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In Tampa, AG Pam Bondi announces $3.25 billion settlement with BP on Deepwater Horizon spill

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Calling it not just a solution, but a “remarkable achievement,” Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi announced at the Port of Tampa this morning details of Florida’s $3.25 billion settlement with BP over damages from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Florida’s portion is part of an $18.7 billion settlement with the five Gulf states affected by the spill, along with Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas. “Instead of battling through a litigation black hole, we have…

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Pam Bondi goes to Nevada

Drawing on lessons learned after a nightclub massacre last year in Orlando, Attorney General Pam Bondi and members of her

Florida, Gulf states reach $18.7B settlement with BP over oil spill

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Officials in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana have announced an $18.7 billion settlement with BP that resolves years of litigation over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Thursday’s settlement announcement comes as a federal judge was preparing to rule on how much BP owed in federal Clean Water Act penalties after well over 125 million gallons of oil spewed into the Gulf. BP has said its spill-related costs already exceed $42 billion – even without the Clean Water Act…

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Madeira Beach restaurant goes after BP for denied settlement

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A Madeira Beach restaurant is suing British Petroleum, the oil company behind the infamous 2010 Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill, for breach of contract. Lisa’s Café filed a claim with BP for damages associated with business losses incurred as a result of the oil spill. Owner Lisa Ammons claimed business plummeted, food prices skyrocketed and her menu options shrank. In 2010 her original claim was awarded her business $123,858 in compensation. However a month later, according to Ammons’ lawsuit, BP…

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Orlando Sentinel column: Why would Kendrick Meek oppose savings for Medicare

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Today, the Orlando Sentinel published “a column about waste, fraud, abuse and self-destruction by U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek.” The column outlines a bill to reduce costs to Medicare recipients and Rep. Kendrick Meek’s opposition to the bill. The column questions Meek’s opposition to the bill while he received tens of thousands of dollars from Medicare suppliers. “There is a clear pattern of Congressman Meek putting special interests ahead of the people’s interests: Meek has received money from big oil including…

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Dave Aronberg blasts Dan Gelber in new mailer invoking oil spill

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Dave Aronberg has really taken off the gloves with the sending of a direct mailpiece blasting Dan Gelber for his connections to the law firm hired to defend BP. In my book, the cover of this mailpiece is as strong as anything I’ve seen designed for a political campaign. A very serious looking Aronberg on the left side. and a pretty direct attack on Gelber on the inside right:

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BP ‘pleased with progress’ — but makes no promises

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Hopes that BP would finally cap the crude oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico by Monday were dashed when company officials announced Sunday that it could take at least six more days to secure a new replacement cap over the spill’s source. Until then, oil continues to stream into the Gulf at full force after robotic submarines were able to remove the old, leaky replacement cap on Saturday. The removal was the first step in making way for a…

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BP ‘pleased with progress’ — but makes no promises

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Hopes that BP would finally cap the crude oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico by Monday were dashed when company officials announced Sunday that it could take at least six more days to secure a new replacement cap over the spill’s source. Until then, oil continues to stream into the Gulf at full force after robotic submarines were able to remove the old, leaky replacement cap on Saturday. The removal was the first step in making way for a…

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