State Safety Regulators Deny Politics Influenced Decision to Vacate Boring Co. Citations

Officials at the Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration rescinded citations levying more than $425,000 in penalties on Elon Musk's The Boring Co. less than a day after they were issued because they failed to assess the reasonableness of the company's mitigation efforts, according to a memo a state attorney wrote earlier this week. The Nov. 17 memo addressed to the director the Department of Business and Industry, was released along with other documents and a statement from Nevada OSHA denying that Gov. Joe Lombardo, a Republican who endorsed Donald Trump for president in...