So far, more than 121,000 workers have been fired from federal agencies since the start of President Trump's second term. It's an effort to cut spending through the Department of Government Efficiency ...

calls a recommendation by the Trump administration to close three dozen offices of the Mine Safety and Health Administration acr... CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Retired coal miner Stanley “Goose” Stewart ...

OpEd: Kentucky residents who care about the welfare of working miners should ask Congressman Hal Rogers what he plans to do to keep regional MSHA offices open, and to keep miners safe.

The federal government wants the number of offices that oversee U.S. mine safety laws to align more with a shrinking coal industry CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The U.S. Mine Safety and Health ...

There are about 500,000 abandoned mines in the United States, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and these long-forgotten facilities can pose a variety of risks to people ...

The West Virginia Legislature has passed bills that have drawn concern from the United Mine Workers of America over how they would change state mine oversight. The Legislature passed Senate Bills 883 ...

That includes terminating leases for three dozen offices in the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the agency responsible for enforcing mine safety laws. The proposals for MSHA are “idiotic ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — (AP) — The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration is among the federal agencies selected for spending cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency. Nearly three ...

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