Mayors want to keep handing out free cash after federal funds dried up

Several mayors across the United States are scrambling to keep "no-strings-attached" cash programs alive as the federal pandemic relief funding that triggered the trend officially dries up.

In the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, officials recently announced an expansion of the city's guaranteed income program to burn through the remainder of its federal allotments. The program originally launched as a pilot funded by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Under federal law, these pandemic...