Elon Musk is asking the state to give him the power to close Boca Chica Beach on SpaceX’s schedule just as rocket launches ...

A bill proposing to hand authority for Boca Chica Beach closures to the proposed city of Starbase is facing pushback as it ...

As thousands of revelers begin to descend on South Padre Island to celebrate Semana Santa, or Holy Week, some may be ...

A new legislative proposal changes who has the authority to close Boca Chica Beach in the Rio Grande Valley for SpaceX launches. Credit: Ben Lowy for The Texas Tribune Audio recording is automated ...

SB 2188, which passed in the Texas Senate on Thursday, would allow Musk's proposed Starbase City to oversee weekday closures ...

Boca Chica beach is near the Starbase facility in Brownsville, Texas, where the Texas constitution reserves beaches as public property. Elon Musk's company SpaceX seeks to control access to the beach.

Texas Representative Janie Lopez stood before the Committee on State Affairs on Monday and presented her bill giving SpaceX control of Boca Chica beach ...

On the road to Boca ... beach on his schedule. GOP legislators are behind him. Local leaders and environmentalists stand in opposition. The right to access public beaches is enshrined in the Texas ...