KFF Health News: Feds chop enforcement staff and halt rules meant to curb black lung in coal miners
By Taylor Sisk KFF Health News In early April, President Donald Trump gathered dozens of hard-hat-clad coal miners around him…
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Judge orders NIOSH workers for coal miner health back to work after ‘illegal’ action poses risks
By Caity Coyne West Virginia Watch, via Kentucky Lantern A federal judge this week ordered the “full restoration” of services…
New rule cracks down on coal companies’ abandonment of black lung liabilities
By Nadia Ramlagan Public News Service A new federal rule aims to close a loophole allowing coal companies to walk…
Rural Kentucky attorney John Rosenberg honored for ‘unending commitment’ to the Commonweatlh
By Liz Carey The Daily Yonder John and Jean Rosenberg thought they’d stay a few years in Eastern Kentucky and…
Black lung disease is still killing coal miners, and the coal industry doesn’t want to acknowledge it
By Elyssa East Special to NKyTribune Dr. James Brandon Crum was alarmed. For months, unemployed coal miners had been coming…
Carl Shoupe: Crisis in the coalfields and what Mitch McConnell can do about the Black Lung Trust
My name is Carl Shoupe, from Lynch in Harlan County. I married a Benham woman, so now reside in this…
Kentuckians for Commonwealth delivers petitions to McConnell’s NKY office, urging help for coal miners
Kentuckians looking to U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell to help take care of coal miners, their families and their communities before…