Alabama, Florida and Mississippi are receiving more than $103 million in BP oil spill settlement money for new and continued coastal projects.
(AP Photo/Mel Evans, FILE) NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Texas can get up to $79 million in BP oil spill restoration money, Mississippi nearly $69 million, and Florida almost $74 million for recently approved ecological projects and programs. A group set up to decide how to spend the money listed $302 million in planning and implementation for 20 projects and programs…
Alabama lawmakers have decided how to spend the state’s settlement money from the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. State senators on Wednesday voted 22-8 for a compromise plan to use the money for a mixture of paying debts, funding Medicaid and building roads in coastal Alabama. The bill now moves to Gov. Robert Bentley for his signature….
State senators will debate a division of Alabama’s oil spill settlement funds that could help fill an $85 million hole in the state’s Medicaid budget. The Alabama Senate is expected to take up the bill Wednesday. The debate could get contentious as senators have squabbled over how much should help Medicaid and how much should go for road projects in…
A House budget committee has delayed action on a bill to use part of the state’s BP oil spill money for road projects. Committee members voted Wednesday to carry over the proposed constitutional amendment. The bill would have steered the largest share of projects to coastal counties. Proponents say that would help the region hit hardest and pay for needed…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Alabama is using BP funds to construct a multimillion-dollar beachfront hotel and conference center just weeks after a federal judge blocked the state from paying for the work with money from the oil giant. The director of the project, Cooper Shattuck, says the construction work under way at Gulf State Park is legal because the judge…
