Mar 5, 2021
Mar 5, 2021
Rates of Black Lung disease have hit a 25-year high in Appalachian coal mining states. Here at home, 1 in 5 veteran miners have black lung. By law, miners with black lung are entitled to modest living and medical benefits. State benefits are awarded after a miner files a claim and submits medical evidence to determine the severity of oneâs disease.
In Kentucky, the severity of oneâs disease determines the amount of benefits a miner is eligible for - those with more severe disease receive higher benefits for a longer duration of time. Currently, if oneâs disease worsens, a re-evaluation of oneâs benefits requires a miner to show two things: 1) medical evidence to document the progression of the disease and 2) additional two years of work experience. However, black lung disease is progressive and becomes more severe over time even without further exposure to coal dust. Thatâs why we introduced and support House Bill 62. T
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Kentucky Lawmakers Advance Data Centers Incentives Bill
Kentucky state lawmakers on Tuesday approved new state tax breaks potentially worth millions of dollars in hopes of luring large high-tech facilities that would provide an unknown number of jobs. by John Cheves, Lexington Herald-Leader / March 3, 2021
(TNS) Kentucky lawmakers on Tuesday approved new state tax breaks worth millions of dollars in hopes of luring large high-tech facilities that would provide an unknown number of jobs.
The House budget committee passed House Bill 372, which would give an exemption on sales and use taxes to corporations like Amazon,
Facebook and Google if they open data centers inside the state. The bill s drain on the state budget would start at $15 million a year and possibly rise, according to a fiscal note attached to the bill.
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