HOUSTON

Harris County Revives Controversial Program

Harris County officials voted Thursday to relaunch a guaranteed income program with added restrictions after Attorney General Ken Paxton challenged its legality, citing the Texas Constitution’s ban on giving public funds to individuals.

The initial program would have provided $500 monthly payments to 1,900 participants for 18 months, but it was put on hold when the Texas Supreme Court expressed doubts about its constitutionality.

The revamped initiative, dubbed Uplift Harris 2.0, has been modified to provide pre-loaded cards with spending restrictions.

The Commissioners Court approved the new program 4-1, with Republican Commissioner Tom Ramsey opposing, arguing that the $20.5 million in federal pandemic relief funds could be better spent elsewhere.

https://thetexasflyover.com/friday-august-16-2024/

City of Dallas settles with fired police officer after wrongful arrest

DALLAS - The city of Dallas agreed on a settlement with a former Dallas police officer who was wrongfully arrested for two murders.

Bryan Riser was fired from Dallas PD three years ago after being arrested on two capital murder charges, His attorney says they have now settled with the city.

Toby Shook is one of the attorneys representing the former officer.

"There wasn’t any evidence, any credible evidence that connected him to this crime," Shook said. "I’ve never seen a case like this."

In 2021, Riser was accused of hiring a hitman to kill Albert Douglas and Lisa Saenz in 2017 after one of the men who committed the crimes implicated Riser.

However, an examination hearing exposed mistakes and discrepancies in the police affidavit written by Dallas Police Det. Esteban Montenegro.

One major discrepancy: the detective swore that cell phone records placed Riser at one of the murder scenes. The detective admitted that was an error.

"Bryan Riser was in jail for five weeks on two capital murder charges," Shook said. "After that three-hour hearing, the judge found there was no probable cause, but he was already fired."

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https://www.fox4news.com/news/city-dallas-settles-fired-police-officer-after-wrongful-arrest

Google says it'll invest $1B this year in Texas, where it has huge data centers and office hubs

The $1 billion figure would represent an increase of around 200% from the $330 million investment pledged last year in Texas by Google.

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/google-texas-investment-plans-data-centers/287-40ef130e-b944-4c9f-8622-1b87503d1dbc

God bless Texas.

Any of you non-Texas anons who are independent in your thinking, tough in your soul, pragmatic is your spirit, repulsed by whining, wouldn't dream of asking the gov to do anything for you, who don't put sweaters on your dogs are welcome to immigrate to our blessed state and help us drive out the no backbone, weak-willed, wishy-washy, whiny weenies who have moved in.

God bless Texas.

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