>> 4 weeks before the primary for Republican candidates for governor are talking education and business.

>> Was that something sound like stalling, right, John?

>> Senator Rand Paul says something is threatening your right to free speech.

>> We have kids that come to school hungry.

>> And it's hard to learn on an empty stomach.

Find out who's doing something about it.

>> Production of Kentucky Edition is made possible in part by the KET Endowment for Kentucky Productions.

Leonard Press Endowment for Public Affairs and the KET Millennium Fund.

♪ ♪ Good evening and welcome to Kentucky EDITION on this Tuesday.

April, the 18th, I'm Renee Shaw.

>> Thank you for winding down your Tuesday with OSS.

>> 4 weeks to go before the May 16th primary and for the first time we're saying a political ad critical of Kelly Craft.

The ad is from a political action committee that supports one of crass Republican opponents.

Attorney General Daniel Cameron.

The commercial points at out that while c*** served as President, Donald Trump's ambassador to Canada, then ambassador to the United Nations.

Trump has endorsed Cameron instead of craft.

>> Billy Graham was absent from her post at the time and then grabbed the gun because it's leading Kentuckyian entered the league as >> a recent Emerson poll done for W D-ky TV in Lexington shows Cameron leading craft 30 to 24% among likely Republican voters.

Commissioner Ryan Quarles is at 15%.

What about 20% of voters undecided?

4 of the 12 Republicans running for governor took part in a Paducah Chamber of Commerce this afternoon.

Kelly Kelly Craft was invited but declined most of the questions focused on business and economic issues.

But the 4 also talked about education.

>> Another area where it's tragic, Kentucky, I think leads America in kids that are being raised with the car free beer.

It's no wonder we have some of the systemic problems in the state breakdown in the family.

We no longer fear God cost of education.

I think we've got to do a couple things.

I'm an advocate for school choice.

I think competition can be really healthy for us.

But I want to invest more earlier.

We're seeing a lot of investment later in our children.

But the investment in children ages 3 to 5 produces more fruit.

Again, that would never happen in to terms with any of us.

Is governor.

>> But what we're doing isn't working education.

>> That's what backgrounds.

And I think we need to make sure we have better outcomes.

And that includes letting parents have to say so with their kids are exposed to the classroom.

Number 2, empowering teachers are trying to teach and racing pulse kids the same time I was a poor discipline reform in the classroom as well.

Pushing vocational training Also supporter of our large homeschool community across Kentucky as well when it comes to corrections.

Your county officials tell me about this all the time.

A lot of counties cannot sustain their local jails.

>> We also need to empower our teachers that we need to start with higher starting salaries for teachers.

We need to remove some of the bureaucracy that they have to confront.

And so I'm going to be a governor that works with original simply to make sure that that happens on the incarceration side.

We have to be a compassionate, a community of counties here in Kentuckyian make sure that there are opportunities to for for folks to get work training that allows them to break the cycles that put them in jail in first place.

>> Traditional public schools will always be the strong spear.

Lay should always be the strongest beer, but we need to make sure that we have a determination for our children.

Know my mom taught in Christian education for 20 plus years.

There's not a child.

They came out of her clients are going to replace that.

Not only have to read that read.

Well, we need that same determination for every one of our children so that they can help accomplish to the top level, not just some arbitrary form.

>> Education policies were front and center of the last legislative session.

The Kentucky Department of Education released guidance yesterday for local school districts on how to handle new laws affecting LGBTQ students from banning certain classroom materials to prohibiting gender affirming care for minors and to restricting bathroom, use to birth, gender and not sexual identity.

The guidance points out that there's confusion when it comes to student privacy.

And when there's a conflict between the new state and federal law, federal law is supreme and should be followed.

It recommends school districts discontinue instruction to 5th graders that describes male and female body parts and physical social and emotional changes that happened during puberty.

The kde informs districts that they're required to ensure that any child regardless of grade level isn't taught about gender identity expression or sexual orientation when it comes to restroom.

