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2021 Legislative Session Delivers Significant Gains for Louisiana’s Coast
MRD's press release to close the legislative session:
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Gary Carter Jr. wins Louisiana Senate District 7 seat to replace uncle U.S. Rep. Troy Carter
Carter's three opponents all are from Plaquemines and focused their campaigns in part on their opposition to the Mid-Barataria Diversion, a $2 billion keystone of the state's coastal Master Plan that would cut a swath from the Mississippi River to Barataria Bay with the goal of building and nourishing about 27 miles of new wetlands from the flow of the river's sediment.