Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo shows the lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenging the Uplift Harris program, the county’s guaranteed income program, during a press conference on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Harris County leaders are defending their new guaranteed income program after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office sued to stop the initiative from going into effect, accusing the attorney general of targeting the Houston area while overlooking similar programs in San Antonio, Austin and El Paso.
At a news conference on Wednesday, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo called the timing of the lawsuit "cruel" and "unscrupulous," […]
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