Mar 15 Agriculture Ohio Valley Farmers, Electric Cooperatives Push Back On Trump’s Budget Cut Proposals West Kentucky Soybean Farmer Jed Clark, like many Ohio Valley farmers, is in a tighter financial situation because tariffs from the trade war and market forces have depressed crop prices. “We’ve had a collapse in our grain markets,” Clark said. “We’re seeing some of the lowest commodity prices for wheat we’ve seen in a long […] By Liam Niemeyer Mar 15 Agriculture Ohio Valley Farmers, Electric Cooperatives Push Back On Trump’s Budget Cut Proposals Liam Niemeyer
Aug 24 Energy & Environment Trump Power: Industry Analysts Say New Rule Will Not Fuel Coal Comeback When President Trump wants to talk coal, he comes to West Virginia. So it was not surprising that the president visited Charleston just hours after his administration unveiled a long-awaited overhaul of the Obama administration’s signature climate change regulation, the Clean Power Plan. “We’re cancelling Obama’s illegal, anti-coal-destroying regulations. The so-called Clean Power Plan,” Trump […] By Brittany Patterson Aug 24 Energy & Environment Trump Power: Industry Analysts Say New Rule Will Not Fuel Coal Comeback Brittany Patterson
May 1 Economy Trump’s Delay On Tariff Decision Disappoints Regional Steelmakers Regional iron and steel industry leaders say they are disappointed by the Trump administration’s delay on a decision about which countries will face new import tariffs. President Trump has postponed until June a decision on which countries will be subject to new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. The decision had been due May 1. […] By Becca Schimmel May 1 Economy Trump’s Delay On Tariff Decision Disappoints Regional Steelmakers Becca Schimmel
Jan 22 Health Trump Renews Opioid Emergency: Democrats Want More Funding For Crisis The Trump administration has extended its public health emergency on the opioid crisis. The move came just days before the original declaration signed in October was set to expire. Acting Health And Human Services Secretary Eric Hargan signed an order Friday to extend the public health emergency for another 90 days. In a post on […] By Aaron Payne Jan 22 Health Trump Renews Opioid Emergency: Democrats Want More Funding For Crisis Aaron Payne
Jan 17 Health Trump Brought Attention But Little Money To Counter Opioid Crisis Donald Trump told supporters on the campaign trail his plan to combat the opioid crisis. It included stopping the flow of drugs into the country, increase the penalties for drug trafficking, and make treatment more accessible. “We will give people struggling with addiction access to the help they need,” then-candidate Trump said. In the first […] By Aaron Payne Jan 17 Health Trump Brought Attention But Little Money To Counter Opioid Crisis Aaron Payne
Nov 28 Energy & Environment Clean Power Plan’s Repeal Gets Hearing In Coal Country The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency returned to friendly terrain in coal country this week for two days of public hearings on its proposal to repeal a key federal rule aimed at reducing pollution that contributes to climate change. Last month EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt chose an eastern Kentucky mining town as the venue to […] By Glynis Board Nov 28 Energy & Environment Clean Power Plan’s Repeal Gets Hearing In Coal Country Glynis Board
Oct 11 Energy & Environment Coal Comfort: Trump’s EPA And Energy’s Winners And Losers The Environmental Protection Agency’s move to end the Clean Power Plan is the Trump administration’s latest attempt to support the struggling coal industry. The Department of Energy is also pushing a new way to subsidize coal power. But a new study suggests market forces — not regulations — will still make more coal power plants […] By Glynis Board Oct 11 Energy & Environment Coal Comfort: Trump’s EPA And Energy’s Winners And Losers Glynis Board
Oct 9 Energy & Environment EPA’s Pruitt Visits Kentucky Coal Country To End Clean Power Plan Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt used a trip to Kentucky coal country to announce the Trump administration’s plans to dismantle a regulation that sought to limit carbon pollution. Pruitt visited Hazard, Kentucky, to make official what had long been anticipated: that he plans to halt implementation of the Clean Power Plan. The Obama-era regulation […] By Glynis Board Oct 9 Energy & Environment EPA’s Pruitt Visits Kentucky Coal Country To End Clean Power Plan Glynis Board
Jun 9 Infrastructure Current Events: Trump Floats Changes To Ohio River Infrastructure When President Trump picked the Ohio Valley as the setting to promote his infrastructure plan, he also drew attention to an overlooked part of the nation’s transportation system: inland waterways. Agriculture, energy, and manufacturing interests all depend heavily on the Ohio’s aging navigation system. The president’s speech in Cincinnati cheered many industry leaders who have […] By Becca Schimmel Jun 9 Infrastructure Current Events: Trump Floats Changes To Ohio River Infrastructure Becca Schimmel
May 24 Economy Trump Budget Cuts Would Hit Trump Country Hardest The true costs of the deep cuts in President Donald Trump’s proposed budget would fall disproportionately on many of the poor and working class people in the Ohio Valley region who helped to elect him, according to lawmakers and policy analysts. Deep cuts to subsidized health care, food aid, disability assistance, and addiction treatment services […] By Glynis Board and Jeff Young May 24 Economy Trump Budget Cuts Would Hit Trump Country Hardest Glynis Board and Jeff Young