A years-long effort to launch an anti-poverty initiative in Fresno has finally put cash in the hands of Fresno County families. On Monday, Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission distributed the ...

A coalition supported by 250 US lawmakers gathered preliminary reports for 27 pilot programs. Of that collection, none of the pilot programs resulted in employment or workforce decline. As Americans ...

The city of Los Angeles just released a report on the city’s BIG:LEAP program. That’s the acronym for the “Basic Income Guaranteed: Los Angeles Economic Assistance Pilot” program. The 2021 program ...

Local lawmakers are currently piloting their desired next nationwide expansion of the welfare state. Dozens of guaranteed income pilots are running across the country at the local and state level, ...

Guaranteed basic income is an anti-poverty policy gaining traction in Washington cities. Tacoma recently started its second basic-income pilot, on the heels of a separate King County experiment.

Nearly a year-and-a-half after the city’s guaranteed basic income pilot program ended, some Los Angeles city councilmembers say they now have proof the program works – and they want to revive it so ...