Judge temporarily stops St. Louis program that pays poor families $500 a month

Judge temporarily stops St. Louis program that pays poor families $500 a month

Hundreds of low-income families will lose city funding this month. A St. Louis judge temporarily halted guaranteed basic income payments after a lawsuit claimed the program is unconstitutional. A St. Louis judge has put a pause on a city program that pays low-income families $500 a month in guaranteed basic income while a lawsuit challenging the program proceeds.

Circuit Judge Joseph P. Whyte on Thursday ruled that the plaintiffs of a lawsuit that aims to stop the program have made sufficient arguments that it should not move forward while a lawsuit challenging the program proceeds.

More than 500 St. Louis families […]

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