How the billionaire businessman’s lobbyists helped him get so many state Legislature wins is something of a mystery.

The Texas Newsroom reached out to all 12 of Musk's lobbyists registered with the state this session. Only one, Carrie Simmons, a lobbyist who counts Tesla among her clients, responded, but she ...

Musk, the billionaire businessman behind Tesla and SpaceX, influenced several new Texas laws this year. How his lobbyists came about these wins, however, is more of a mystery.

“The real harm is the influence of a private company on the decisions made by government,” Cyrus Reed, the conservation ...

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

Billionaire businessman Elon Musk is steadily expanding his influence in Texas politics, with his companies deploying more ...

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

Musk paid eight lobbyists up to $345,000 during the 2013 session, while the auto dealers paid $780,000 to 26 lobbyists, according to Lobby Watch, a Texas watchdog group.

Musk has received one-on-one face time with Gov. Rick Perry, most recently in March, to chat about the potential for a South Texas spaceport. SpaceX even scored a shout-out during Perry's State of ...

Elon Musk’s team of Texas lobbyists during the 2025 legislative session did not rival those of huge energy and ...