Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is challenging the program, saying it violates the Texas Constitution.
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., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
Justices granted Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request Tuesday to halt the payments while a legal fight over the county’s guaranteed income pilot program plays out. About 1,900 households residing in the county’s poorest neighborhoods would receive monthly, no-strings-attached cash payments of $500 — drawn out of $20.5 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds — for 18 months.
The program was set to begin Wednesday, though there was some confusion about whether the county had begun distributing the funds ahead of schedule. Minutes before the Supreme Court’s order, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis saidthat the county had already sent the first round of checks. But Ellis later said that wasn't the case.
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