Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched a legal battle against Harris County over its guaranteed income program, ‘Uplift Harris,’ which aims to provide financial assistance to some of the county’s poorest residents. The program, designed to offer $500 monthly payments for 18 months to nearly 2,000 households living below 200% of the federal poverty level, has been criticized by Paxton as unconstitutional and an ‘illegal welfare scheme.’ Funded by COVID-19 relief funds, the initiative seeks to alleviate financial stress for those hardest hit by the pandemic’s economic fallout.
Paxton’s lawsuit, filed this week, argues that the ‘Uplift Harris’ program […]
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