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E&E News
22-05-2025
- Health
- E&E News
Senate committee approves Trump mine safety nominees
A Senate panel on Thursday advanced President Donald Trump's nominee to lead federal mine safety efforts. The Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee approved Wayne Palmer to lead the Mine Safety and Health Administration 12-11 along party lines. The panel also voted to confirm Marco Rajkovich to remain a member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, a panel that adjudicates disputes from MSHA. Advertisement Senators advanced Palmer's nomination despite calls from Appalachian advocates for a public hearing to ask questions about recent staff and budget cuts, and how that could affect research around diseases like black lung that are hurting miners.
E&E News
19-05-2025
- Politics
- E&E News
Senate panels take up agriculture, mining nominees
Senate committees are looking to advance nominees this week for the Department of Agriculture and federal mine safety agencies. The Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will vote on Wayne Palmer to lead the Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration. Palmer, once a top aide to former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), has served in several positions during the first and second Trump administration, including as acting head of MSHA. He was also an executive at the Essential Minerals Association, a pro-mining group. Advertisement The committee will vote on Marco Rajkovich to remain a member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission. The panel adjudicates disputes from MSHA.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Yahoo
FBI Citizens Academy graduates first Dothan class
DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — An exciting day for 20 residents in the Wiregrass, as they graduated from Dothan's first-ever FBI Citizens Academy. The seven-week course was held at the Wiregrass Public Safety Center in Dothan. It showed the 20 residents the inner workings of the FBI, which included: history of the bureau, a look at old cases they have investigated in the past, a look at the types of cases they investigate, and a look into what goes into being in the FBI. FBI Citizens Academy classes are held across the country, but this was the first one to be held in Dothan, and following the ceremony, they were given a certificate. 'This is the first year that this can start some collaboration with the community,' Graduate and Dothan City Commissioner, Dr. Aristotle Kirkland said. 'It can get people more involved for the next class, the next year, the next time.' Graduates say it was once in a lifetime experience that gives them a higher appreciation for people in the bureau. 'I think it's going to make us appreciate and notice the things that go on,' Graduate and Chairman of the Dothan Police Foundation, Wayne Palmer said. 'Some of the stories they told us about some events and how they handled them, those things you don't forget.' Following the ceremony, the graduates got to watch a live SWAT team demonstration and practice shooting in the firing range at the public safety center. The FBI Citizens Academy will be held in Dothan around the same time next year, where this year's graduates will get to help recruit the next class. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
