Gov. Beshear allows bill weakening coal mine safety to become law without his signature
House Bill 196 will reduce from two to one the number of mine emergency technicians on duty at small coal mines.
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KY lawmakers weaken coal safety rule over protests from woman whose husband died in mine
“There’s been a war on Kentucky coal for at least four years ... Stella Morris KET Bud Morris was struck from behind by a loaded coal hauler. There was only one mine emergency technician ...