BG READS - August 24, 2026

✅ Today's BG Reads include:

🟪Austin City Council takes up Data Centers Tuesday and Thursday

🟪 Austin seeing mixed childhood well-being outcomes; 5-year improvement strategy launches (Community Impact)

🟪 BG Podcast Ep. 271: Preparing Cities for Air Taxis and eVTOLs with Austin Assistant City Manager Mike Rogers‍ ‍

🟪 UT Austin begins classes amid record 100,000-plus undergraduate applications (CBS Austin))

🟪 Industry warns of blackouts, economic woes if Texas overreacts to data center, transmission line anger (Texas Tribune)

🟪 Texas Space Summit in San Antonio postponed until 2027 (San Antonio Express-News)

🟪 What Texas' surging wealth, new Dallas hub mean for Goldman Sachs in Lone Star State (Dallas Business Journal)

🟪 ‘The writing on the wall’: Trump’s staff departs ahead of possible turmoil (Politico)

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