📊 Source Intelligence
Useful for: How civic-information sites earn trust.
What we learn from them: The winners are aggressively nonpartisan, cite primary sources, and show their work. Trust is the entire product.
How we compete: We compete on exactly that standard — austinmayor.com earns standing by being straight with the reader.
| # | Rank | Source | Group | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 94 | City of Austin austintexas.gov | Government & Records | Departments, council agendas, public records. |
What it is: Departments, council agendas, public records. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Civic & Government source for this site — filed under Government & Records. Visit austintexas.gov → | ||||
| 2 | 90 | Travis County traviscountytx.gov | Government & Records | County services, courts, commissioners court. |
What it is: County services, courts, commissioners court. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Civic & Government source for this site — filed under Government & Records. Visit traviscountytx.gov → | ||||
| 3 | 86 | Bastrop County bastropcounty.org | Government & Records | County government, records, elections. |
What it is: County government, records, elections. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Civic & Government source for this site — filed under Government & Records. Visit bastropcounty.org → | ||||
| 4 | 82 | Texas Legislature Online capitol.texas.gov | Government & Records | Bills, votes, and session calendars. |
What it is: Bills, votes, and session calendars. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Civic & Government source for this site — filed under Government & Records. Visit capitol.texas.gov → | ||||
| 5 | 78 | Austin Monitor austinmonitor.com | Watchdog & Accountability | Daily nonprofit coverage of city hall. |
What it is: Daily nonprofit coverage of city hall. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Civic & Government source for this site — filed under Watchdog & Accountability. Visit austinmonitor.com → | ||||
| 6 | 74 | The Texas Tribune texastribune.org | Watchdog & Accountability | Nonpartisan statewide politics and policy. |
What it is: Nonpartisan statewide politics and policy. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Civic & Government source for this site — filed under Watchdog & Accountability. Visit texastribune.org → | ||||
| 7 | 70 | Ballotpedia ballotpedia.org | Watchdog & Accountability | Nonpartisan encyclopedia of elections and officials. |
What it is: Nonpartisan encyclopedia of elections and officials. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Civic & Government source for this site — filed under Watchdog & Accountability. Visit ballotpedia.org → | ||||
| 8 | 66 | Vote411 vote411.org | Watchdog & Accountability | League of Women Voters election guide. |
What it is: League of Women Voters election guide. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Civic & Government source for this site — filed under Watchdog & Accountability. Visit vote411.org → | ||||
| 9 | 62 | PolitiFact Texas politifact.com | Watchdog & Accountability | Fact-checks of Texas political claims. |
What it is: Fact-checks of Texas political claims. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Civic & Government source for this site — filed under Watchdog & Accountability. Visit politifact.com → | ||||
| 10 | 58 | League of Women Voters TX my.lwv.org | Ten more worth your time | Nonpartisan voter education. |
What it is: Nonpartisan voter education. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Civic & Government source for this site — filed under Ten more worth your time. Visit my.lwv.org → | ||||
| 11 | 54 | Texas Secretary of State sos.state.tx.us | Ten more worth your time | Elections & official records. |
What it is: Elections & official records. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Civic & Government source for this site — filed under Ten more worth your time. Visit sos.state.tx.us → | ||||
| 12 | 50 | Austin Open Data Portal data.austintexas.gov | Ten more worth your time | City datasets & dashboards. |
What it is: City datasets & dashboards. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Civic & Government source for this site — filed under Ten more worth your time. Visit data.austintexas.gov → | ||||
| 13 | 46 | Texas Ethics Commission ethics.state.tx.us | Ten more worth your time | Campaign finance & lobbying. |
What it is: Campaign finance & lobbying. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Civic & Government source for this site — filed under Ten more worth your time. Visit ethics.state.tx.us → | ||||
| 14 | 42 | Common Cause Texas commoncause.org | Ten more worth your time | Government accountability. |
What it is: Government accountability. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Civic & Government source for this site — filed under Ten more worth your time. Visit commoncause.org → | ||||
| 15 | 38 | Austin Legistar austin.legistar.com | Ten more worth your time | Council agendas & votes. |
What it is: Council agendas & votes. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Civic & Government source for this site — filed under Ten more worth your time. Visit austin.legistar.com → | ||||
| 16 | 34 | Travis County Clerk Elections countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov | Ten more worth your time | Local election records. |
What it is: Local election records. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Civic & Government source for this site — filed under Ten more worth your time. Visit countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov → | ||||
| 17 | 30 | USA.gov usa.gov | Ten more worth your time | Federal services directory. |
What it is: Federal services directory. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Civic & Government source for this site — filed under Ten more worth your time. Visit usa.gov → | ||||
| 18 | 26 | NCSL ncsl.org | Ten more worth your time | State legislatures reference. |
What it is: State legislatures reference. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Civic & Government source for this site — filed under Ten more worth your time. Visit ncsl.org → | ||||
| 19 | 22 | Texas Comptroller comptroller.texas.gov | Ten more worth your time | State finances & taxes. |
What it is: State finances & taxes. Why it’s here: a genuinely relevant Civic & Government source for this site — filed under Ten more worth your time. Visit comptroller.texas.gov → | ||||