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Judge temporarily stops St. Louis program that pays poor families $500 a month [View all]
https://www.stlpr.org/law-order/2024-07-19/st-louis-program-poor-families-500-dollars-month-pausedJudge temporarily stops St. Louis program that pays poor families $500 a month
St. Louis Public Radio | By Lauren Brennecke
Published July 19, 2024 at 2:34 PM CDT
A St. Louis judge has put a pause on a city program that pays low-income families $500 a month in guaranteed basic income while a lawsuit challenging the program proceeds.
Circuit Judge Joseph P. Whyte on Thursday ruled that the plaintiffs of a lawsuit that aims to stop the program have made arguments sufficient to suspend it.
More than 500 St. Louis families won’t receive another payment from the city’s guaranteed basic income program until the lawsuit is resolved.
Mayor Tishaura Jones signed the pilot program into law in December 2022, and families received their first $500 payments the following year. Funding came from $5 million in federal COVID relief funds and a $1 million donation from tech entrepreneur Jack Dorsey. The program was set to end in mid-2025.
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St. Louis Public Radio | By Lauren Brennecke
Published July 19, 2024 at 2:34 PM CDT
A St. Louis judge has put a pause on a city program that pays low-income families $500 a month in guaranteed basic income while a lawsuit challenging the program proceeds.
Circuit Judge Joseph P. Whyte on Thursday ruled that the plaintiffs of a lawsuit that aims to stop the program have made arguments sufficient to suspend it.
More than 500 St. Louis families won’t receive another payment from the city’s guaranteed basic income program until the lawsuit is resolved.
Mayor Tishaura Jones signed the pilot program into law in December 2022, and families received their first $500 payments the following year. Funding came from $5 million in federal COVID relief funds and a $1 million donation from tech entrepreneur Jack Dorsey. The program was set to end in mid-2025.
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