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State senator: Vermilion Parish has been losing for years. SpaceX is a win.

The Advocate | Baton Rouge

Sep 11, 2026

State senator: Vermilion Parish has been losing for years. SpaceX is a win.

Southern Vermilion Parish has spent a generation watching two things leave: land and people. The marsh south of the Intracoastal Waterway has been slipping into the Gulf. Families…

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State senator: Vermilion Parish has been losing for years. SpaceX is a win.

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