Using federal dollars, the county plans to provide contraception, screening for STDs, and other pre-conception services to low-income neighborhoods.
The county defended taking rollover funds from law enforcement agencies, but Lina Hidalgo and commissioners will keep such funds in the proposed budget.
Under Mayor Turner’s Climate Action Plan, Houston is touting a move away from clean diesel and CNG buses to “100 percent no emission” buses.
County Judge Lina Hidalgo says the program will use federal ARPA funds to provide childcare for 1,000 children for three years.
The Texas legislature earmarked $3 billion of its American Rescue Plan Act funds for "property tax relief" in 2023.
Complying with a request from Lina Hidalgo, county analysts have recommended using federal COVID-19 relief funds to directly pay for abortions or ancillary services.
"We have concluded that the December 1, 2021, Stay Order from the Fifth Circuit case is limited to the parties in the lawsuit," the district wrote.
The governor and attorney general have been vague on their guidance about the ARPA funding's stipulation that recipients must comply with "applicable executive orders."
Judge Lee Yeakel sided with plaintiffs who claimed that banning mask mandates amounted to discrimination against disabled children.
Congress prohibited recipients of the ARPA funding from using it to cut taxes but that condition is facing legal challenge.
The 5,000-person town in the heart of Texas rejected its coronavirus recovery funds due to concerns over the funding's accompanying conditions.
The state has until 2024 to disburse the federal funding but has done so well in advance.
