The Texas Supreme Court ordered Harris County to not issue payments under its guaranteed income program until Attorney ...
The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an administrative stay to temporarily block Harris County’s “Uplift Harris” ...
A Harris County attorney defended a guaranteed income program that’s been targeted in a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday. Paxton’s lawsuit claims that "Uplift ...
The Texas Supreme Court is temporarily blocking an initiative that would pay $500 in monthly income to poverty-driven ...
Paxton had sued Harris County in early April over the program, describing it as a "welfare scheme that violates the Texas ...
There is no such thing as free money – especially in Texas.” That’s the first sentence of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s ...
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The program has become a target of Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, who filed a lawsuit this month in an effort to ...
County officials said the $500 monthly stipends would be sent out Tuesday but dropped that after the Supreme Court blocked ...
About 1,900 households residing in Harris county’s poorest neighborhoods would receive monthly, no-strings-attached cash ...
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo first announced in June 2023 the plan to create the program using $20.5 million in COVID-19 relief money the county received through the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act.
The Texas Supreme Court granted on Tuesday Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's request to temporarily halt payments under Harris County's guaranteed income pilot program. Credit: Mark Felix for ...