Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jim Gray says he would spend more money on technology and improve roads in eastern Kentucky to help the region recover from the devastating effects of a declining coal industry.
Gray revealed his plan on Tuesday along with other state Democratic leaders.
Gray said his plan would increase funding for the federal Office of Fossil Energy's carbon capture storage technology research and would work to widen the Hal Rogers parkway to four lanes from Hazard to Somerset.
Republicans have criticized Gray and other Democrats as being anti-coal after presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said she would put coal miners and coal companies out of business.
Gray told reporters he still supports Clinton but said she he was wrong about coal. Clinton has since said she was mistaken in her remarks.
