SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- It's an idea that's sweeping the country: unconditional cash handed out on a monthly basis to families most in need. Universal basic income pilot programs are popping up all ...

The concept of recurring, unconditional payments to help ease household financial burdens is not new. Champions of basic income programs, which come in a number of forms, have spanned the ideological ...

Last year, I wrote about the OpenResearch Unconditional Income Study (ORUS), an experiment in which lower-income Americans were given $1,000 a month for three years—a short-term test run of proposals ...

Rochester, N.Y. — The city is launching a guaranteed basic income program for 351 households, Mayor Malik Evans announced Thursday. The program will provide participants with $500 monthly payments for ...

Coachella is now accepting applications from residents to receive assistance under the Immigrant Families Recovery Program, a basic income initiative to help low-income immigrant families in the city.

The Denver Basic Income Project just got an extension and more funding. The project offers up to $1,000 a month to Denver's poorest residents. The project said it's provided $6.5 million to residents ...

A ballot measure to give Oregon residents a $1,600 tax rebate faces bipartisan opposition. Oregon Rebate, or Measure 118, proposes taxing corporations more to redistribute money to residents.