Hacker News with Generative AI: Government Programs

Broadband Program Killed by Trumplicans Saved Taxpayers More Money Than It Cost (techdirt.com)
Last year Trumplicans killed a popular program that provided poor people with $30 off of their monthly broadband bill. The FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) was unsurprisingly very popular, with more than 23 million Americans benefitting at its peak.
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.
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.
'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.
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.
Thailand to roll out a $13.8B handout plan in digital money to citizens (yahoo.com)