Jackson County and five neighboring coastal counties stand to benefit financially after the Mississippi Senate by a wide margin passed a bill that would bring to the coast 75 percent of the $750 million paid by BP for economic damages caused by the 2010 oil spill. The bill goes to the House for its consideration. It would create a Gulf Coast Restoration Fund for economic development along the coast. The money would be administered by the Mississippi Development Authority, with input from an advisory board. (Source: Sun Herald, 08/29/18) Florida did something similar in its Triumph Gulf Coast, which is distributing monies from the spill to Northwest Florida counties directly impacted by the spill.
