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Texas Supreme Court blocks payments under Uplift Harris
The county’s guaranteed income pilot program was designed provide $500 monthly subsidies for more than 1,900 low-income households for 18 months. The first payments, set to go out Wednesday, are now on indefinite hold.
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Houston Matters
Texas, AG Ken Paxton ‘trying to bully Harris County’ over guaranteed income program, Lina Hidalgo says
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Education
Two Katy ISD trustees who voted against transgender policy face opponents in re-election campaign
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Business
Houston’s Salvadoran janitors fight to increase pay, benefits
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Texas
Second person dies from 18-wheeler crash into Texas DPS office in Brenham
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Transportation
New METRO board member Alex Mealer criticizes bike lane project on Houston’s 11th Street
City of Houston
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Texas
- Criminal Justice Many Texas prisons don’t have air conditioning. This lawsuit seeks to change that.
- Energy & Environment Harris County wins part of $7 billion federal grant to expand solar power access for low-income households
- Immigration Migrant apprehensions are down at the Texas border. Have state policies had an impact?
- Texas Law enforcement officials in 4 states report temporary 911 outages
- Infrastructure Houston-to-Dallas high-speed rail project seems to be gaining momentum
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- Texas judge rules against AG Ken Paxton’s lawsuit that would halt Harris County guaranteed income program
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- As STAAR testing is underway, some Houston ISD parents are opting their children out
- Houston Texans’ new alternate uniform apparently leaked on social media
- Long-planned Montrose Boulevard overhaul on hold and under review by Houston’s new mayor
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