Gunn appoints two to Gulf Coast Restoration Fund
Speaker of the House Philip Gunn has announced his appointments of Greg Cronin and Jim Simpson to the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund. The trust fund...
Tag : BP oil spill
Governor signs BP money bill into law
by Alex Paton
The Governor has signed the BP bill into law. During a signing ceremony on Wednesday, Governor Phil Bryant signed the bill which will allocate 75%...
Governor to sign BP bill into law
by Alex Paton
Governor Phil Bryant will sign the BP money bill into law. After already signing the Mississippi Infrastructure Modernization Act, the Governor said he would be...
Featured BP bill dies in conference, legislators seek special session
by Alex Paton
The BP bill that sought to set aside dollars from the BP oil settlement for projects along the Gulf Coast died in a conference committee...
Featured BP money distribution discussed in legislative conference
by Alex Paton
How to distribute the funds from the BP oil spill settlement has been a long debated question and lawmakers are trying to figure it out...
Featured Mississippi legislature: bills dead and alive
by Alex Paton
Tuesday was the final day for House and Senate committees to pass general bills that originated in and already passed out of their opposite chamber....
BP oil spill money: where will it go?
by Alex Paton
How to distribute the funds from the BP oil spill settlement has been a long debated question and many believe that it should go back to...
BP Oil Spill bill dies in committee
The bill that would have allocated the money from the BP oil spill settlement to the Mississippi Gulf Coast died in the House committee Tuesday...
Senate greenlights earmarking BP settlement for the Coast
The bill that would allocate the $2 billion dollar BP Oil Spill settlement to the Mississippi Gulf Coast Restoration fund has officially cleared the Senate....
Senate bill to keep BP settlement money on the Coast passes unanimously
It took all of two minutes and no debate for the state Senate to decide that the money from the BP Oil Spill settlement should...