Scotia Mine Disaster Historical Marker(Historical Marker Database / Historical Marker Database)

On this week’s Eastern Standard:

Tracking “cause and effect” of the Trump administration’s federal funding and staffing cuts brings us to the closures of Mine Safety and Health Administration inspection offices in Kentucky; an end to BRIC, a program that has been helping communities get better prepared for extreme weather events; the closure of the office shaping NAEP, known as The Nation’s Report Card which provides a measure of how Kentucky public school students are doing in math and reading; and an explanation of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). We also hear about the plans of the James Baker Hall Foundation to encourage and highlight Kentucky’s budding writers and poets.