Housing, volunteers sought and more from Around Newport County

Terri Cortvriend will host a panel discussion on housing on Monday, April 27, in conjunction with the Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce. Titled “Housing & Business: A Community Conversation,” the ...

What does it take to be a master gardener? Requirements, volunteer hours and fees

UC Master Gardener volunteers offer services and outreach to the public in more than 1,286 demonstration, community and ...
University of California, Davis

Yolo County Basic Income Program Provided Reprieve from Poverty but Not Financial Independence

A basic income program in Yolo County — one of the first such programs nationwide — lifted unhoused families above the ...

Detainees train shelter dogs for therapy, adoption through Cook County Sheriff’s Office program

A program run by the Cook County Sheriff’s Office called Tails of Redemption is helping detainees and dogs find purpose and ...

Why a county's basic income program provided reprieve from poverty but not financial independence

A basic income program in Yolo County—one of the first such programs nationwide—lifted unhoused families above the California ...
C&G Newspapers

After-school program opens pathways to emerging careers

A new after-school program for Mount Clemens Community Schools gives students the opportunity to reach new heights: literally ...
Houston Chronicle

What to know about Harris County's stalled universal basic income program

The Texas Senate passed a bill Thursday that would ban guaranteed income programs — a move that the bill's author said was in response to Uplift Harris, a county program that would have provided ...
WSFA

Guaranteed basic income program in the works for Montgomery single mothers

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - How much would an extra $5,400 a year mean to you? That’s what could be awarded to 100 single mothers in Montgomery thanks to a new guaranteed basic income program. It’s the ...
Business Insider

Illinois is launching a basic income pilot for 400 families in the child welfare system in the hopes of reducing maltreatment

Illinois is launching a guaranteed basic income pilot for families in the child welfare system. The EmPwR program will provide monthly cash payments to 400 families for a year. Researchers want to see ...
Wired

Back to BASIC—the Most Consequential Programming Language in the History of Computing

I was entering the miseries of seventh grade in the fall of 1980 when a friend dragged me into a dimly lit second-floor room. The school had recently installed a newfangled Commodore PET computer, a ...
Business Insider

A DC basic income program is letting people choose the amount on their checks. A participant said $1,400 a month is what she needs to pay medical bills.

A DC basic income program lets participants choose their monthly payment amounts, no-strings-attached. The CashRx pilot by Bread for the City aims to improve health outcomes for low-income residents.
ZDNet

BASIC turns 60: Why simplicity was this programming language's blessing and its curse

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...