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High rates of black lung disease have coal miner advocates demanding action
Howard Berkes, Justin Hicks
Mine safety advocates are calling on the Trump administration to do more to protect coal miners amid increasing rates of black lung disease reported among working miners in central Appalachia.
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Lexington/Richmond
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Eastern Standard
  • Whitesburg artist Lacy Hale works on a mural commemorating those who perished in the flood of 2022.
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    Eastern Standard: August 20th, 2026
    Tom Martin
    We look into the value of the Head Start program and how a White House plan to deregulate the program would affect Kentucky children and families.
  • Can required civic education help heal a divided nation?
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    Eastern Standard: August 13th, 2026
    Tom Martin
    Episode 31 of our series, “Democracy Optimist,” hosted by University of Kentucky election law and voting rights research professor Joshua A. Douglas.
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