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Local officials certified the election results creating the new City of Starbase after opposition from local activist groups.
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The federal agency determined that more frequent launches at SpaceX's rocket site, Starbase, would have no significant impact on the local environment if the company takes the proper mitigation steps. The FAA has not issued a final decision.
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A small group of mostly SpaceX employees voted to incorporate the area around the SpaceX rocket testing and launch site near Brownsville as the City of Starbase.
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The City of Starbase would encompass the SpaceX rocket testing and launch complex in South Texas. It could lay the groundwork for similar towns Musk plans to create here in the future.
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Starlink, a division of Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX that provides satellite internet service across the world, received the second largest grant in a new state fund meant to support the semiconductor business in Texas.
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The ripple effects of the Trump administration’s efforts to consolidate the federal government are being felt nationwide, including in Oklahoma.
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As President Trump’s right-hand man overseeing DOGE, Musk is alienating some Tesla fans and drivers.
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Ad Astra School has opened around the corner from Elon Musk’s corporate compound in rural Central Texas. Nonprofit filings show secondary schools and a university are also planned.
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SpaceX and Tesla CEO Musk is once again signaling his interest in Texas politics by donating to a PAC targeting "soft-on-crime" Democratic judges across the state.