Elon Musk’s companies, once welcomed in Baltimore with open arms, are now getting stiff-armed—or sued

Even a free infrastructure project wasn’t enough to convince Maryland officials to work with Elon Musk.

On Tuesday, Elon Musk’s tunnelling business, the Boring Company, started discussions with city officials about building a free tunnel around the Baltimore Ravens’ football stadium. While the free project seemed like a coup for the Ravens, who had pitched it to the Boring Co., the idea was short-lived. Within nine hours of the announcement, Baltimore’s mayor and city council had filed a lawsuit against xAI...