KY’s Beshear backs black lung bill in Congress

By: Sarah Ladd

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: September 24, 2026

Words: 396

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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Gov. Andy Beshear asked Kentucky’s congressional delegation in a Thursday letter to throw their support behind a bill amending the Black Lung Benefits Act to “provide adequate benefits for miners suffering from black lung disease.”

The Black Lung Benefits Act “provides monthly payments and medical benefits to coal miners totally disabled from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease) arising from their employment in or around the nation’s coal mines,” …

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