Here’s a sign that Kentucky’s politics might finally be shifting away from coal

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By Rebecca LeberMay 17, 2016, 12:20 pm62 pts
“There is no red Kentucky or blue Kentucky. There is only charcoal black,” James Higdon wrote in Politico in 2014, noting the dominance of the coal industry in the state. Two years later, we’re starting to see that change. In Kentucky’s Tuesday primary, the ballot includes a handful of politicians who…

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