BG READS - August 26, 2026

✅ Today's BG Reads include:

🟪 Austin leaders poised to ban large data centers, tighten regulations for smaller facilities (Community Impact)

🟪 Tesla to roll out Cybercab at invitation-only launch event at Gigafactory Texas (Austin American-Statesman)

🟪 Austin ISD's vaccination rates have risen dramatically amid a nationwide dip (KUT)

🟪 A new Texas law declaws neighborhood groups that oppose housing projects (Texas Tribune)

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

🟪 Dallas caps property tax rate, bucking hikes in other Texas cities (Dallas Morning News)

🟪 Mike Miles expects HISD’s state takeover to end after this school year (Houston Chronicle)

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