Author: Eden Villalovas, Washington Examiner

One hundred entrepreneurs with low incomes in Ann Arbor, Michigan, will receive monthly payments of $528 as part of the Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor program in 16 days. Run by the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions team, this two-year pilot program began distributing payments in January to selected applicants. Kristin Seefeldt, the associate…

Monthly payments of $528 started going out to small businesses and entrepreneurs in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in January, and the next round of payments will be sent in 16 days. The Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor, a two-year guaranteed income pilot program led by the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions team, selected 100 participants…

The Chicago City Council followed Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson in rejecting changes backed by the city’s largest police union to decide serious police discipline cases behind closed doors. The City Council voted 33-17 on Wednesday to strike a key part of the deal reached between the Fraternal Order of Police and the Johnson administration after…

New Yorkers looking to switch the status of their School Tax Relief exemption program, which gives an exemption on a portion of school property taxes or a rebate check for certain eligible homeowners, are encouraged to do so by Dec. 31. There are two types of STAR programs in New York — the School Tax…

Missouri Republicans pulled a bill on Wednesday that would allow homicide charges to be brought against women who get abortions less than a week after the proposal was introduced. Abortion is already illegal in Missouri, except in the case of a medical emergency, but this bill would have opened doors for prosecutors and anti-abortion groups…

New Mexico‘s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will finish distributing benefits to qualified low-income residents in seven days for the month of December. SNAP benefits are distributed to New Mexico residents starting on the first of the month and ending on the 20th. The day SNAP benefits are sent out is based on the last two…

Gov. Tony Evers (D-WI) said he would veto Republican efforts to abolish the state’s bipartisan elections commission and transfer power to the secretary of state as the 2024 election approaches. “Under no circumstances, simple as that,” Evers said this weekend on WISN’s ‘UpFront.’ “It’s ridiculous, I have to put it that way. Moving it to…

Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) said Harvard University’s board’s decision to allow President Claudine Gay to remain in office will be tested down the line if the university fails to raise its free speech ranking. While clarifying that he will not second-guess the board’s vote, Auchincloss told Fox News on Wednesday morning, that “they’ve made their…

Maine will consider next week whether or not to implement new clean vehicle standards similar to California’s regulations. The Maine Board of Environmental Protection voted in October to move forward with the proposal and will now decide on adoption. Designed to put more electric vehicles on the road and phase out gas-powered cars, the regulation…

On Tuesday, Metro General Manager and CEO Randy Clarke proposed a budget for the next fiscal year that includes massive layoffs and dozens of service cuts as the agency faces a $750 million deficit. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has been reeling from the effects of the pandemic that reduced ridership, and the agency…