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New parents could get $6,000 for the first year of their child's life and a restored child tax credit in Kamala Harris' new economic plan
Vice President Kamala Harris is proposing tax cuts for new parents and working families as she gear…
Ayelet Sheffey,Juliana Kaplan
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What you need to know about Kamala Harris' 'opportunity economy'
Harris touted her plan to build an "Opportunity Economy" during her first presidential debate with …
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan,Joshua Nelken-Zitser
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Nearly a million more children fell into poverty last year. Both presidential campaigns want to give parents money to fix that.
Nearly 10 million children were in poverty in 2023. It could become a key election issue.
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
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One thing both campaigns agree on: bring back money for parents
Parents could get cash if either campaign has their way — and if Congress follows suit.
Juliana Kaplan
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A boomer lives on $1,800 monthly in Social Security and worries about her future: 'What am I going to do?'
Ann Miller, 78, lives in Ellensburg, Washington on her Social Security income. It's difficult to af…
Allie Kelly
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Here's where funding comes from for guaranteed basic-income programs giving money with no strings attached to low-income Americans
Basic income programs in San Antonio, Austin, Denver, and Atlanta draw funding from federal relief,…
Allie Kelly,Noah Sheidlower
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Houston's basic-income participants plan to spend the $500 a month on rent and groceries but the Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked the program
Some Houston residents are set to start getting $500 a month in basic income for housing and grocer…
Allie Kelly,Noah Sheidlower
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Montana's housing crisis is a warning for older homeowners across the country
Older and retired Montanans are particularly hard hit by the state's severe housing crisis, as thei…
Eliza Relman
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A California city is giving new parents $500 a month. It's one of a growing number of basic income pilots focused on families.
Starting this summer, Pomona, California will give 250 families with children with children under t…
Allie Kelly
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Baltimore gave young parents $1,000 a month. Participants used the money to pay bills and secure stable housing.
Baltimore gave low-income parents $1,000 a month for two years. Participants used the money for bil…
Allie Kelly,Noah Sheidlower
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2 St. Louis residents are suing the city's basic-income program in an attempt to halt what they call 'unconstitutional' $500 monthly payments to low-income families
St. Louis is giving low-income families $500 monthly, but a lawsuit aims to block the guaranteed-ba…
Allie Kelly,Noah Sheidlower
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President Biden's new budget wants to bring back the child tax credit and make sure Americans don't face Social Security cuts all while taxing billionaires and big companies more
President Joe Biden's latest budget proposal would expand the child tax credit and create a paid-le…
Juliana Kaplan,Ayelet Sheffey
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1 million Arizonans will have all their medical debt wiped out, joining other states' efforts to make sure the burden doesn't 'torpedo' Americans' lives, Arizona's governor says
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs announced a partnership with RIP Medical Debt to forgive medical debt for …
Ayelet Sheffey
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Texas senator says the plan to give poor residents a $500 guaranteed basic income is unconstitutional
Harris County, which includes Houston, is offering $500 guaranteed basic income payments to the are…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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A year after a single mom stopped getting $500 a month through Chicago's basic income program, she's still holding down an apartment and making ends meet: 'It was every single thing that I prayed for.'
Chicago announced plans to relaunch its basic income program. A past participant shares how $500 a …
Allie Kelly
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Over 100 basic-income pilots have run in US cities. Now states are getting creative to fund no-strings-attached cash payments.
The success of over 100 local GBI pilots in the US provides insight into future state-level policy.
Allie Kelly
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This college town is experimenting with giving low-income entrepreneurs and gig workers $12,672, no strings attached
A guaranteed basic-income program in Ann Arbor is giving small business owners $528 a month, no str…
Allie Kelly
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers' plan to boost the child tax credit for parents would help 'hundreds of thousands of kids get out of poverty,' a top economic official says
Jared Bernstein, a White House top economist, thinks a bipartisan plan to give parents a bolstered …
Ayelet Sheffey,Juliana Kaplan
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A third of Columbus, Ohio's population just had $335 million in medical debt wiped out thanks to Biden's American Rescue Plan
The medical debt relief program is funded by President Biden's American Rescue Plan and will only c…
Katie Hawkinson
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Texas AG sues county over Houston-area guaranteed income program giving participants $500 a month no strings attached
The Texas Attorney General's office sued Houston's home county over its Uplift Harris guaranteed in…