Use guidance from the kde is little marquee saying school districts should consult with board counsel for legal advice.

We discussed Senate Bill one 50 and how schools will handle the new law last night on KET talking tonight, State Representative Tina Bojanowski, a Democrat from Louisville and a special education teacher and the Jefferson County Public School System says there are parts of SB One 50 that have already been rejected by federal judges.

Bojan now ski Senate Bill one 50 and says it could have problems in court.

>> So what I'm looking forward to seeing is how this plays out in the court system.

And then what also complicates the matter for the bill sponsor is that this bill didn't have a severability clause.

So if one part of the bill is found unconstitutional, that that would mean that the entire bill would be.

Out of order.

>> The legislature packs we make laws.

People have the right to appeal those decisions that happens all the time.

That a very, very, very common.

The courts will make their decisions on trip in about a nasty.

She just mentioned things from 2 different circuits.

I would not be surprised if these types of the shoes and they still want to put the U.S. Supreme Court for a decision and we'll see what happens.

>> And in the meantime, does that leave it in the balance are in flux for school districts decide.

What do they do?

I was just go with the guidance, right?

And then whatever happens in the courts, the mill readjust once that decision is made, is that correct?

I think that's correct.

And that's that on this issue of the rights of students who are transgender is basically where we have been now for years.

>> In terms of this issue has been in federal courts all across the country and probably every circuit.

Several opinions are several decisions dealing with, right, especially in the workplace of adults, not necessarily students in schools have gotten all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court at this point.

>> You can see more of that part of our discussion and the full conversation about challenges facing Kentucky schools, including the future of school choice in Kentucky online on Demand K E T DOT Org Slash K Y tonight.

The White House today blasted U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is demand yesterday to cap future federal spending in exchange for passage of a plan to raise the debt ceiling.

The U.S. will default on its debts if the ceiling isn't raised U.S..

Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky criticized the Biden administration's handling of the debt ceiling crisis yesterday.

>> One or even more basic level.

President Biden.

>> And his administration are literally on the clock.

The feeling.

So Lucia, was Speaker McCarthy, you and the Republican majority over the The president's economic so the deadline for there's not too but is it a little advice is apparently think the White House position should be listened to?

No dogs.

No reforms.

>> Senator McConnell spoke Monday on his first day back to the U.S. Senate after falling and suffering a concussion on March 8.

Kentucky's junior U.S.

Senator Rand Paul says Americans need to rethink the mission of the Department of Homeland Security.

Senator Paul says the DHS is spying on Americans and depriving people of their right to free speech.

>> The public is only recently learning the degree to which the department's cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security system was employed to surveil and sensor American citizens, social media for what he concluded to be misinformation and disinformation.

What was the result statements about COVID-19 that are now supported by evidence were flagged as dis-information statements, including my own that were once labeled bar government is Dis-information should says.

Opinions on the effect.

Africa see masks naturally acquired immunity in the regions of COVID-19.

Supported by the majority of people and by the evidence.

But we're labeled by the government as misinformation, government workers, social media.

In fact, a sensor.

These opinions, this is something that shouldn't happen in free country and is contrary to the spirit and the lawn of the First Amendment.

>> Paul spoke at a hearing today involving the secretary of Homeland Security.

An attorney who pushed for change to state law following the death of a McCreary County toddler is speaking out and the Kentucky League of Cities is preparing for disasters.

Those are just 2 of the stories in our new weekly segment headlines around Kentucky.

♪ ♪ >> The News Journal reports Commonwealth's Attorney Ronnie Bolin who represents both Whitley and McCrary counties spoke to the southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce about Kim burst law last week.

Cambridge law was passed during this year's legislative session and signed into law by Governor Andy Beshear.

