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Thursday, Dec. 11 - How and why GBI worked in STL
10 minutes Posted Dec 11, 2025 at 11:54 am.
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In the fall of 2023, 540 St. Louis families were selected to receive $500 a month for a year and a half. The guaranteed basic income program, or GBI, aimed to help low-income residents meet basic financial needs. But halfway through the program, a lawsuit temporarily paused the payments. Then other crises hit. The Midwest Newsroom’s Naomi Delkamiller reports.