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The second-largest county in the United States has established a permanent guaranteed basic income program after the success of a previous pilot version. The Cook County Board of Commissioners ...

Cook County's guaranteed income program helped recipients feel more financially stable and less stressed, according to a survey. The county's two-year program sent $500 checks with no strings attached ...

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Cook County is at the center of a national debate over how local governments should respond to deep, persistent economic insecurity, but whether it has locked in guaranteed income as a permanent ...