Alabama Gulf Coast Recovery Council News

Officials on Gulf Coast Have ‘Unanswered Questions’ on BP Settlement

Gulf Coast officials worry that their communities won’t get their fair share of Alabama’s $2.3 billion portion of the BP oil spill settlement. Gulf Shores Mayor Robert Craft told Alabama’s Press Register that members of the Gulf Coast Recovery Council …

Alabama Officials Mull How to Share Oil Spill Penalty Money

Local communities should not hire lobbyists as Alabama tries to determine how to dole out at least $1 billion in penalty funds it expects to receive as a result of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Alabama …