Hacker News with Generative AI: Government Programs

Search PPP Loans by Zip Code (ppploanmap.com)
Ever wondered where all that PPP loan money ended up? Now you can see it—mapped out, visualized, and easy to explore.

Government Programs, Data Visualization, Business, Finance, COVID-19

127 points by zarie 15 days ago | 73 comments

Homeless people to be given cash in first major UK trial to reduce poverty (theguardian.com)
Researchers are conducting the UK’s first major scientific trials to establish whether giving homeless people cash is a more effective way of reducing poverty than traditional forms of help.

Homelessness, Poverty, Social Experiments, UK, Government Programs

22 points by helsinkiandrew 89 days ago | 80 comments

'That's a bloodbath': How a federal program kills wildlife for private interests (npr.org)
A federal program kills hundreds of thousands of wild animals a year. Documents obtained by NPR show that many of those animals were killed in places where no damage to livestock was reported.

Wildlife Conservation, Government Programs, Environmental Issues, Animal Welfare

21 points by thunderbong 133 days ago | 5 comments

SLS is still a national disgrace (wordpress.com)
Four years ago, I wrote that the SLS was a cripplingly embarrassing national failure and a tragedy waiting to happen.

Space Exploration, Criticism, Government Programs

14 points by keithly 142 days ago | 6 comments

Thailand to roll out a $13.8B handout plan in digital money to citizens (yahoo.com)

Thailand, Digital Currency, Economics, Government Programs, Financial Aid

13 points by theogravity 221 days ago | 2 comments