SCOTX pauses Harris County's guaranteed income pilot program amid legal battle

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — The Supreme Court of Texas issued a ruling that pauses Harris County's "Uplift Harris" program on Friday, which would give monthly payments of $500 to 1,928 impoverished county residents for 18 months.The Texas Office of Attorney General sued Harris County in a local district court and sought a temporary injunction pending the case's outcome, but was denied. It appealed that temporary injunction decision to an appeals court and was also denied. It then asked S