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Kentucky's, we should want to protect each other.

The arguments for and against a bill to stop discrimination based on hairstyles.

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♪ ♪ >> Good evening and welcome into Kentucky EDITION on this Friday, February, the 17th, I'm Renee Shaw.

Thank you for starting off your weekend with U.S.. >> Governor Andy Beshear has signed House Bill one, the bill that cuts the state personal income tax rate by another half percent.

>> To 4% next January, he says he's been concerned about the impact it would have on the budget but says Kentuckians do need relief from inflation.

The governor says he would have preferred a cut in the sales tax, but he says the Kentucky General Assembly didn't give them that option.

>> I have one bill in front of One bill about whether or not we can help our people at this time of high inflation.

So today I'm going to sign House Bill one that's going to lower the income tax on Kentucky INS and I hope as we get through this period where again, groceries cost too much.

This helps everybody out there at least a little bit.

>> The Republican Party of Kentucky isn't impressed by the governor's move.

In a statement the party says, quote, This is just the latest example of Andy Beshear taken credit for Republican policies after having previously vetoed them last year, Andy Beshear vetoed the process which makes today's Republican tax cut possible.

What's different between last year and this one.

There's an election this November and quote.

Mohawks dreadlocks, braids Afros and mullets backers of the Crown Act want protection from hair based discrimination.

Crown stands for creating a respectful world for natural hair.

Similar ordinances have been adopted in Louisville and Covington.

The Crown Act, proponents believe no one should lose their job or be forced to leave school or be kept from participating in school activities because of the way they wear their hair.

Moore has our legislative coverage update continues.

Senate bill 63 is their vehicle for protecting Kentuckians from race-based hair discrimination >> Joe Ryan, McMIllan of the group, the real young prodigies testified before the Senate Judiciary panel yesterday to help kids like his sister.

>> Step coach.

She had told my sister that she cannot be owing to step team Alessi has this laid-back pony tail?

And when my sister had told the holidays, I told her that.

We we've got to stand up.

This goes against the ordinance that we have passed in Louisville, which he's crane U.S. rep for an open world for natural hair, which you can wear your hair without being discriminated.

That.

Kentucky's, we should want to protect each other.

That means eat.

That means even if where you after, like my where you most like to meet county Baseball Team day before it was forced to cut off their mullets.

>> Judiciary panel members had questions about workplace safety precautions and requirements for police or military service.

>> We just disagree.

And that's why can't support this legislation down through history of arc on new All kinds situations hair cuts and uniformity have been used in a traditional way for all kinds of things that make units better, not I just don't understand the motivations of it would seem to me that it it does apply to everyone.

Then that means there can be no rules if it applies to everyone.

I for that reason I can support.

>> You know, this discussion this morning is reminding me.

Unfortunately.

What they did honestly.

2 Jews in the Holocaust.

The first thing that happened to you when you showed up.

At a camp.

Was they shaved your head?

I don't care if you were a man.

I don't care if you're a woman out there.

If you were a child, he shaved your head and they did that to be humanize.

You.

We do not within that society will not tolerate that in our society.

And sir, you have the right to be the human.

You were born to be.

>> The Crown Act to clear the Senate Judiciary Committee on a vote of 63 yesterday.

It now waits for action by the full Senate.

There were some very, very young faces at the state Capitol in Frankfort yesterday.

Now they weren't freshman lawmakers.

Most of them aren't even freshman in high school yet yesterday was military kids day as the children of service men and women had a firsthand look at the democracy.

Their parents are helping to protect.

>> Okay.

He's a family from Fort Knox.

>> What is certain is that I 30 years we need it's sometimes hard to take with that.

>> What are they?

What is my >> Let's about their responsibility to back on Terra, assuming that dad, brother, sister, aunt or Uncle Louis.

The service member.

I want to know that you also a hero.

We talk about it and for our service here today.

Thank you for what you do to KET your family intact.

You country so hard to call this being a citizen and that requires you to stay abreast of what's going on.

She's our take more history and social world it is the recognized a year.

The key to making the difference.

>> Well, part and >> To look at this when there may be these tears and but 25 without.

So my plea today would be that you set the example and will >> We know that people are looking to you, for example, the second bar.

>> State Senator Jimmy Higdon started the event back in 2015 and this year's program some more than 100 children from all around the commonwealth attend.

