BG READS - August 11, 2026
✅ Today's BG Reads include:
🟪 Why Austin Energy is betting big on batteries to help manage power costs (Austin American-Statesman)
🟪 Travis County Democrats elect Luke Warford as November election approaches (Austin American-Statesman)
🟪 City shouldn’t make new e-motorcycle rules, say police, public works, city attorney in memo (KXAN)
🟪 E-bike, e-scooter riders will have to dismount on central portion of UT campus (KUT)
🟪 Gov. Greg Abbott touts tech company cooperation, following Trump criticism of data center policy (Houston Public Media)
🟪 While data centers boom in Texas, their plans stay shrouded in secrecy (Texas Tribune)
🟪 New secretary of state will continue to defend Texas’ open primaries against GOP lawsuit (Texas Tribune)
🟪 Data center backlash leads to a new land rush in the Texas oil patch (Wall Street Journal)