St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter, shown this month at the Greater Twin Cities United Way’s distribution event at Allianz Field. St. Paul could become the latest American city to provide low-income residents with a guaranteed monthly income, as part of a growing movement by mayors across the country to test-drive a policy they hope to see enacted at the federal level.
Mayor Melvin Carter announced during his budget address Thursday that he intends to use federal CARES Act money to fund a guaranteed income pilot in St. Paul, which would give up to 150 families $500 a month for 18 […]
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