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(The Center Square) – The Texas Supreme Court halted a “guaranteed income” pilot program launched by Harris County on Friday, likely setting the stage for the program to be scrapped altogether. In a 12-page ruling, Justice Jimmy Blacklock delivered the opinion for the court, granting the state’s motion to halt the program and ordered all payments “prohibited pending further order of this court.” This is the second time the high court has ruled on, and halted, the program. In April, the Texas Supreme Court issued an administrative stay to temporarily block Harris County’s “Uplift Harris” guaran…

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