It's named after Kimber Collins of a Prairie County, 2 year-old who was beaten to death by her mother's boyfriend under the law, a person found guilty of the intentional murder of a child 12 years of age and younger would be eligible for the death penalty life without the possibility of parole and life without the possibility of parole.

For 25 years, Boeing prosecuted the case and testified multiple times before lawmakers to get the bill passed.

The News Journal said Bowling told members of the southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce quote, Now people that killed children in Kentucky, we can kill them back on the quote.

The Appalachian News Express reports hundreds of victims of former attorney Eric C Conn are being told they have an opportunity to get their Social Security benefits reinstated.

Attorney Ned pillars door who represents former clients of Khan tells the newspaper the Social Security Administration sent out letters to individuals who lost their benefits.

He said it contained information about requesting a new hearing.

Winter storm said by simply requesting a hearing, those who qualify will begin receiving monthly benefits again if they win their case, they will receive back pay for the years.

They went without benefits.

Some of gone without those benefits for 6 years.

Kentucky secretary of the Cabinet for Economic Development spoke before the Hardin County Chamber of Commerce last week about the multibillion-dollar blue Oval SK Project, the news Enterprise reports Jeff Nohl told the chamber the largest driver and bringing blue Oval SK to the county was the connectivity of the community, including the strength of the business community.

He called the project a huge, a wonderful opportunity, but added, quote, Now we have to deliver unquote.

The Kentucky League of Cities is creating a new disaster preparedness resources.

According to the Hop town Chronicle, officials from communities across the state are sharing know how game from leaving their cities and counties through natural financial and cyber disasters.

The director of municipal law for the Kentucky League of Cities said the kale see leadership has been considering the potential project for years too late officials in member cities.

So they're not caught flat footed in a crisis.

Country music star Trace Adkins will host a free concert in Mayfield next month.

The West Kentucky star reports Adkins was looking for a place to do a video for his new song Somewhere in America and decided on Mayfield because it exemplified the spirit of the song, which is about resilience, may feel Mayor Kathy own and told the West Kentucky star there were no words big enough to explain how thankful Mayfield residents are to the singer for filming his video here.

Somewhere in America.

A concert for Mayfield will take place at Mayfield, High School's war Memorial Stadium on May 20th.

Congratulations to Somerset's northern Middle School robotics team now has 06:50AM.

The Commonwealth Journal reports the team made up of for 6th graders as qualified to compete in Dallas, Texas on the Robotics World Championship.

The team will compete against 480 winners from all over the world.

At the end of this month with headlines around Kentucky, I'm OB Gyn.

>> Thank youto.

Be gives a fire at Natural Bridge.

State Park is contained, but Middle Fork fire and rescue in Powell County says the park trails will be closed for up to 3 days while the cleanup continues.

Red River Gorge is not affected.

♪ ♪ Good news for Kentuckians.

Using the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP.

The federal government has approved Kentucky's request to replace not benefits for individuals impacted by last month's storms.

Governor Andy Beshear announced the approval is for program recipients in the 31 counties you see highlighted here in yellow, severe weather in early March led to widespread power outages.

The approval means 40% of February SNAP benefits are now being added to members accounts.

Families who face food, insecurity and southern Kentucky are getting some extra help feeding America.

Kentucky's heartland delivered pallets of food to schools and 7 counties today it comes with the support of Realtor Association of Southern Kentucky's Hope for Hunger event here at the Bowling Green Learning Center, the food will be stored and sorted before a food giveaway this Friday.

>> With rising housing prices and if the pressures on family, we have kids that come to school hungry.

what if you can imagine trying to learn a, you know, a new set of math problems and do not empty stomach.

Your stomach is growling.

>> And that's really difficult for students to be able to give their best in a school day when they don't have the fuel they need to learn.

>> Food insecurity is a huge problem in our area.

And so to us, this is just another way that we can help our community and that we can impact everybody that lives here.

>> The Realtor Association says 60 pallets of food were delivered to 10 school systems today sponsors donated more than $43,000.

