BG READS - July 31, 2026
✅ Today's BG Reads include:
🟪 Austin leaders advance $5.2M contract for multiyear, citywide audit program (Community Impact)
🟪 Breaking down APD's $25 million proposed budget increase (CBS Austin)
🟪 Austin ISD votes to close Paredes Middle School weeks before start of 2026-27 school year (KVUE)
🟪 Texas dominates migration across generations, but Austin lags behind Dallas with Gen Z (Austin Business Journal)
🟪 Samsung to break ground on second Taylor fab before the end of this year (Austin Business Journal)
🟪 With future of U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade in limbo, Texas businesses navigate choppy waters (Houston Public Radio)
🟪 Big new power lines could prevent blackouts in Texas, but landowner opposition is fierce (KUT)
🟪 Why Republicans aren’t funding the Texas Senate race yet (New York Times)