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Breaking News: SpaceX Data Center Goals Confirmed!
A SpaceX permit in the City of Starbase's building permit log lists its address as "40193 TX 4 Data Center" and its work as "444 Acres." The application is in plan review and has not been issued.
3 hours ago3 min read


"We're Trading Them Like Baseball Cards": Mark Cuban on the AI Bubble, and What It Means for the Data Centers Coming to the Valley
Mark Cuban says the AI market is in a bubble built on meme-stock trading and borrowed money. Here is what his warning means for the $4 billion Fluidstack data center rising in Cameron County.
9 hours ago9 min read


What the Military Surge in the Rio Grande Valley Actually Is
Operation Unified Resolve has concentrated hundreds of soldiers, Chinook helicopters and Army boats in the Rio Grande Valley. Here is what officials have confirmed, what remains a claim, and what they have not disclosed.
10 hours ago6 min read


Starbase Wants Up to 456 Launches a Year. The Public Gets Its Say in November.
SpaceX is preparing to catch both halves of Starship for the first time next month. At the same time, the FAA has opened a review of a plan that would take Starbase from 25 permitted launches a year to as many as 456, and public meetings start Nov. 17 in Brownsville.
1 day ago5 min read


"PEOPLE FIRST, PARTY SECOND": RICK SALINAS MAKES HIS CASE FOR MISSION MAYOR
Mission attorney and mayoral candidate Rick Salinas sat down for a 33-minute conversation about the city’s finances, growth incentives and the Valley’s air. He made one promise above all: he’ll never lie to voters.
1 day ago10 min read


Gonzalez Predicts "New Billionaires" in the Valley. His Wealth-Sharing Math Doesn't Hold Up.
On a Brownsville city commissioner's podcast, Rep. Vicente Gonzalez warned that Valley projects will create "many new billionaires" and pitched a bill to keep some of that wealth home. The bill is real. The numbers he used to sell it are not supported by its text.
1 day ago10 min read


"THE MORALE IS REALLY LOW": HARLINGEN WORKERS GOT NO RAISE THIS YEAR, AND THE COMMISSION FOUGHT ABOUT WHOSE FAULT IT IS
About 400 Harlingen city employees are working this year without a raise. A commissioner's late push for 5% turned into a public fight over cost, legality and blame, and ended with no action.
1 day ago5 min read


OPERATION UNIFIED RESOLVE: CHINOOKS, TROOPS AND THE MILITARY'S CONCENTRATED PUSH INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY
Hundreds of troops moved into the Rio Grande Valley in October under Operation Unified Resolve. What the military confirmed and what is still unknown.
1 day ago4 min read
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