DMR will ask lawmakers for increase in funding
The state Department of Marine Resources will need more money from the Legislature to avoid layoffs and loss of programs and it will need an overhaul in the way it accounts for its spending to restore the public’s trust, its executive director said Tuesday.
“Clearly there is an environment and culture at MDMR that is susceptible to fraud, waste and abuse, which must be changed,” Executive Director Jamie Miller said.
Shortly after Miller took over as executive director, he said he would order a 60-day review of the agency. The highly critical review,
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6/18/13
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The Supreme Court hands a win to oil and gas companies fighting environmental lawsuits in Louisiana
The unanimous procedural decision gives the companies a new day in federal court after a state jury ordered Chevron to pay upward of $740 million to clean up damage to the state’s coastline, one of multiple similar lawsuits.
