Gov. Tina Kotek released her recommended budget for the 2025 to 2027 fiscal year on Dec. 18, 2024, which considers eliminating state funding for the Benefits Navigator Program across the state of ...

It’s getting harder and harder to find people to enlist in the Army. With the service expected to miss its projected end strength for this fiscal year by about 10,000 people, the Army isn’t in a ...

Chicago may soon become the largest municipality in the U.S. to test a universal basic income program. Chicago alderman Ameya Pawar recently proposed legislation that would provide 1,000 families with ...

The Denver Basic Income Project has published findings after the first year of the program. The project is a first of its kind that looks into the impact of guaranteed income on homelessness. Project ...

HANCOCK COUNTY, Ohio — A new program aims to make sure Hancock County residents in need of behavioral health or addiction recovery counseling have their basic needs met first. The Family Resource ...

Ontario is canceling its basic income pilot program two years earlier than planned. The Canadian province is a year into an experiment that gives 4,000 low-income participants an annual stipend, as ...

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If you were living paycheck to paycheck, what could you do with extra cash that came with no conditions attached? A 2020 study from the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University found ...