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Leah Willingham

Charleston

Correspondent at Associated Press

@AP journalist based in wild, wonderful West Virginia. 📧:[email protected]. 💫🗞️ “To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.” — Mary Oliver

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  • 1 week ago | insurancejournal.com | John Raby |Leah Willingham

    CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Retired coal miner Stanley “Goose” Stewart questions whether it’s safe for anyone to work in the industry right now. The Department of Government Efficiency, created by President Donald Trump and run by Elon Musk, has been targeting federal agencies for spending cuts. That includes terminating leases for three dozen offices in the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the agency responsible for enforcing mine safety laws.

  • 1 week ago | themountaineagle.com | John Raby |Leah Willingham

    CHARLESTON, W.Va. Retired coal miner Stanley “Goose” Stewart questions whether it’s safe for anyone to work in the industry right now. The Department of Government Efficiency, created by President Donald Trump and run by Elon Musk, has been targeting federal agencies for spending cuts. That includes terminating leases for three dozen offices in the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the […]

  • 2 weeks ago | theeagle.com | John Raby |Leah Willingham

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  • 2 weeks ago | chronicle-tribune.com | John Raby |Leah Willingham

    CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration is among the federal agencies selected for spending cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency. Nearly three dozen MSHA offices would have their leases terminated if the plans come to fruition. kAm|$wp :D C6DA@?D:3=6 7@C 6?7@C4:?8 &]$] >:?6 D276EJ =2HD] s~vt H2D 4C62E65 3J k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^9F3^5@?2=5\ECF>AQm!C6D:56?E s@?2=5 %CF>Ak^2m 2?5 :D CF? 3J k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^9F3^6=@?\>FD<Qmt=@?

  • 2 weeks ago | chronicle-tribune.com | John Raby |Leah Willingham

    CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Retired coal miner Stanley “Goose” Stewart questions whether it's safe for anyone to work in the industry right now. The Department of Government Efficiency, created by President Donald Trump and run by Elon Musk, has been targeting federal agencies for spending cuts. That includes terminating leases for three dozen offices in the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the agency responsible for enforcing mine safety laws.

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Leah Willingham
Leah Willingham @LeahMWillingham
8 Apr 25

RT @mikesisak: "To state the obvious, if the AP’s wire reporters are not in the room when news happens, they can hardly be the first to bre…

Leah Willingham
Leah Willingham @LeahMWillingham
8 Apr 25

“Under the First Amendment, if the Government opens its doors to some journalists — be it to the Oval Office, the East Room, or elsewhere — it cannot then shut those doors to other journalists because of their viewpoints,” wrote Judge McFadden, a Trump appointee.

Leah Willingham
Leah Willingham @LeahMWillingham

From ⁦⁦@AP⁩: A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events, affirming that the government cannot punish a news organization for the content of its speech. https://t.co/fD5KzcB7co

Leah Willingham
Leah Willingham @LeahMWillingham
8 Apr 25

From ⁦⁦@AP⁩: A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events, affirming that the government cannot punish a news organization for the content of its speech. https://t.co/fD5KzcB7co