BG READS - August 3, 2026
✅ Today's BG Reads include:
🟪 Austin gets $4.7 million budget boost as council fights over cuts (Austin American-Statesman)
🟪 Austin faces uphill battle to fund $8.2B light rail expansion (Austin Business Journal)
🟪 Paredes Middle School closes; students split to Bailey, Mendez (Community Impact)
🟪 Breaking down APD's $25 million proposed budget increase (CBS Austin)
🟪 Abbott vows to prevent cities from collecting sales tax if they circumvent housing laws (KXAN)
🟪 Texas Stock Exchange rings bell to mark historic milestone (Dallas Morning News)
🟪 The Democrats’ biggest donors have gone on strike (Wall Street Journal)