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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cook County in Illinois, which includes Chicago, has approved a permanent basic income program.Mensent Photography/Getty Images ...

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 ...

Cook County, which includes Chicago, ran a two-year basic income experiment in 2022. During the pilot, thousands of residents received $500 a month to spend however they wanted. The county has now ...

Many American cities and counties have been experimenting with a novel concept: Giving financially vulnerable residents free money every month without expecting anything in return. The goal is to let ...