President Donald Trump often touts job growth on his watch as one of his top accomplishments in office. State Republican party organizations have followed his lead. The West Virginia Republican Party tweeted on Aug. 8, 2018, that “the American economy is continuing its longest monthly streak of job growth in history, with […]
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Gary Bentley is a former underground coal miner from Eastern Kentucky who writes about his experience working in the mining industry. Read more of his columns here. As I drilled the outside hole on the last row of roof bolts, I looked down to make sure that the air-sampling cartridge I […]
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A little more than two years ago, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump came to Charleston for a rally and made a promise to West Virginia’s coal miners: “We’re going to put the miners back to work, we’re going to put the miners back to work. We’re gonna get those mines back […]
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In back-to-back events this week President Trump and his commerce secretary visited the Ohio Valley to tout administration policies aimed at propping up two of the region’s traditional but faltering industries — metals and mining. The president used a Tuesday rally filled with West Virginia coal miners to unveil a […]
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On a warm Friday afternoon in July, Fred Cox and his team set up shop on a gravel shoulder off the side of the road, where you might see someone selling summer vegetables. With its white tent, a table, some folding chairs, and brown paper bags piled in crates, the […]
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At a campaign rally in Charleston for state attorney general and senate candidate Patrick Morrisey, President Donald Trump touted the coal industry’s comeback in West Virginia. “And it is really happening — we are back,” Trump told the cheering crowd, many of whom were sporting hard hats and carrying “Trump […]
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