Greek students at WKU also collected thousands of cans through food Drive and family resource centers distribute the food to students and families in ♪ ♪ >> have you ever wished you could go back to school as an adult to learn more about your community and how your business fits into it.

Make deep connections and learn how to be a better leader in your industry.

Now you can.

Our Kelsey Starks explains.

>> Well, here in Louisville, it's called leadership, Louisville, but there are similar programs all over the state where leaders gather to learn more about the issues that are facing their community better yet how they can help make an impact leadership.

Louisville President Cynthia in a packed joins me now to explain what it's all this program for and what are they going to learn?

Well, you should pull our purpose is to inspire and equip leaders to be better and then go out and do better.

So really this program is for anyone who wants to use their leadership skills to advance the greater good.

They want to show and do things that are for the improvement of all the people who live in this community.

It is a great opportunity to get to know this community for one and then to show up and do something be of service.

That's right.

It's not only great for individuals at companies, of course, benefit but the community in general benefits from having people who are more aware, right?

And we like to look at it is it's kind since we're going in derby season.

It's a trifecta.

So it's a win for the individual they show up.

They actually learn things about how to show up as a leader.

It's a win for the organization because their people are developing a much wider network and good networks are how we get things done.

And then it's a win for the community as well.

Because all the people who go through our programs then get plugged into doing something that is important and impactful in this community.

A lot of people who may want to get involved in this may say, gosh, that sounds great, but I sure don't have time for it.

What's the time commitment?

Light.

So we actually have lot to programs that the leadership Louisville center, we small bite one-day workshops.

We also have longer programs, the program that we're talking about now is leadership, Louisville, and it's about a 10 month commitment.

Only one day, a And it's kind of one of those you get out of it.

What you put into it.

So it because it is a little bit longer deeper commitment.

People often say that their experience is transformational.

Yeah, and let's talk some more about those other programs you offer.

This is all kind of skill based for anybody really?

Yes.

So the leadership Louisville center are what are what we love is to be your leadership learning partner, no matter where you are.

We have one-day workshops that are really just about skill building.

We call those leading better.

And there not about your geography.

So whether you're based in Louisville or any corner of Kentucky or southern Indiana are anywhere, you can come to the leadership Louisville center and just learn skills that help you get things done with and through others.

And our Web site is just full of opportunities for people to show up and learn.

This is one of those things, too.

I feel like once you get involved in an industry and you become a leader manager or whatever.

>> You almost wish you could go back to school and and learn again.

Knowing what you know now.

Absolutely.

And we really believe as amazing as you are today.

>> And you can only stay that amazing.

You can't get any more amazing unless you actually do something that is about learning and growing and because you don't have access school teachers anymore.

We are your adult learning and we can help you figure out how to continue to be a better version of yourself.

And there's nothing better than that.

Thank you so much.

We appreciated and having Asians are open right now.

The deadline to apply is coming up on April.

29th.

>> Back to you.

Thank you.

Kelsey.

If you want to find out more about being part of the new leadership, Louisville class, you content a virtual.

>> Information session happening tomorrow morning.

April 19th, you can register for that online.

♪ ♪ Cave Hill Cemetery is a beautiful community.

Jewel located in Louisville.

It's the final resting place for everyone from Colonel Harland Sanders to Mohammed Ali, a national program.

You'll be able to watch right here on KET has given the cemetery a lofty title.

They've named it one of the best in the world.

Our chip Polston had a chance to meet up with K feels president and CEO to learn more.

>> First opened in Louisville in 18.

48 Cave Hill Cemetery is the final resting place for more than 120,000 souls.

A lot of adjectives have been used to describe the absolute beauty of the facility, but it now has a new title.

One of the world's greatest cemeteries.

And it's being featured on an upcoming national show that you'll be able to watch right here on KET by the same name when Nunez president, CEO of Cahill Cemetery.

Glenn, thanks so much for being with us today.

Thank you for having me.

