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At a gymnasium in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, Trenton Phillips is looking for a job as a coal miner.Phillips already works at a company that fixes belt…
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It’s been less than a week since U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Upper St. Clair) announced he’s resigning from Congress, and the field for a special election to…
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In Southwestern Pennsylvania, there’s a congressional district that looks like a hammer.Pennsylvania’s 12th district is all over the map, weaving its way…
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City leaders say they want to streamline tax abatement programs for developers willing to take risks in historically underserved neighborhoods.Mark Belko…
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When Emily Eckel moved to Knoxville, a neighborhood south of downtown Pittsburgh, she was told to buy special subsidence insurance, just in case the…
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Emerald Mine sits dormant just beyond the boundary of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, about 50 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. Conveyor belts undulate over…
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Every year the King Coal parade winds through the center of Carmichaels. Hundreds of people line up to see the fire engines, classic cars, floats, and…
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For a long time, coal was king in eastern Kentucky. But the industry today is hemorrhaging jobs. The region is now struggling to rebuild its economy and find new jobs for unemployed miners.
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There are thousands of abandoned coal mines dotting the landscape of Pennsylvania, and many of them leak water tainted with toxic metals like iron and…
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It’s hard to say the coal industry is in anything but a state of free fall. In the past year, thousands of workers have been laid off, more than half of…