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The Latest Breaking News from Cameron County

Starbase, the SpaceX site, is likely Texas’ next city. What happens next?

City leaders, who will be elected in May, will have just a short window to decide what services to provide, like police or fire, and how to tax residents.

The Texas Tribune

ICE Raids on Beloved Bakery Reverberate Through Rio Grande Valley

Homeland Security Investigations arrests at Abby's Bakery shake up a small town in politically shifting Cameron County.

Texas Observer

Three Texas Border Counties Exceeded Soot Pollution Standards But Avoid Consequences

Experts describe soot as the deadliest form of air pollution.

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Brownsville Elected Officials Are Doing PR for Embattled LNG Megaproject

The mayor, county judge, and others are parroting talking points provided by liquefied natural gas developer NextDecade, as the company faces another legal hurdle.

Texas Observer

Elon Musk wants to turn SpaceX site in Texas into his own city

SpaceX has formally petitioned a Texas county to start the process for becoming a city

The Independent UK

SpaceX wants to turn its Texas launch site into a city

Citing all the work the company has put into the region, employees are requesting a special election in Cameron County to incorporate a city.

The Texas Tribune

“Actually innocent”: Judge recommends overturning death row inmate Melissa Lucio’s conviction, sending case to Texas high court

The Cameron County judge also found the state relied on false testimony during her capital murder trial, according to court documents.

The Texas Tribune

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In the Rio Grande Valley, the Red Wave Makes Landfall

Perhaps it’s just Trump. Or perhaps Texas Democrats are doomed.

Texas Observer

In the Rio Grande Valley, a Humbled GOP Battles with Democrats for the Center

Trumpian Republicans run left on abortion, border Dems sound more like national politicians, and both ignore crucial grassroots issues.

Texas Observer

Carlos Cascos, former Texas secretary of state and political leader in Rio Grande Valley, dies at 71

Cascos began his political career as a Democrat but later flipped to the Republican Party.

The Texas Tribune

State district judge recommends overturning Melissa Lucio’s death sentence

In a rare joint statement, the district attorney and the defense agreed that prosecutors withheld evidence that could point to a Rio Grande Valley woman’s innocence in the death of her toddler.

The Texas Tribune

Judge Dismisses Charges Against Brownsville ISD Honor Student

For a third time, the Cameron County District Attorney's Office had asked for more time to pursue criminal charges against 11-year-old Timothy Murray.

Texas Observer

What to know about malaria after Texas’ first local case in 30 years

Texas’ first locally acquired case of malaria in 30 years was recently reported by health officials. The patient was diagnosed with the disease after working outdoors in South Texas’ Cameron County, the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement Friday.

Tribune News Service

Elon Musk didn’t vote in the midterms despite telling followers to back Republicans, records show

Election records in Cameron County, Texas, show no record of the Twitter CEO voting in November’s midterms

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Texas Supreme Court to hear state’s bid to toss political map challenge, but not until after primary

AUSTIN, Texas — The state’s bid to toss a legal challenge arguing last year’s GOP-led redistricting effort violated the Texas Constitution is headed to the state Supreme Court, which accepted the case Friday.

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