Illinois guaranteed income advocates push for permanent statewide cash handout program

Guaranteed income advocates in Illinois are pushing to have the state adopt a permanent guaranteed income program, modeled after Cook County’s policy.

"Our long-term vision, our North Star, is to win a statewide permanent guaranteed income program for 100,000 eligible Illinoisans," said Byron Hobbs, director of organizing for the economic freedom team at Community Change, according to the Chicago Tribune.

"This economy has not worked for poor and low-income folks in the city of Chicago...