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Logan native and winner of America’s Got Talent, Landau Murphy, Jr. was the honored guest and performer of the Star Spangled Banner at the opening of the WVU vs. LSU football game this past Saturday night. Landau became only the second person to ever sing the National Anthem in the history of Mountaineer Field and Mylan Puskar Stadium.
Landau and his wife were one of our guests at the Annual Meeting at The Greenbrier this past August, before winner the AGT contest. As you can see he is very proud of his roots to the coal industry and Friends of Coal.
Landau won $1 million and a year’s contract at a Vegas venue and his opening show will be October 28th.
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Earlier today, the House also adopted an amendment to the bill sponsored by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) that would impose additional delays on the ability of the EPA to implement the Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) and the proposed Utility MACT rule. The Whitfield amendment passed on a vote of 234 to 188, with 15 Republicans voting NO and 13 Democrats voting YES.
The TRAIN Act and the Whitfield amendment are key legislative priorities for NMA. We engaged in an aggressive and comprehensive advocacy campaign to ensure passage of both the Whitfield amendment and the underlying bill, including direct lobbying, grassroots advocacy, coalition efforts with allied organizations, media engagement and advertising. The legislation will now be sent to the Senate, where our efforts will continue to advance it, either as a stand-alone bill, or in the context of other must-pass legislati
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by Amber Marra
Daily Mail
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A dedicated group of West Virginia University alumni will be conducting their own Mountaineer Mantrip tomorrow all the way from Tampa, Fla.
But don't think that Jeff Fenske, Andre Janecki and the rest of the Tampa Bay Chapter of the WVU Alumni will be walking the whole 900 miles from the Sunshine State to Mountaineer Field.
In spite of the chapter's distance from West Virginia, members still managed to bring a little piece of the Mountain State to their new city. They have a 35-pound chunk of coal to rub for good luck before the Mountaineers take on No. 2 Louisiana State University.
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By George F. Will, Published: September 23
PHOENIX
Cindy Vong is a tiny woman with a problem as big as the government that is causing it. She wants to provide a service that will enable customers “to brighten up their days.” Having fish nibble your feet may not be your idea of fun, but lots of people around the world enjoy it, and so did some Arizonans until their bossy government butted in, in the service of a cartel. Herewith a story that illustrates how governments that will not mind their own business impede the flourishing of businesses.
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We've always said the EPA's extra-legal attempt to rewrite the 1970 Clean Air Act to twist it into a greenhouse gas law -- cap-and-trade by other means -- would be a disaster. Up to now, EPA tried to claim it would only apply permitting requirements to large industrial facilities. Now it is finally telling the truth -- that applying the Clean Air Act as written will force permitting for even small commercial facilities, schools, hospitals, churches, restaurants that use natural gas as a cooking fuel, and even larger single family homes.
In a court filing last week, EPA quantified the vast new army of federal bureaucrats it will need to process millions of new permits under the Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Title V permitting process. A shocking 230,000 new EPA bureaucrats at a cost of $21 billion -- more than tripling the EPA's total budget. In the filing EPA says it will reach these levels by April 30, 2016.
Based on the historical relationship between the number of federal regulators and private sector employment recently quantified by the Phoenix Center the addition of 230,000 federal bureaucrats would destroy 22.5 million private sector jobs.
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