The Gulf Coast Restoration Fund Advisory Board plans to meet tomorrow as the group continues to accept applications for projects to be funded through the BP Oil Spill Settlement with the state. The fund was set up back in September…
It was announced at the Mississippi Restoration Summit this afternoon that nearly 38 million additional dollars is headed to the Coast. This is all part of the Restore Act from the BP oil spill settlement. The money will fund seven…
Mississippi lawmakers still have more to consider before they conclude this special session. Governor Bryant widened the session’s agenda today. He’s asking lawmakers to agree on how to divide $700 million that Mississippi is receiving in economic damage payments from…
BP settlement legislation, House Bill 1185, heads to conference committee of the Mississippi House and Senate. Six business organizations like the Mississippi Chamber of Commerce and the Gulf Coast Business Council approved a letter with the business community’s desired outcomes…
The Mississippi House of Representatives today passed two important pieces of legislation that seek to control how the BP economic damage settlement funds will be spent. House Bill 1512, which was co-authored by most members of the Mississippi Gulf Coast…
Senate Bill 2634, which would create a separate fund for BP oil spill settlement money, has died in the Mississippi House. Mississippi House of Representatives Coast Delegation calls the bill "empty" in a joint statement released this afternoon. They write,…
The 2017 legislative session begins in one month. This session is one that is sure to be pivotal considering over $100 million in BP settlement funds is up for grabs in the state’s general fund. Coast lawmakers are ready to…
Today was the last chance for residents to pitch ideas to state legislators about how the BP oil spill disaster money should be spent. Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves hosted the third and final town hall meeting at MGCCC’s Gautier campus…
South Mississippi lawmakers, along with Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves, want to make sure the majority of BP oil spill settlement funds are spent on the Gulf Coast. Northeast Mississippi legislators are saying not so fast. Representative William Tracy Arnold, a…
Coast residents voice their opinion on how legislature should spend BP settlement funds during a meeting organized by Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves. News 25’s Kendra Turley takes us inside the first of three town hall meetings scheduled along the Gulf…
Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves is hosting a series of meetings where Coast residents can voice their opinion on how legislature should spend the BP settlement funds. News 25’s Kendra Turley joins us from Gulfport where the first town hall meeting…
The state of Mississippi is set to receive $750 million over the next 15 years from the BP oil disaster. You can tell your lawmakers exactly how you want them to spend the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster money. The first…