During the Regular Session, the 89th Texas Legislature passed three key measures to meaningfully improve fiscal transparency and cultivate a more informed decision-making environment. These well-intentioned measures include:
• HB 103 (2025), relating to the creation and maintenance of a database of taxing unit bond, tax, and bond-related project information; providing a civil penalty;
• HB 3526 (2025), relating to fiscal transparency for bonds issued by local governmental entities; and
• SB 843 (2025), relating to a Texas Education Agency database of school district and open-enrollment charter school bonds, taxes, and bond-related projects.
Local Government
De-Chartered Territory: Texas Capitol District
The City of Austin, in its current form, is catastrophically mismanaged and does not represent the ideals of the people of Texas. Key points: Austin has failed to uphold its obligations to its citizens under the social contract. Crime, homelessness, and taxation have become untenable. In Jackson, Mississippi, where this policy has been implemented, overall...
September 30, 2025