Send any friend a storyCHICAGO — Christopher Ellington’s South Side photography studio crashed in 2020 with the onset of the pandemic. On Monday at the National Association of Counties conference in Washington, which started over the weekend and runs through Tuesday, county executives will announce a network of county-level basic income programs to match the mayoral initiatives that have sprouted to 50 cities. The first check arrived within weeks, and because the programs do not count against other relief efforts, like Social Security disability payments, that $500 a month is a true income boost