By John Sharp | jsharp@al.com Email the author | Follow on Twitter on January 26, 2016 at 4:04 PM, updated January 26, 2016 at 9:25 PM The process for awarding $58 million of BP oil spill fines for a beachfront hotel and conference center at Gulf State Park was flawed and failed to consider alternative projects, an attorney with an environmental advocacy group argued [...]
Initiative 42 is a constitutional amendment to ensure adequate funding for public schools in Mississippi. The opponents claim that it is a "radical ploy to shift power from voters to judges." The opponents make this claim because the amendment makes it clear that the adequate funding requirement would be enforceable by the state courts. This claim is absolutely baffling. I [...]
Watch Video: Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe American Indian tribe lives in peril near New Orleans The Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe needs federal recognition in order to protect the only land they called home. Their land, located 40 miles outside of New Orleans, has been rapidly eroding and they fear another hurricane like Katrina will destroy their homes and their legacy. Duration: 3:36
By Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune Email the author | Follow on Twitter on July 02, 2015 at 8:15 AM, updated July 02, 2015 at 1:55 PM BP has agreed to pay $18.7 billion to Louisiana, four other states, and the federal government to settle lawsuits filed in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which killed 11 [...]
Published on Tuesday, 12 May 2015 14:28 Written by JACOB BATTE, The Courier HOUMA, La. (AP) – For local Indian tribes seeking federal recognition, congressional pushback is disappointing, but nothing new. U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, is demanding the Obama administration hold off on new rules that could make it easier for Indian groups to win federal recognition as [...]
Posted by Evelina Burnett More than 36,000 claims have been submitted by Mississippi businesses and individuals for economic losses from the BP oil spill. That’s about 12 percent of the total, and far lower than in Louisiana, Florida or Alabama. As MPB’s Evelina Burnett reports, many people who have filed claims say they weren’t fully compensated for what they [...]
