeeze working families and an increasingly large majority of Americans struggle to make ends meet, state leaders ...

Cook County just committed millions of public dollars to keep sending no-strings-attached cash to low income residents, turning what began as a pandemic experiment into a permanent feature of local ...

The City of Newburgh is considering a one-year pilot program that would grant some residents a guaranteed basic income every month. A New York state grant already in the city’s possession would ...

The second-largest county in the United States has established a permanent guaranteed basic income program after the success of a previous pilot version. The Cook County Board of Commissioners ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – A two-year guaranteed basic income pilot program in Ann Arbor that provided $528 monthly payments to entrepreneurs with low- to moderate-income has concluded with mixed results, ...

Students in the L.A. Community College District’s guaranteed basic income program have received the last of twelve monthly $1,000 payments. LAist spoke with some of these students to learn more about ...