BG READS - August 7, 2026
✅ Today's BG Reads include:
🟪 Austin City Council OKs $295M parks and libraries bond for November ballot (CBS Austin)
🟪 Austin’s surprise $4.7 million sparks fight over social service cuts (Austin American-Statesman)
🟪 Federal judge temporarily blocks Austin from reclaiming 170 previously released properties (Austin American-Statesman)
🟪 Inside the distribution of gates amongst airlines at the expanded Austin airport (Austin Business Journal)
🟪 New for our economy — products of war (Austin Business Journal)
🟪 Trump again tries to restrict birthright citizenship after Supreme Court ruling (Associated Press)
🟪 Iran aims to ban U.S. and Israeli ships from Strait of Hormuz and charge others a toll (NPR)