Photo: Aleksandr Zubkov via Getty Images Low-income families in St. Louis will soon see some financial relief as monthly checks of $500 start arriving from the city’s government. The new guaranteed basic income policy aims to reduce poverty, fight crime, and promote the development of the city. ‘A financial floor to empower families’
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura O. Jones launched the STL Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot Program on Oct. 10, announcing that the city will soon begin sending monthly payments of $500 to hundreds of low-income families. Jones, who signed the program into law last December, declared the St. […]
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