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Alabama taps its oil-spill fund to close Medicaid gap
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Gigi Douban
Nov 18, 2016
A fund to pay for damage from BP's 2010 oil spill is used to cover a budget gap.
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Five years after BP spill, financial problems persist
by
Eliza Mills
Jul 2, 2015
How the oil spill changed businesses on the Gulf Coast.
BP's new recipe for settlement money: Shame a famous chef
Dec 18, 2013
BP has long complained that its settlement money for the Deepwater Horizon spill was often spent frivolously.
The money well is running dry at BP
Jul 30, 2013
The company's $20 billion Gulf oil spill compensation fund is almost empty -- and there could be many more claims in the pipeline.
BP, Halliburton: Best Frenemies Forever?
Jul 26, 2013
Halliburton and BP work together in the oil fields, despite disagreements over fault in the BP oil spill.
Halliburton admits to destroying oil spill evidence
Jul 26, 2013
Halliburton will pay a $200,000 penalty, but says it will not face any criminal prosecution for the act.
A controversy over how Deepwater Horizon cleanup funds are being spent
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Gigi Douban
May 7, 2013
Last week, BP and five coastal states affected by the Deepwater Horizon spill announced $594 million in projects funded by BP for early restoration of the Gulf. A lot of the money is being spent on stuff not related to the spill at all, especially on repairing damage from various hurricanes.