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The federal government shutdown has put a lawsuit over black lung benefits on pause.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Charleston has asked U.S. District Judge Irene Berger to hold Wiley v Kennedy in abeyance for 14 days.
It says the employees of the Justice Department and Health and Human Services can’t work during the shutdown, even on a voluntary basis.
Harry Wiley, a Kanawha County coal miner, sued HHS and its secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in April over the Trump administration’s cuts to a program that screens miners for black lung.
In May, Berger ordered HHS to restore the program. In August, she allowed a Mingo County coal miner, Matthew Ward, to join the lawsuit.
The black lung program’s mobile health unit last offered free screenings to miners in September.
An email to a spokeswoman for the program was returned with an automatic reply indicating that she is on furlough until further notice.
The West Virginia House of Delegates suspended its own rule Monday to pass two bills aimed at mitigating a financial crisis in Hancock County Schools.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAn act of vandalism at Appalachian Power’s East Lynn substation in Wayne County has caused nearly 5,000 gallons of what is believed to be a non-PCB fluid to leak from the facility into the nearby creek.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe West Virginia Legislature returns to Charleston and Gov. Patrick Morrisey delivered his State of the State address. Also, flu cases are rising in surrounding states. What does that mean for West Virginia?
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn The Legislature This Week, the legislature gavels in and Gov. Patrick Morrisey lays out his vision in his state of the state address. We also hear the minority party’s response to the governor’s address.
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