A Texas public-records analytics firm · based in North Texas
We’re not the government, and we’re not a newsroom — we’re your agent. Point us at the public records that should be in the open. With the community’s help, LION drafts the requests, files them across Texas, and verifies every record against its source before publishing it — open and free. Tell us what records to pull →
You already paid for these records — with your taxes. Put your name on a public-records request and we file it for your town. It costs nothing but your voice.
Our method, in the open: we file · we verify against source · we publish, dated and cited.
Browse the Open Records board →What we’re auditing
LION audits public records across Texas — organized by project, because you care about yours. Pick one: adopt a request in your name, watch it move on a legal clock, and see what comes back.
Case 25-0081SP: the records behind a floor-area change, the approvals, and the staff correspondence.
Open the project → LiveEvery book in Texas school libraries — sourced, searchable, statewide, by public-records request.
Open the catalog → BuildingALPR contracts, data-sharing agreements, retention, and audit logs across North Texas cities.
Adopt a request → BuildingEach district’s compliance with the 2025 law: posted acquisitions, advisory councils, content standards.
See requests → BuildingWhere the public money actually goes — budgets, vendor contracts, check registers, card statements.
See requests → BuildingEvery board agenda, the items up for a vote, and how each trustee voted — the public record of who decided what.
See requests →What we are · how we operate
Public records don’t request themselves. You tell us what to pull; LION turns scattered, one-off requests into one coordinated machine — run for the public, funded by the public.
What we cover
Tap a domain to see what it means. Library records are live today — the rest are being built.
Fund the operation
One person runs LION — no staff, no bureaucracy — using enterprise-grade infrastructure and custom-built software to do what used to take a whole firm. Funding is what keeps it full-time.
Founder’s investment
$13,700put in by Jesse, LION’s founder — unpaid, since April 18, 2026
This month
$264of $1,500
what it currently costs to run LION in August
The first 90 days — April 18 to July 17, 2026 — was the quiet build: the founder’s own time and money, no ask. Now LION is going public. It currently costs about $1,500 a month to keep running; monthly or one-time support is what covers it.
Help cover it — monthly or one-time.
Monthly keeps LION steady; a one-time gift helps whatever month it lands in. Cancel anytime, and recognition is never required.
The library, today
What these books contain, drawn from cited sources and shown most-interesting first. LION documents content; it does not rate or grade a book. You decide.
Open the full library database in its own tab ↗Community-driven
LION is built for the public and runs on what the public flags. If your school, city, or county is doing something that deserves a public-records request — or you want us watching a government we haven’t reached yet — tell us. We review every recommendation the community sends.
The first 90 days — April 18 to July 17, 2026
Built by one person — full-time, self-funded, answerable to no government or corporation. Roughly in the order it happened:
LION is built and run by Jesse. If you want to talk about the work — or about funding it — email jesse@lionwatchtx.org and we’ll set up a call.
Fund the operation
$264 of $1,500
$1,236 short. One person builds and runs LION — public support is what keeps it going.