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Pennsylvania Capitol Building. May 24, 2022. Harrisburg, Pa. (Photo by Amanda Berg, for the Capital-Star).

State lawmakers to introduce legislation for universal basic income study

BY: - July 18, 2023

The study, the lawmakers wrote, would be a “vital first step in understanding how a universal basic income pilot program could be implemented in Pennsylvania.”

Minnesota donors gave 15 people $1,000 a month in yearlong guaranteed income experiment

BY: - December 29, 2021

For Pamela Bidear, the guaranteed income was transformational.

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There’s a reason individual stimulus checks are popular. They work | Monday Morning Coffee

BY: - March 8, 2021

A California town's experiment revealed real economic benefits to a basic income payment.

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UBI for Pa.?: Reps. Fiedler, Lee propose sending $250 to every state resident | Tuesday Morning Coffee

BY: - May 5, 2020

The Pa. version of UBI would be funded through money from the CARES Act, and continue for as long as federal money continues to flow, they said.