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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Berenice Garcia

South Texas county leaders will lose some authority over SpaceX launches under new bill

Members of the ENTRE Film Center, a local film center and regional archive, hosted the gathering at Boca Chica to celebrate the beach and motivate people to fight for its preservation, which they view as being in jeopardy since the arrival of Elon Musk's SpaceX. Aug. 8, 2024.
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)

McALLEN — A South Texas county will lose some authority over the beach near the SpaceX launch site if a bill approved by the state Senate Thursday becomes law.

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