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MSU study: Residents willing to pay for coastal restoration

Associated Press — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:42:40 +0000

GULF COAST — A new survey Mississippi State University finds more than 60 percent of Americans are willing to pay to restore Louisiana’s rapidly eroding Barataria-Terrebonne estuary. The Courier reports the survey found that respondents were willing to pay between $909 and $1,751 per household for coastal restoration projects. Added up, that could generate between [...]

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Retiring DMR exec to turn over some duties to new deputy

Associated Press — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:09:17 +0000

BILOXI — Mississippi Department of Marine Resources executive director Bill Walker says new deputy director Danny Guice will take over some of his responsibilities as Walker prepares to retire. Walker told the Sun Herald he plans to retire by June of 2013. Gov. Phil Bryant would name his successor. “What the governor needs is someone [...]

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Sales tax collections rose on Coast in July

Associated Press — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:25:44 +0000

MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — July sales were up in most cities across South Mississippi and topped $1 million for the third straight month in Biloxi. The Sun Herald reports Mayor A.J. Holloway attributed the increases to the opening of the new Walmart Supercenter, Margaritaville Casino and Sharkheads souvenir shop since spring. The August report released [...]

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Cochran questions returning unused CIAP funding

MBJ Staff — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:01:38 +0000

MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) is questioning the justification behind the Department of the Interior budget request to rescind $200 million in funding intended to pay for conservation projects in Mississippi and other Gulf Coast states. Cochran participated in a Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee hearing to review the FY2013 budget request [...]

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Manning to open restaurant in New Orleans

Associated Press — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:50:29 +0000

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning will open a restaurant in association with the Harrah’s Hotel and Casino complex in downtown New Orleans. The Times-Picayune reports the restaurant, called Manning’s, will have a bar and courtyard. It is scheduled to open in fall 2011. Manning, a Mississippi native, starred at [...]

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Life on the Coast: Five years of the new normal

Lynn Lofton — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 19:06:31 +0000

Has it really been five years since Hurricane Katrina roared across Mississippi? It’s easy to think it was just yesterday but at the same time feel it’s been 50 years since life for so many people changed. On the Mississippi Gulf Coast, things changed radically. Even a casual observer who doesn’t live here can drive [...]

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Travelers executive presents Coast plan

Wally Northway — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:35:44 +0000

GULFPORT — Greg Toczydlowski, president of personal insurance for The Travelers Companies Inc., participated April 8 on behalf of The Travelers Institute in a roundtable discussion in Gulfport hosted by Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.). The session convened insurance industry experts, business scholars and elected officials at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College to explore long-term solutions [...]

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Interest spikes in new Coast casinos

Associated Press — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:51:22 +0000

MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — As Gulf Coast casinos continue to rebound from Hurricane Katrina, the Mississippi Gaming Commission is seeing more developers wanting to enter the game. “We have had more interest in the past 30 days for new operators than in the past 12 months,” said Gaming Commission member John Hairston, “so the future [...]

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White House unveils Coast disaster plan

Associated Press — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:05:40 +0000

MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — The Obama administration today laid out a plan to deal with the catastrophic dangers of rising sea levels, hurricanes and erosion on the Gulf Coast, and backed efforts to invest in restoring barriers islands and wetlands in Mississippi and Louisiana. Experts hailed the policy document as the strongest sign of support [...]

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