Two years after Texas lawmakers enacted a sweeping law aimed at sapping authority from the state’s urban areas, GOP legislators once more have advanced bills intended to stop local governments from adopting progressive policies.
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Harris County is again at the center of a legal challenge filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who Thursday deemed a revised guaranteed income program unconstitutional.
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Paxton earlier this year struck down the county's efforts to provide monthly stipends to lower-income families. He requested the state prohibit payments under the county's pilot guaranteed income program.
“This is the state once again trying to bully Harris County. And these folks get caught in the middle. The attorney general has known for a year that we had this program coming so we really were surprised to see them try to block it," Lina Hidalgo said.
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The Texas Supreme Court blocked Harris County's guaranteed income program on Tuesday, as the first round of checks were being sent out to low-income families. Judge Lina Hidalgo said the state has known about the program for over a year.
An appellate judge on Monday denied Attorney General Ken Paxton's appeal to have Harris County's Guaranteed Income Program blocked.
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A state district judge on Thursday ruled against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's lawsuit to halt Harris County's guaranteed income program on Thursday.
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Paxton sued Harris County for implementing a guaranteed income program, called Uplift Harris, which would give $500 a month to nearly 2,000 low income households over an 18-month period.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday a lawsuit against Harris County for its guaranteed income program. It provides nearly 2,000 households with an income below 200% of the federal poverty level with $500 monthly payments for 18 months.
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The program, which will provide nearly 2,000 households with an income below 200% of the federal poverty level with $500 monthly payments for 18 months, violates the Texas Constitution, according to Paxton.
According to Harris County Public Health, individuals who have been accepted will have four weeks to complete enrollment to the program either online or in person.
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Only about 2% of low-income Houston-area residents who applied for the county's guaranteed income program will actually receive those payments, according to county data.
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Friday is the last day to apply for Harris County's guaranteed basic income program, which will provide $500 every month for 18 months to low-income households.
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