FRANKFORT, Ky. — Last week President Donald Trump signed several executive orders that will impact a signature Kentucky industry—coal. Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, spoke to support the measures Monday.

“This is a step in the right direction in making us, the United States and the state of Kentucky and coal producing states really competitive to be at the next level of where our economy will go,” Stivers told reporters at the state capitol Monday after being invited to Washington to watch the executive order signing.

Trump’s orders will allow for some older coal power plants to stay in operation, cut regulations, and open up federally owned land to mining.

Stivers thinks Kentucky will benefit from these actions, particularly in Appalachia where the coal indus

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