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SpaceX Starship Flight 8 is stationed near Orbital Launch Pad A ahead of launch at Boca Chica beach on March 03, 2025 in Boca Chica Beach, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesFresh off a win after the May 3 election determined Starbase would become an official city in South Texas, Elon Musk's SpaceX has even more plans to build out the company town.
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An Alamo Drafthouse on June 13, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired the 27-year-old dine-in theater chain Alamo and its 35 locations around the country. The acquisition comes amid box office slumps, and declining revenue as moviegoers in recent years have become more occupied with streaming services at home. Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesWorkers at a Texas-founded theater chain voted to unionize their theater.
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chron.com | Andrea Guzman |Andrea Guzmán
Lissette Nesloney juggles her Blue Bell Ice Cream and a television microphone in front H-E-B freezers Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, in Brenham.
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A Southwest Airlines ticketing agent helps customers at San Francisco International Airport on April 24, 2025 in San Bruno, California. Southwest and American Airlines have joined other domestic airlines in withdrawing full-year 2025 guidance due to ongoing macroeconomic challenges, weakening domestic demand, and other economic concerns.
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Proposed legislation that would have handed authority to SpaceX to issue closures of Boca Chica Beach and the nearby road died after a vote by state lawmakers on Monday. The vote was close, with seven members of the Texas House State Affairs Committee against and six members in favor of Senate Bill 2188, which is the companion to state Rep. Janie Lopez's House Bill 4660.
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H-E-B in Austin, Texas. H-E-B/Courtesy of H-E-BTexas has multiple brands that manage to run a business while also giving back to communities, according to a new Forbes list. But out of all of the brands making a social impact nationwide, H-E-B is doing the most. On a Forbes list of America's best brands for social impact, H-E-B ranked No. 1, beating out former winner REI, as the apparel company slipped to No. 2 on this year's ranking.
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A Tesla Model Y sits on the lot at a Tesla dealership on April 15, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesAhead of Tesla's planned launch of a robotaxi service in Austin this June, the company is testing ride-hailing with employees in the driver's seat in Texas and California. The EV maker posted on X Wednesday that a ride-hailing service using its driver assistance system known as "Full Self-Driving" is live for Tesla employees in Austin and the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Shantanu Agarwal speaks onstage during the 2025 TIME100 Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 23, 2025 in New York City. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for TIMEA startup in Texas is the grand prize winner in the XPrize climate contest aiming to remove tons of carbon dioxide from Earth's air and oceans, a move that experts say is needed to avoid catastrophic effects of climate change.
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chron.com | Andrea Guzman |Andrea Guzmán
Shoppers walk by a Tesla Motors store at the Westfield UTC shopping center on December 5, 2024 in San Diego, California. Kevin Carter/Getty ImagesAbout a decade ago, engineer Cristina Balan called out a safety concern about a design flaw on a Tesla vehicle. Shortly after, Balan says she was forced to resign. Now, she's explaining the leverage Tesla allegedly used to get her signature.
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People sit on the beach to watch SpaceX's Starship lift off from Starbase near Boca Chica, Texas, on March 6, 2025, during its 8th test flight. Ronaldo Schemidt /AFP via Getty ImagesA bill proposing to hand authority for Boca Chica Beach closures to the proposed city of Starbase is facing pushback as it goes through the legislature. Now, a key leader in the affected region is also chiming in with his opposition to the bill.
