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Cows, canals and 30 rockets a day? Pecan Island residents press SpaceX for answers. (opens the original)
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The dimly lit interiors of the closed Pecan Island High School were crowded with people Thursday afternoon, a rare occasion for any event held in the unincorporated Vermilion Parish community. There to speak to about 100 residents were representatives of SpaceX, the aerospace manufacturing company that recently announced plans to operate a rocket launch facility along the Louisiana coast. The facility is not expected to officially open until 2029, but impacts from the announcement have already b
Paralyzed at 18 in a training accident, he's now leading the Louisiana town that rallied around him (opens the original)
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Tipper Esponge once imagined a future running decathlons for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and deploying to the Middle East with his National Guard unit. Instead, at 33, he runs a small town along the border of Iberia and Vermilion parishes. Esponge, the mayor of Delcambre, has been paralyzed from the neck down since a training accident when he was 18. In 2009, following in the footsteps of his father who served for over 20 years, Esponge headed to basic training at Fort Benning in Ge
A Louisiana mayor earns about $12 an hour as this town fights to escape financial crisis (opens the original)
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The Town of Elton is slashing salaries for its mayor and police chief amidst financial turmoil that stems back several years. According to Elton mayor Michael Pierrotti, his salary following the new adjustments is just shy of $12 an hour, or an annual salary of about $23,000, cut from $38,400. The police chief's salary was cut to $11 an hour, or about $21,000 per year. The sharp decrease in wages comes as the town has been embroiled in the fallout from years of financial mismanagement dating to
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