As government agencies start to acknowledge the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, one Texas county may start giving away its federal relief funds as part of a guaranteed-income test program.
The Court of Harris County Commissioners approved a guaranteed-income pilot program titled “Uplift” in a 4-1 vote earlier this month, with Commissioner Tom Ramsey (R–Precinct 3) being the sole vote against the plan.
The 18-month program would use $20.5 million from the $915 million of COVID-19 federal relief funds to send select individuals $500 a month. These checks would go to 1,500 random citizens living 200 percent below the poverty line […]
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