>> Time now for in the week review inside Kentucky politics.

And today we're joined by 2 former Kentucky secretaries of state, our good friends and the election might commentators Trey Grayson who's across Brown, taught and also Bob Babbage, who was the founder of Baggage, co-founder.

And so we're glad to have both of them.

Got a busy weekend.

Frankfort gentleman.

Indeed.

So let's start first with House Bill one.

The governor on Friday today signed House Bill one and he noted in a video message that because of >> record-high inflation, Kentuckians can KET more money in their pockets.

And plus, since other reductions really hadn't affected the income revenues, he felt it was OK to sign this He'd been getting pressure from the business community, Bob, but I'm curious about how Democrats is he out of step with maybe White House run.

Senate Democrats would have wanted him to do.

>> We did send the bill and he embraced a but he didn't really give it a bear hug.

He explained the reasoning for signing it.

Now and the need for people to have a return of phones that they have paid.

Even though there's a school of thought that those funds could be used for other purposes, even the governor himself has advocated for.

A significant expansion of Kinder Garden, for example, that's an investment for the future.

This is an investment back to taxpayers.

Now for the expenses that have worldwide for food and other kinds of things.

Yes.

>> Trey Grayson, the Republican response to this was, well, it is an election year yeah.

Yeah.

The good news election here.

Yeah.

I think that was not mentioned last year.

Yeah.

You need to last year's that >> you're you know, the question asked about Bobby didn't want to answer it is and he is out of step with other Democrats.

They I think unanimously or nearly unanimously voted against this.

>> It's probably smart politics.

Alright, thanks.

This issue a little bit off the table and makes it harder for the Republicans to say, look, he was against cutting taxes and they are, as the governor says and high inflation with it, record surpluses.

So if I would take months ago, we would have been shocked by this.

But there are signals that the governor have been publicly, but it was more open to the man who would have thought inside actually wasn't the prize.

>> So let's pivot now to talk about 2 of the big issues that dominated the capital this week.

First, the abortion ruling that came on Thursday that keeps that near total ban on abortion in place.

It affects the trigger law and also the heartbeat law that would restrict abortions around 6 weeks of pregnancy is sending back to the lower court.

Daniel Cameron who is part of this argued this case seem to take a victory lap here.

But when we look at what the justice Debra Lambert, who wrote the opinion said, said the right to abortion exist by implication there come to the Kentucky Constitution and made it imply that perhaps there could be future challenge by a different party.

So was Daniel Go to you.

Trey Grayson was a premature and kind of taking a victory lap at this particular point.

>> again, we begin the last conversation.

It is an election year.

It's really for governor and he's got a chance to fight for it.

I think it is premature.

This was a decision only on the merits of an injunction not on the merits.

And you can reach a different conclusion that the justices at least 10 dead, that they might ultimately say substantively that's a trigger laws and to show even if it's still allowed in place until then make a final decision.

So I think when these kinds of constitutional cases, it really is.

It already is often their victory prematurely.

But for Cameron's case, the final decision won't come until after the primary.

So, you know, of course, he was going to find that the 3 little bit early to try to benefit show that he's fighting for more signifying that ban abortion, Kentucky, which is a popular position inside the Republican Party like that.

>> Anything that they're Bob?

I think it's a good summary.

He does get a victory and that his side is still very relevant in the case.

But there are rules for the court.

And the court basically said the folks who asked the question can ask the question, but her she could.

And if that comes back to the court, then we might get a different outcome and not so much a victory for Cameron.

But for now a significant step for continues with that issue as the primary goes on every day.

And that's an advantage.

Cameron Advantage.

>> SP one 50.

We learn these bills by their names more than we do.

Bob, by what they actually this, what is parents rights and public schools, our rights and public schools as it to Dana fight.

Senator Max Wise use a Lieutenant Governor candidate is the sponsor of this bill from Campbellsville warning parents to have more transparency and communication, particularly when it comes to school curriculum, teaching of human sexuality and student preferred pronoun I'll start with Bob on this.

This is been a very passionate debate in the last few days and the state capitol.

Yes.

>> There's that has to It's not politics.

It's politics.

It's a personal.

I would say it often not personal.

It's politics.

But politics is very partial because you believe in.

