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Despite a lawsuit by Attorney General Ken Paxton and a Texas Supreme Court stay order, the Harris County Commissioners Court ended Tuesday’s meeting with a 4-1 vote to revive Uplift Harris , its controversial guaranteed income pilot program.
Originally, the county voted to give $500 payments for 18 months to 1,928 low-income Harris County households as selected by lottery. The county was eyeing its leftover $20.5 million in unspent federal aid from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The original intent of the ARPA money was to provide economic relief from the COVID-19 shutdowns.Paxton sued the court on […]
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