At an April 10 press conference, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo showed the lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to stop the county’s guaranteed-income pilot project. Hidalgo called the state’s actions “cruel.” When Harris County leaders launched Uplift Harris, a guaranteed income pilot program, the state of Texas stopped it in its tracks. Judge Lina Hidalgo called the state’s actions “cruel.”
The idea behind guaranteed income programs was that if low-income families were simply given regular infusions of cash, they’d gain the flexibility needed to pursue opportunities. For instance, a single parent might have to turn down […]
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