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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has again sued Harris County to stop its implementation of Uplift 2.0, a second iteration of its guaranteed basic income program, the first of which was stopped by the Texas Supreme Court.
Earlier this year State Sen. Paul Bettencourt requested an attorney general opinion over the lawfulness of the original program, Uplift Harris, which intended to give nearly 2,000 Harris County recipients $500 per month for 18 months through a lottery-style program. The program’s total cost, including administrative fees, was $20.5 million, and they planned to use American Rescue Plan Act funding. Paxton […]
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