SpaceX’s future city of Starbase would control weekday access to nearby Boca Chica Beach under a bill being considered by the Legislature. The measure would give the private company led by Elon Musk ...

McALLEN, Texas — The South Texas home of Elon Musk‘s SpaceX rocket company is now an official city with a galactic name: Starbase. A vote Saturday to formally organize Starbase as a city was approved ...

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The South Texas residents, who are mostly tied to SpaceX, voted overwhelmingly to create the city of Starbase. A SpaceX vice president was voted in as the city's first mayor. It shifts local zoning ...

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A bust of Elon Musk alongside the road to SpaceX’s South Texas facility near Boca Chica Beach on March 28, 2025, in Brownsville, Texas. (Michael Gonzalez/The Texas Newsroom) On the road to Boca Chica ...

A Texas village is voting to formally launch Starbase, a town devoted to Elon Musk’s company SpaceX. The vote will almost certainly be in favor, with 90% of the 279 eligible voters having flocked to ...

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Got something you want us to investigate? Email us at tips@kut.org. On the road to Boca Chica Beach sits a huge bronze sculpture of Elon Musk's head. The thing is nine feet tall and probably weighs ...