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Economy

Inside Louisiana’s $100 billion SpaceX deal: NDAs, record tax breaks and a community left out

Drew Hawkins

Residents who live near where SpaceX’s rockets will be launched say they were kept in the dark about the project.

SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell, left, speaks with Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, center, and Sec. of Louisiana Economic Development Susan Bonnett Bourgeois during an event with SpaceX announcing a deal to build a new spaceport in Louisiana, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, in Abbeville, La. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Economy

Elon Musk's space company to build new rocket launching site in Louisiana

Stephen Smith (The Associated Press), Sudhin Thanawala (The Associated Press)

Coastal Desk

Coastal News Roundup: A New River Model, And The Wild West Of Levees

Travis Lux

Every Friday we sit down with coastal reporters at Nola.com/The Times-Picayune to recap the week's coastal news.This week on the Coastal News Roundup,…