TULSA, Okla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: ARLP) and Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. (NASDAQ: AHGP) today announced that the Board of Directors of ARLP’s general partner and AHGP’s general partner approved an increased cash distribution to their respective unitholders for the quarter ended September 30, 2017 (the “2017 Quarter”). ARLP unitholders will receive a cash distribution for the 2017 Quarter of $0.505 per unit (an annualized rate of $2.02 per unit), payable on N