Illinois County Quietly Makes COVID-Era Welfare Experiment Permanent
A pandemic-era experiment in government-provided income is becoming a permanent fixture in one of the nation’s largest counties. Last week, the Cook County Board of Commissioners voted to keep funding Cook County Promise, a guaranteed income program that began during the height of COVID-19. The initiative originally launched in 2022 with $42 million in federal […]
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