Many.

Thanks very deeply.

And when the Tigers against said it's tough in this case.

It was profoundly personal for both sides because they opinions are closely held and draw from faith and experience that are extraordinary.

So to be a witness to that and the participant of that as we are on the sidelines.

Quite something.

Yeah.

>> And Trey Grayson, I mean, I'm wondering about the business case against Senate Bill one 50 to time.

We're constantly hearing about we need more people to come to Kentucky to become business friendly and competitive.

Are these kinds of measures?

What will?

Actually persuade people to come to Kentuckyian work in Kentucky.

>> Let me read my that I read the original last Sunday, the print edition on bottled up for that making the case of not specifically this bill because I wrote it before the Bills introduced special the Bills like this are not worth it.

We ought to put this on economic issues and not these kinds of of bills that would cause people to not want to look at the Kentucky Bob's out about a part of it was a Senator Byrd side trail late some transgender sign committed suicide.

It also happened inside that this is a Capitol rally this week.

So there are a lot of first-time Bush stake on both sides of it.

Yeah, I think from an economic standpoint of I wish we weren't doing things like this.

That being said this bill was extreme in some other bills have been introduced.

And I think leadership is trying to navigate this.

There's an interest in the Republican Party electorate to do something on these issues and they were probably trying to minimize the economic impact.

So that's why Senate but one, 50 mood as opposed to some of the other bills.

We'll see how this plays out.

Only one chamber and a lot of those on the bills are in the House with us into more support broader broader bill of that.

We will KET our eyes on it up.

>> In Virginia when young can be a cough.

A turning point was about parents rights and a cough flatow.

Yeah, I've got it right.

At least for the voters won the race.

And I think others around the country, including DeSantis, clearly is.

Those leaders are are seizing on this and putting this and legislative action.

And that's what happened here in the Senate this week.

Again, very emotional, very but various very serious for for many people.

>> We'll continue to KET our eyes on it.

We thank you for doing the same Trey Grayson and Bob Babbage are good friends.

Thank you for joining us.

Safe travels to Trey Grayson and good to see Bob.

Thank you thanks.

>> Catholic Charities of Louisville's Common Table Program is providing job training in the field of culinary arts.

Its goal is to reduce poverty, provide instruction and feed neighbors all at the same time.

>> We've been around for about 8 was originally brought to conception because we saw a need for hospitality workers.

And then we also understood about providing a skill set that we can help individuals become self-sufficient.

A lot of different people enroll in common table from all different walks of Many different goals, some people com because they need employment.

Other people.

They have dreams and goals and aspirations of entrepreneurship.

So the majority of our students are single We come from a lower income And so they come here looking for opportunity and looking for access to this field.

>> So they go through 8 weeks of basic owner art and job training.

>> We want to prepare them to go work in restaurant kitchen Students are interested in entrepreneurship.

>> We connect them with other organizations.

Once they complete our program, they can help them reach those goals.

I've been cooking all my life since I was 2.

>> Then have a full skills.

And in the common table, they the comet culinary skills that you don't normally possess and also how to marry foods together and also work with others in a big catering environment because we see these big stowe and it can be it can and intimidating for a lot of people.

But once you get in there and you learn that cooking techniques and we see it taisha flavors and learn how to put them together.

We have to try planning something.

We have to try it.

>> We offer a six-week subscription where each week you get a court, the fresh May 2 and a loaf of bread.

>> Super Britt is our main source of support this program.

So students don't have to pay anything monetary relief to come through this program and the students work on producing that.

It gives an opportunity to practice at home those skills that we learn.

So the knife skills the dice and then the chopping, how do you properly prepare and then cooling off properly packaging it getting ready for delivery today.

>> Yeah, she can talk yeah.

And smiles on.

>> People's face when they get the Sooners the response from the quality of the seats that we put out.

It encourages me to want to do more with the food and bring more to the community without food program said number >> we had a young lady who graduated a program.

We were able to place with apprenticeship Texas Roadhouse corporate office working directly with their executive chef.

So she just completed her one year.

Apprenticeship and they've offered her full-time job with a excellent wage.

Is she?

She's doing amazing.

And we have lots of stories like that.

If you've got a desire for cooking becoming a common table and once you get a common table knowledge in you.

>> You're cooking life would change, period.

