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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