Thursday, Dec. 11 - How and why GBI worked in STL

11/12/2025 10 min
Thursday, Dec. 11 - How and why GBI worked in STL

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Episode Synopsis

In the fall of 2023, 540 St. Louis families were selected to receive $500 a month for a year and a half. The guaranteed basic income program, or GBI, aimed to help low-income residents meet basic financial needs. But halfway through the program, a lawsuit temporarily paused the payments. Then other crises hit. The Midwest Newsroom’s Naomi Delkamiller reports.