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The Republican Standard
- December 30, 2018
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Democrats are routing politically problematic corporate coal contributions to candidates through their caucus account, even as members tell their constituents they won’t take that money. This makes coal the caucus’s largest corporate donor of 2018.

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The Republican Standard
- May 10, 2018
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The rail transport industry in Southwest Virginia is coming back as Roanoke’s FreightCar America plant is beginning to build railcars once again.

Alex Lemieux is a Richmond-based editor with The Republican Standard. ...
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The Republican Standard
- May 3, 2018
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Although there has been a gradual trend away from coal towards natural gas, towards renewable energy sources, leading to the eventual closing of hundreds of coal-fired generators across the U.S. in the coming years, not every coal company sees a bleak future.