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BG Reads // November 7, 2025
A.J. Bingham
November 07, 2025
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November 7, 2025
✅ Today's BG Reads include:
🟪 ICYMI: Austin City Council Meeting, 11.6.2025 + Council Actions
🟪 Mayor Watson lays out post Prop Q city budget time line (Watson Wire)
🟪 Which routes from Austin could be affected by the FAA’s flight reductions? (KXAN)
🟪 FAA struggles to keep pace as Austin tower operates at 45% staffing (Community Impact)
🟪 Dallas, Houston airports required to reduce operations Nov. 7 under FAA order (Community Impact)
READ ON!
[FIRM NEWS]
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[CITY OF AUSTIN]
🏛️: Mayor Watson lays out post Prop Q city budget time line (Watson Wire)
Friday, November 7th — City Manager releases an updated staff proposed budget.
Thursday, November 13th at 9:00 am — We will be posted for and have a budget work session.
Tuesday, November 18th at 9:00 am — We will have a budget briefing/work session as part of the already scheduled work session.
Thursday, November 20th at 10:00 am — We will post for potential adoption of the new budget.
Friday, November 21st at 10:00 am — We will post a special called meeting in case it is needed for final passage of the new budget.
Monday, November 24th at 10:00 am — We will post a special called meeting in case it is needed for final passage of the new budget.
🏛️ City Manager Executives and Advisors Staff Visual Chart
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[AUSTIN METRO NEWS]
✅ Which routes from Austin could be affected by the FAA’s flight reductions? (KXAN)
Major airports across the country are preparing for the cancelation of up to 10% of flights beginning Friday due to the ongoing government shutdown, which is now the longest in history.
The Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday it would cut the number of flights from “high-volume” markets to ensure safety, as increasing numbers of air traffic controllers — who are not being paid during the shutdown — are calling out of work.
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is not expected to be among the 40 airports where cuts will happen, according to a list obtained by NewsNation. It’s not yet known which specific routes airlines will cut from the affected airports, but 35 of the 40 affected airports do have direct flights from AUS… 🟪 (READ MORE)
✅ FAA struggles to keep pace as Austin tower operates at 45% staffing (Community Impact)
Flight delays can feel random but Austin’s tarmac backups are just the tip of a countrywide air traffic system under strain.
The air traffic control tower at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is one of the most understaffed in the country, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett said, yet the problem isn’t unique to Austin, or even Texas. A history of disrupted training pipelines, high academy turnover and challenging qualifying standards have resulted in understaffed towers across the nation.
As the Austin airport sees a multi-billion expansion, officials worry tower staffing may not keep pace with growth—posing risks to safety and the region’s economy.
Local near-miss incidents coupled with rising employee stress hint at an agency struggling to keep pace with demand, further revealing local delays are part of broader challenges across U.S. air traffic control… 🟪 (READ MORE)
✅ Musk could become history's first trillionaire as Tesla shareholders approve giant pay package (Associated Press)
The world’s richest man was just handed a chance to become history’s first trillionaire. Elon Musk won a shareholder vote on Thursday that would give the Tesla CEO stock worth $1 trillion if he hits certain performance targets over the next decade. The vote followed weeks of debate over his management record at the electric car maker and whether anyone deserved such unprecedented pay, drawing heated commentary from small investors to giant pension funds and even the pope.
In the end, more than 75% of voters approved the plan as shareholders gathered in Austin, Texas, for their annual meeting. “Fantastic group of shareholders,” Musk said after the final vote was tallied, adding “Hang on to your Tesla stock.”
The vote is a resounding victory for Musk showing investors still have faith in him as Tesla struggles with plunging sales, market share and profits in no small part due to Musk himself. Car buyers fled the company this year as he has ventured into politics both in the U.S. and Europe, and trafficked in conspiracy theories. The vote came just three days after a report from Europe showing Tesla car sales plunged again last month, including a 50% collapse in Germany. Still, many Tesla investors consider Musk as a sort of miracle man capable of stunning business feats, such as when he pulled Tesla from the brink of bankruptcy a half-dozen years ago to turn it into one of the world’s most valuable companies.
The vote clears a path for Musk to become a trillionaire by granting him new shares, but it won’t be easy. The board of directors that designed the pay package require him to hit several ambitious financial and operational targets, including increasing the value of the company on the stock market nearly six times its current level… 🟪 (READ MORE)
[TEXAS/US NEWS]
✅ Dallas, Houston airports required to reduce operations Nov. 7 under FAA order (Community Impact)
Airports in Dallas and Houston are required to begin reducing flights and other operations Nov. 7 in response to air traffic controller shortages caused by the federal government shutdown, transportation officials announced Nov. 6. Within the next seven days, 40 airports nationwide are required to cut their flights by 10% to "maintain the highest standards of safety in the national airspace system," officials said.
What you need to know
The cuts will affect 40 "high impact airports" across the country, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration. Airports are required to reduce operations by 4% on Nov. 7, with cuts increasing to 6% by Nov. 11, 8% by Nov. 13 and 10% by Nov. 14.
The affected Texas airports include:
✅ Nancy Pelosi won't seek reelection, ending her storied career in the US House (Associated Press)
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi will not seek reelection to the U.S. House, bringing to a close her storied career as not only the first woman in the speaker’s office but arguably the most powerful in American politics. Pelosi, who has represented San Francisco for nearly 40 years, announced her decision Thursday. “I will not be seeking reelection to Congress,” Pelosi said in a video address to voters. Pelosi, appearing upbeat and forward-looking as images of her decades of accomplishments filled the frames, said she would finish out her final year in office. And she left those who sent her to Congress with a call to action to carry on the legacy of agenda-setting both in the U.S. and around the world.
“My message to the city I love is this: San Francisco, know your power,” she said. “We have made history. We have made progress. We have always led the way.” Pelosi said, “And now we must continue to do so by remaining full participants in our democracy and fighting for the American ideals we hold dear.” The decision, while not fully unexpected, ricocheted across Washington, and California, as a seasoned generation of political leaders is stepping aside ahead of next year’s midterm elections. Some are leaving reluctantly, others with resolve, but many are facing challenges from newcomers eager to lead the Democratic Party and confront President Donald Trump. Pelosi, 85, remains a political powerhouse and played a pivotal role with California’s redistricting effort, Prop 50, and the party’s comeback in this week’s election… 🟪 (READ MORE)
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