SB 573 significantly restores the property rights of landowners whose property became subject to a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CNN) without consent and maintains the ability for CCN holders to be properly compensated during decertification for improvements made to provide water utilities.
Taxes & Spending
Hijacked: How the Bond Process is Being Used Against Taxpayers
School bonds are one of the main instruments contributing to Texas’s local government debt, which is currently over half a trillion dollars. Key points: As of 2026, school bond debt in Texas is over $236 billion. In May of 2023, Texas passed 79% of the 245 bond proposals put on the ballot, costing taxpayers $22.9...
April 7, 2026