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Manchin predicts a permanent fix for Miners Protection Act

The Herald Dispatch

Retired Miners Lament Trump’s Silence on Imperiled Health Plan

NY Times

Van Jones is calling on the President and Congress to protect America’s coal miners

UMWA president optimistic on benefits vote soon

WV MetroNews

Retired Kentucky Miners Return to Capitol Hill to Fight for Benefits

GrayDC

West Virginia Lawmakers Split On Plan For Retired Miners Benefits

GrayDC

Stripping Miners of Safety Protections

The Atlantic

Congress should look for long-term solution to miners benefits issue

The Exponent Telegram

WV Senate bill eliminates mine safety enforcement

Charleston Gazette-Mail

Deadline looms again for retired coal workers’ health care

St. Louis Public Radio

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