Midwest
Judge puts pause on St. Louis guaranteed income program that pays poor families $500 a month
A Missouri judge halted St. Louis’ guaranteed income program while it’s being challenged in court.
Circuit Judge Joseph P. Whyte on Thursday issued a temporary restraining order against the St. Louis Guaranteed Basic Income Project (GBI). This move will impact more than 500 families who were participating in the GBI program.
“The City of St. Louis will follow the judge’s order,” St. Louis Mayor Tishaura O. Jones said, according to a local FOX affiliate.
“We are exploring our legal options, and my administration continues to find every avenue possible to support the families of St. Louis City,” she added.
A St. Louis judge halted a guaranteed income program while it’s being challenged in court. (Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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Jones, who signed off on the pilot program in December 2022, was listed in the plaintiff’s lawsuit along with the city’s treasurer and comptroller. Payments from the GBI program will cease until the court case is resolved.
The lawsuit, which was filed on June 13, claimed that the GBI violates both the Missouri State Constitution and the St. Louis City Charter.
According to St. Louis Public Radio, lawyers for the city countered that the program is constitutional because it is intended to “stabilize families and benefit the local economy.”
The lawsuit states that the “Missouri Constitution prohibits a county, city or other political corporation or subdivision of the state from lend[ing] its credit or grant[ing] public money or property to any private individual, association or corporation …”
Bevis Schock, the attorney involved in the lawsuit, told Fox News Digital that his legal group, the Holy Joes, is in the business of “enforcing Constitutional norms” and that the Missouri Constitution and the City of St. Louis “disallows gifts to private individuals.”
Circuit Judge Joseph P. Whyte on Thursday issued a Temporary Restraining Order against St. Louis Guaranteed Basic Income Project (GBI). This move will impact more than 500 families who were participating in the GBI program. (iStock)
“That’s what this is, and we feel that the various business subsidies are as bad as a guaranteed basic income gift,” Schock told Fox News Digital.
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He went on to say, “I mean, both of them are bad from a policy perspective, but the Missouri Constitution actually prohibits the guaranteed basic income, and we feel like if we don’t enforce our constitutional norms, our society won’t work out very well.”
After the GBI program launched in December 2022, the first rollout of monthly payments of $500 was announced in October 2023. The funding came from $5 million in COVID relief funds and a $1 million donation from tech billionaire Jack Dorsey.
In order to qualify, participants had to make less than $53,000 and have children. The program had originally planned to support 440 participants but due to philanthropic donations, the program added 100 more.
The program was set to end in 2025.
Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit claimed that “Uplift Harris,” a guaranteed income program established in Harris County, is “unconstitutional.” (MediaNews Group/Boston Herald/Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The ruling on the St. Louis GBI program comes amid similar programs becoming a trend across the U.S. in recent years with more than 100 GBI pilots launched since 2018. Several of the GBI programs stem from the efforts of a coalition of over 100 mayors pushing pilot GBI programs that offer low income participants up to $1,000 a month with no strings attached.
While some studies have shown that the pilots have produced positive results, many of these programs face funding and legal challenges.
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Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis City Council votes to extend eviction notice period
The Minneapolis City Council on Thursday voted to temporarily extend the eviction notice period for renters in an effort to help support residents impacted by Operation Metro Surge.
Under the ordinance, which was approved 7-5, landlords would need to wait 60 days — not the typical 30 — before bringing an eviction notice to a renter. If approved by Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, the 60-day requirement would stay in effect until Aug. 31.
Supporters of the ordinance said Operation Metro Surge left residents out of work and relying on mutual aid networks to pay rent.
“Preventing eviction is always more cost-effective than trying to re-house someone who has been evicted,” said Council Member Robin Wonsley, who represents Ward 2.
Wonsley, alongside members Elliott Payne, Jamal Osman, Aisha Chughtai, Soren Stevenson, Jason Chavez and Aurin Chowdhury voted in favor of the resolution. Council member Jamison Whiting abstained from voting.
The city estimates Operation Metro Surge led to an additional $15.7 million in monthly need for rental support. Last month, council members approved $1 million in rental assistance for Hennepin County to help families impacted by the surge.
Indianapolis, IN
Chase Sexton out for at least another round, Indianapolis Supercross, with practice injuries
Chase Sexton will miss at least one more round of the SuperMotocross World Championship to heal from injuries suffered in practice prior to the Daytona Supercross, the Kawasaki Racing team announced on social media. He will miss Round 9 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Sexton got off to a disappointing start with his new team, finishing eighth in the season-opener at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California. He rallied to finish fourth the following week in San Diego after coming out of the gates slowly, and then won his first race with the team in the second Anaheim event.
With a forthcoming off-week following the Indianapolis Supercross, Drew Adams could return in time for the East / West Showdown in Birmingham.
Since then, his best finish has been fifth, which he scored in the Houston Triple Crown event and in Seattle.
After missing Daytona, Sexton is fifth in the championship standings, tied with Justin Cooper at 49 points behind the leader, Hunter Lawrence.
An off-week follows the Indianapolis Supercross, giving Sexton additional time to heal.
Dylan Ferrandis hurt his thumb in a Daytona heat race, but an MRI reveals there are no broken bones.
Cleveland, OH
Man who claims girl found in suitcase is his daughter says he begged courts and CPS for help
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – 19 News spoke with a man who claims he is the father of one of the two little girls found dead and buried in suitcases in Cleveland.
Deshaun Chatman shared that he was overcome with grief and anger as he came to terms with the terrible truth that his 8-year-old girl, Mila Chatman, is dead.
“I’ve been looking for my daughter for five years. I’ve been calling CPS, going to the courts, trying to get emergency custody, calling the police for welfare checks. But they denied all access,” Chatman alleged.
On Monday, she and her half-sister, Amor Wilson, 10, were found dead and partially buried, after a neighbor walking his dog near a field in the area of East 163rd and Midland Avenue called 911 after his dog picked up a scent.
Cleveland police on Wednesday detained a person of interest, whom officers later identified as Aliyah Henderson, 28, near the crime scene.
Records show Henderson was booked into the Cuyahoga County Jail on Wednesday evening.
According to Chatman, the little girl’s mother had been avoiding him and moving around a lot. The last time he said he saw her was when he helped buy clothes for kindergarten.
Chatman told 19 News that he is now working with detectives to prove he was Mila’s father.
“I’m still in contact with the detectives. We’re doing the DNA samples. So I’ll get more details within the next couple of days.”
Chatman visited the site where his little girl’s body was found with 19 News.
“What I’m feeling is hate. I’m not going to lie, I feel hate. I asked you on numerous occasions for my daughter. If it’s too much for you. I just want my daughter,” Chatman said when asked how he felt.
Chatman, so overwhelmed by the sight, needed to be comforted by a friend.
“I don’t get how you can hate your kids enough to kill them. To bury them. To do all this and go right there to that home, right there, and live there when your kids are right here. Go be a mother to another child, while you just killed your other two.”
Now, he tells 19 News that he wants changes to the system, which he said denied him a chance to be a father.
“Change these laws. Make it better. A man do have a say so in their child’s life, married or unmarried,” Chatman said.
19 News has reached out to Cuyahoga County Children and Family Services to learn if it was involved in any way and if Chatman had any contact with the office.
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