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Mine safety advocates urge Senate committee to do more to help miners with black lung disease
West Virginia Watch via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe U.S. Senate committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions heard from mine safety advocates...
Joe Manchin, not McConnell or Rogers, worked to preserve miners’ black lung benefits
Lexington Herald-Leader McClatchy Articles via AOL· 2 years agoBlack Lung Fund Last month, while Southeast Kentucky responded to devastating floods on an uncertain...
Congressman Rogers reintroduces Black Lung bill named for Whitley County coal miner
The Times-Tribune, Corbin, Ky. via Yahoo News· 6 months agoDec. 7—WASHINGTON DC — U.S. Representative Hal Rogers announced Wednesday that he is reaching across the aisle to see legislation that would fast-track Black Lung benefits become law. Rogers ...
Bill OBoyle: Casey, colleagues introduce bill to improve Black Lung Benefits Program
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 18—This week, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-Scranton), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced the Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act.
Manchin, Kaine and Warner reintroduce Relief for Survivors of Miners Act
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJul. 21—Democrats Joe Manchin, Tim Kaine and Mark Warner have reintroduced a bill in the U.S. Senate that seeks to ease the burden on surviving family members of coal miners who have passed ...
Manchin hails anniversary of Inflation Reduction Act after battling with Biden over law
The Hill via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWest Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (D) on Tuesday hailed the anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act,...
For 'disabled oracle' Alice Wong, rest is a radical act
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAlice Wong is resting. It’s an unusual pose for an author on the eve of a literary debut. It's also an unaccustomed posture for the 48-year-old disability rights activist and self-styled "cyborg ...
Factbox-U.S. climate deal has money for EVs, clean energy and even Big Oil
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe bill would divert nearly $370 billion to climate and energy security measures, aimed at slashing...
Sen. Randy Smith wants Manchin to explain vote on Inflation Reduction Act to Legislature
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 16—MORGANTOWN — State Senate Energy chair Randy Smith plans to invite U.S. Senate Energy chair Joe Manchin to come before the Legislature to explain his vote on the Inflation Reduction ...
Inflation Reduction Act: What's in the climate, health, tax bill Congress just passed
Yahoo Finance Video· 2 years agoWith a vote of 220 to 207, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Inflation Reduction Act on...