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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Only one road leads to and runs through Starbase.MICHAEL GONZALEZ/AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk helped found a city for SpaceX ...

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 ...

Just a month after residents in Starbase, Texas, voted to incorporate Elon Musk’s vision of a new city built from the ground up, some are being told they may become victims of eminent domain.

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 ...

Starbase is a city without a police department, but not without police. For months, Cameron County sheriff’s deputies have patrolled the roads and beaches surrounding SpaceX’s sprawling rocket ...

Officials in Texas’ newest city are moving quickly to establish the regulations that will guide their town’s booming growth into the future, but longtime property owners are pushing back and asking ...

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 ...