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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Texas, AG Ken Paxton ‘trying to bully Harris County’ over guaranteed income program, Lina Hidalgo says
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