So what's it like when you get that phone call or email saying we think you're one of the world's greatest cemetery?

>> Well, I actually got an e-mail from it.

The producer of world's greatest cemeteries.

it was quite a lengthy e-mail.

And he clearly had done a lot of homework.

>> And what was so interesting is he shared that.

He didn't really know about Cave Hill Cemetery until he started the series and people kept writing in and responding to him that he needed to come to Louisville and that he needed to come see Cave Hill Cemetery.

So was viewer response that brought him to us.

So of course, the letter intrigues me and I called him right, responded immediately.

And again, I think the next day had a conversation with him.

And then we started booking his trip and that that was it.

He came last summer it went from just having that conversation in his letter to him visiting with us for a couple of days.

And when he was there, the ground's as always, we're absolutely spectacular.

And it's one of the things that he really talks about a lot.

>> In the show, what what's the back end of that?

What does it take for murals perspective to really maintain that?

Amazing look out there.

>> Oh, my gosh.

That then the background behind that we have 74 employees.

Okay.

Tell cemetery most of those employees are gardeners.

We have arborists a licensed arborist with horticulturists.

We have landscapers.

So quite a team to to do that.

And then the cemetery is divided up into gardening quadrants.

So we have good head gardeners that oversee all the different quadrants of Cave Hill Cemetery and then they have assistant gardeners working under them.

So there is a lot involved.

>> Well, it and you can tell by because it just it's a park-like setting.

That is just absolutely beautiful.

Yes, when you first pull in, there's I believe it's a green line and a white line that you first encounter with one of those lines to and what will they take you to go?

Explore.

>> So when you first enter Capel cemetery, whether you come in off the grinstead gator, you come off of the Baxter Gate.

The White Line is basically going to take you right down to the administration building and then it's going to take you down to the grinstead gate so you can go gate to gate, but it on your off to the right.

There's now a green line in the green line takes you right to Muhammad Ali's grave.

And if you continue on the white line past the grinstead gate, you're going to run into a yellow line in the yellow line takes you directly to Colonel Sanders and the reason for those 2 lines that those are the 2 most those are visited the most free.

>> Well, e and along those know in the year or so after the Ali burial there to place the website.

TripAdvisor.

That tells people about places you want to go check out in a particular city had Churchill Downs ranked number one Cave Hill Cemetery was ranked number 2 on that list.

What was that like to have that level of of intense interest and in the facility there?

>> It was What happened is we immediately partnered with the Ali and we partnered with the Louisville Tourism Group what happened right away.

We put a billboard at the airport.

So all people traveling through.

>> The Muhammad Ali airport as you go to baggage claim.

You see the billboard is featuring Cave Hill Cemetery, the Ali Center and the local tourism.

So people were seen that just coming to baggage claim and they were just getting in the Uber getting in the lift Ince before they were going to their destination.

The reason why they were here for this in the city, they were just going straight to Cave Hill Cemetery.

So our security team was meeting Lyfts and Ubers on a frequent basis to the point where these drivers didn't even need to be told where to go any longer.

They just KET how to get straight to Mohammed Ali's great.

thousands of visitors on the at the beginning.

Hundreds daily.

>> And we still you know, probably anywhere from 50 to 75 visitors on a Saturday and a Sunday and maybe 20 to 30 per day.

Well, okay, to really is a remarkable facility and we look very forward.

>> To KET or is learning more about it here?

Very yes for that when Mooney with cable cemetery, thanks so much for being with us.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Renee, back to you.

>> Thank you, Chip, appreciate you.

You can catch world's greatest cemeteries featuring Louisville's Cave Hill on Sunday, April 23rd at 03:00PM Eastern Time and again Wednesday, April 26th at 05:00PM Eastern Time right here on KET.

We'll get your toes tapping tomorrow night.

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They go hand in hand.

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I hope to see you right back here again tomorrow night.

I'm Renee Shaw.

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