Texas may reverse its plan to give $500 monthly checks through a guaranteed-income program for Harris County.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Harris County on April 9 in an effort to prevent Uplift Harris—a pilot program that would pay families $500 for 18 months, amounting to $9,000 over the program’s duration—from moving forward.
A post-pandemic spike in the national poverty rate has sparked calls for expanded stimulus programs. Harris County originally allocated $20.5 million from its federal coronavirus relief funds to supply the payments to families living 200 percent below the federal poverty line. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton at […]
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