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Investigations

Inside Elon Musk’s stellar year at the Texas Capitol

While Elon Musk took Washington, D.C., by storm, his company representatives and lobbyists were also notching up big political wins in Texas.


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A building with a mural of Elon Musk and the phrase “Boca Chica to Mars” under a sign saying “Los Elizondos.”

“It’s all to help Elon”

A group of people gathered on a sandy beach with a spaceship launch site looming in the background.

“They never come out of the shadows”

Musk’s indirect influence

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