BG READS - July 20, 2026
✅ Today's BG Reads include:
🟪 Austin City Council candidates enter fall races with more than $1M on hand; incumbents hold financial leads (Community Impact)
🟪 Austin heat returns as temperatures climb toward 100 this week (Austin American-Statesman)
🟪 Dallas birthed the booming DFW region. It’s now bleeding people, arenas and companies to the suburbs. (Texas Tribune)
🟪 San Antonio council members’ fundraising has dried up — now some want to change the rules (San Antonio Report)
🟪 Houston police report reveals extent of HPD cooperation with ICE (Houston Chronicle)
🟪 FDA says sample of iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms tested positive for US parasite outbreak (Reuters)
🟪 They were charged with assaulting ICE agents. The cases are crumbling. (New York Times)