From ReImagine Appalachia (https://reimagineappalachia.org/): In December, Congress missed an opportunity to extend the Black Lung Excise Tax as its historic rate. That leaves coal miners who rely on the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the dark – they don’t … Continued
From ReImagine Appalachia (https://reimagineappalachia.org/): When Congress failed to pass a four-year extension of the Black Lung Excise Tax in the Build Back Better Act before the new year began, that single source of revenue for the Black Lung Disability Trust … Continued
From Appalachian Voices (http://www.appvoices.org/): Two years ago, 150 coal miners and their families traveled to Washington, D.C., to ask Congress to pass a 10-year extension of the Black Lung Excise Tax. This small tax — paid by coal companies, not … Continued