CHICAGO (WLS) -- Some Chicago aldermen on Thursday are exploring a proposal to give some residents a guaranteed basic income. It would likely amount to monthly payments for low-income residents, with ...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot wants to give about 5,000 of the Windy City’s poorest households $500 a month, no strings attached. The payments would be part of Lightfoot’s proposed $16.7 billion budget ...

Cook County in Illinois, which includes Chicago, has approved a permanent basic income program.Mensent Photography/Getty Images Many American cities and counties have been experimenting with a novel ...

There have been more than 150 guaranteed income pilot programs implemented across the country, but only one has made its program permanent – Cook County, Illinois. The county, which includes Chicago, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...