Quick hits: black-lung program underfunded; news media protests EPA's FOIA rule; trade policy contributes to ODs - Entrepreneur Generations

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As black lung cases increase, federal funding has fallen sharply for a program that helps care for those with the disease, Joe Davidson writes for The Washington Post.

Though the nationwide unemployment rate is low, lost manufacturing jobs mean rural Tennessee hasn't recovered from the Great Recession as well as urban areas have, economics student and rural policy researcher John Casey writes in an op-ed for The Tennessean.

Nearly 40 news media publications co-signed a letter to Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler, protesting a new rule that gives the agency more power to refuse requests for information made under the Freedom of Information Act, Miranda Green reports for The Hill.

A new study suggests that free trade policy plays a role in opioid overdose deaths, Chuck Dinerstein reports for the American Council on Science and Health.

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