The Texas Supreme Court is temporarily blocking an initiative that would pay $500 in monthly income to poverty-driven residents in Harris County as part of the Uplift Harris County program.
This month, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Harris County over the program, which gives money to almost 2,000 residents who live in the highest poverty zip codes. Paxton argued that the "unlawful" program violates the Texas constitution, which forbids “any county, city, town or other political corporation or subdivision of the State … to grant public money or thing of value in aid of, or to any individual.”
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