PROSPERITY, Pennsylvania — In Pennsylvania’s 46th Senate District, which takes in all of Washington and Greene counties and a sliver of southern Beaver County, a lot of the prosperity comes from underground. Consol’s Bailey Mine in Aleppo employs 699 miners in three shifts a day, six days a week, according to federal mine-safety records.
Gas drilling will bring Washington County and its municipalities $21.3 million in impact fees for 2025, and Greene County $15.2 million. The money goes to infrastructure, public safety, and other local needs.
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