SpaceX ‘pinky promises’ no bad impacts for Louisiana locals — then forced to backtrack
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Erin Jordan
Erin Jordan was previously an Ag & Water Desk Expert Journalist and Senior Advisor. As an award-winning investigative reporter for The Gazette in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, Iowa, she covered topics that include water quality, agriculture, state government spending and gender equity in sports. She was a 2018-19 O’Brien Fellow In Public Service Journalism at Marquette University with a project focused on water quality in the Mississippi River watershed. Before joining The Gazette, Jordan was the Iowa City Bureau reporter for the Des Moines Register from 2003 to 2009.