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KEENAN: Louisiana Just Landed the Biggest Investment in Its History. A Crypto Loophole in Washington Could Undercut It

At the end of August in Abbeville, SpaceX confirmed what half the state had been whispering about for months: a $100 billion Starship spaceport in Vermilion Parish, with as many as 10,000 permanent jobs. State officials called it the largest capital investment in Louisiana history, and for once that is not press release inflation.

KEENAN: Louisiana Just Landed the Biggest Investment in Its History. A Crypto Loophole in Washington Could Undercut It

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At the end of August in Abbeville, SpaceX confirmed what half the state had been whispering about for months: a $100 billion Starship spaceport in Vermilion Parish, with as many as 10,000 permanent jobs.

State officials called it the largest capital investment in Louisiana history, and for once that is not press release inflation.

Louisiana Just Landed the Biggest Investment in Its History.

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At the end of August in Abbeville, SpaceX confirmed what half the state had been whispering about for months: a $100 billion Starship spaceport in Vermilion Parish, with as many as 10,000 permanent jobs. State officials called it the largest capital investment in Louisiana history, and for once that is not press release inflation. Louisiana Just Landed the Biggest Investment in Its History.

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Louisiana Just Landed the Biggest Investment in Its History.

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