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By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News’ Terms of Use and Privacy Policy , which includes our Notice of Financial Incentive . To access the content, check your email and follow the instructions provided. Having trouble? Click here. The Supreme Court of Texas issued a ruling Tuesday that prohibits Harris County from launching a guaranteed income program which is currently being disputed by Attorney General Ken Paxton.The […]

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Resolving $200M Ontario basic income class action lawsuit could take ‘years’: lawyer

The lead lawyer in a class-action lawsuit seeking millions for the early termination of Ontario’s basic income pilot program admits it could be several more years before the matter is resolved.

Cavalluzzo LLP lawyer Stephen Moreau says the fact that the province agreed to hand over $320,000 to cover legal fees on Tuesday “the other way” seems to hint that there won’t be any obvious deal coming soon.

“This started five years ago. How long will it take? Possibly more years,” Moreau said.In 2019, four Lindsay, Ont., residents who were signed up for the pilot filed a $200 million class-action lawsuit […]

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Texas Supreme Court orders Harris County not to make payments under guaranteed income program

The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a ruling barring Harris County from launching a guaranteed income program that is currently being challenged by Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The decision comes just days after Houston Judge Ursula Hall rejected Paxton’s arguments that the Uplift Harris program, which distributes monthly wages to more than 1,900 low-income residents, is unconstitutional.

“If the program includes a public benefit, it does not violate the constitution,” Houston Landing said.Paxton’s lawyers argued that taxpayer money must be used in the public interest for a general benefit. TEXAS LEGISLATURE CHALLENGES ‘LOTTERY SOCIALISM’, URGES STATES TO DECIDE ON UNIVERSAL […]

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Texas Supreme Court Puts Harris County’s Guaranteed Income Scheme On Hold

The Texas Supreme Court has issued a temporary administrative stay on Harris County’s guaranteed income scheme that Attorney General Ken Paxton is arguing violates state law.

Paxton sued Harris County at the beginning of the month for its $20.5 million federally-funded basic income program called “Uplift Harris.”

The program aimed to provide $500 monthly for 18 months to nearly 1,900 Harris County families living 200 percent below the poverty line.The Texas Constitution 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.”According […]

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Texas, AG Ken Paxton ‘trying to bully Harris County’ over guaranteed income program, Lina Hidalgo says

Commissioner Rodney Ellis, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, and Barbie Robinson discuss the guaranteed basic income program. The Texas Supreme Court sided with Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday morning to block Harris County’s guaranteed income program to low-income residents.

But before the decision was made, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo appeared on Houston Matters and spoke to Michael Hagerty about the importance of the program. She also said that she anticipated the Supreme Court siding with Paxton, but the debate was about whether Harris County should claw back the checks.

"My heart breaks for these families," she said. "This is […]

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Most Work Is New Work, Long-Term Study of U.S. Census Data Shows

By Peter Dizikes | MIT News

This is part 1 of a two-part MIT News feature examining new job creation in the U.S. since 1940, based on new research from Ford Professor of Economics David Autor. Part 2 is available here .

In 1900, Orville and Wilbur Wright listed their occupations as “Merchant, bicycle” on the U.S. census form. Three years later, they made their famous first airplane flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. So, on the next U.S. census, in 1910, the brothers each called themselves “Inventor, aeroplane.” There weren’t too many of those around at the […]

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Resolution in $200M Ontario basic income class action could take ‘years’: lawyer

Ontario government faces lawsuit over cancellation of basic income pilot

Members of a class action lawsuit against the Form government for its cancellation of the Ontario basic income pilot are seeking $200M in damages. Jaden Lee-Lincoln explains. More Videos 0 seconds of 0 secondsVolume 0% Press shift question mark to access a list of keyboard shortcuts

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Houston-area program to give $500 monthly payments to some residents on hold after Texas lawsuit

FILE – In this May 1, 2018, file photo, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a news conference in Austin, Texas. The Supreme Court of Texas on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, ordered Harris County, which includes Houston, to put on hold for now a guaranteed income program that would provide $500 monthly cash payments to roughly 2,000 residents in one of the largest counties in the U.S. The program has become a target of Paxton. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File) By ACACIA CORONADO

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AUSTIN, Texas The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered […]

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Basic income recipient says Ontario should fight poverty, not the class action she’s part of

Jessie Golem, centre, speaks at Queen’s Park on April 22, 2024, alongside lawyer Stephen Moreau, right, and basic income advocate Sheila Regehr. (Submitted by Jessie Golem) Jessie Golem has spent much of the last six years sharing the stories of participants in Ontario’s basic income pilot program.

A former participant herself, the Hamilton photographer says the promise of three years of guaranteed income was life-changing.

She was one of 4,000 low-income earners who signed up for the pilot in 2017. At the time, she was working four jobs and hoping to start a full-time photography business. The pilot gave Golem the […]

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Houston-Area Program to Give $500 Monthly Payments to Some Residents on Hold After Texas Lawsuit

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Harris County, which includes Houston, to put on hold a guaranteed income program that would provide $500 monthly cash payments to roughly 2,000 residents.

The program has become a target of Republican Texas Attorney General Paxton , who has accused local Democratic leaders of trying to “score political points” through the initiative and filed a lawsuit this month in an effort to block its implementation. The program is the latest rift between state and local leaders in the Houston area, where Democrats in recent years have gained political ground.

The […]

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