The area surrounding Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket launch site in southern Texas has officially become a city after a vote by residents in the area on May 3. The city, called Starbase, has been slated to ...

Voters in Cameron County, who are mostly SpaceX employees, approved a measure to officially recognize Starbase as its own town while electing a mayor and city council. Now, officials have approved ...

SpaceX is quietly standing up a volunteer fire department to serve the sprawling launch-and-manufacturing Starbase complex, tightening its control over emergency response at a site known for rapid — ...

Elon Musk hasn't only made his mark on the federal government — he's making himself known in local Texas bureaucracy, too. Residents in southern Texas voted to incorporate the area around a SpaceX ...

The newest city in the Rio Grande Valley isn't really a "city" in any traditional sense. Yes, it has residents and, yes, it has elected officials. But it also is home to sleek, towering rockets that ...

The SpaceX company town of Starbase is moving quickly to appoint staff and establish laws — including a zoning plan that could strip away some property owners’ rights. The newly created city has ...

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. To start with a brief programming note, I'll be off the rest of this week and early next week for some YIMBY-adjacent travel. That means ...