It's always in need People always want to eat, right?

So there's always opportunity I can go anywhere in the world with my maps and worked.

>> Common table has a job placement rate of over 80% with many graduates seeking careers at a high-end kitchens all around Louisville.

You know, one in 7 people in Kentucky suffers from hunger.

The dare to care.

Food Bank in Louisville wants to change that.

This Black History Month.

They're particularly focusing on food equity across all communities.

Kentucky additions Kelsey Starks sat down with dare to care as president to find out more about the disparity.

>> Vincent James has been a champion in the black community serving as little Metro's chief of community building and continuing to serve as a faith leader at Elan Baptist Church.

Now he's the CEO of Dare to Care Food Bank, where he's focused on providing a more equitable future for those facing food insecurity.

Thank you so much for being here.

Thank you for having me.

>> So explain to us 1st half hunger and this issue of equity is really tied together.

>> It's really tied together.

And in an interesting way in terms of when we think about food insecurity in general, we live in the wealthiest country in the world yet we have people who are going without food every day.

One in 6 child in in Kentucky now is considered food insecure as well as one in 8 seniors are considered food insecure.

And so that's a problem.

And one of the things we see is an opportunity to be able to really work to solve that problem.

And that is one way by thinking about how we distribute food in the community and we want to do it in a fair and equitable way.

And so has we think about that.

This is why you can actually live in one zip code and have a 12 year lifespan.

Difference.

They win.

If you live in another zip code because there's not an equitable distribution of resources.

And so one of the things we're doing with food is making sure that every neighbor in need, no matter what zip code you live in, no matter what background you come from, you will have equitable access to fresh and healthy food.

And that's in no way in terms of how we looking at equity and how we're applying it to be able to really address some of those social terms to help those root causes.

That's why we see these food deserts in community to begin with >> and of course, because it is Black History Month with yes, closer look at how this is really the black community and what are some factors that contribute to that inequity, particularly in the black community?

>> I think one of the things we've seen in particular during the pandemic, the disparities became really known to the community in terms of scene just the various health inequities that we've seen in communities of color.

And when we recognize that we've seen in terms of the vaccinations and testing and all those things, it became really apparent.

Well, those inequities have been running in the black and brown communities for a long time.

This just heighten the awareness and exacerbated the situation.

So one of the things that we are recognized that there's a disproportionate number of folks who are being impacted with food, insecurity and therefore, when in black and brown communities and when that happens, you have less health outcomes coming out the way that you desire.

You have more challenges around health issues such as diabetes and heart issues and all the things that we know that can be prevented and they're preventable diseases.

But yet still people are suffering from the Methodist because fortunate right.

>> We appreciate you so much for being here.

Thank you all so much.

And now we're excited to share soon.

A 1.8, 4 million Dollar Grant dare to care.

And that is from a national foundation.

So stay tuned to hear more about that.

Back to you.

Thank you.

Kelsey Dare to care, serves 13 counties in Kentuckyian southern Indiana.

>> And the past year they are provided.

21.7 million meals to those in need ♪ ♪ >> former Kentucky poet laureate writer and educator Frank X Walker has written a new children's book that are ranges.

Significant people, places and events related to the black experience and alphabetical order described as a plain-spoken tax.

That gives a peek into lesser known artistic, cultural and historical identities.

Walker's a is for after a latch a isn't a to Z recall of history.

We may not know he shared with me recently what he hopes readers will gain from his latest work.

>> What I hope people get from this is the beauty and power of the images for most that even if you can't read a hope, you can fit from page to page and feel like this food there for you, but also hope that people really close enough to recognize that of that's what do conversations going on in these pages.

You know, about of diversity, about the challenges in history in our communities of about some some of the things that happen that we need to know about.

And I was hiding.

But people.

Conway thinking, well, this was a beautiful read.

and hopefully want to share with somebody else.

>> You can see more of our conversation with Frank X Walker on connections Sunday at 12 noon Eastern.

11:00AM Central right here on KET.

So finally tonight to enjoy some music and inspiring new documentary this next week, Toby Gibbs explains and Miss look at what's up around the Commonwealth.

♪ >> Watch the highs and lows of Jamie and Kathy's relationship in the last 5 years this weekend in Madisonville.

>> From meeting to break up and break up to meeting.

>> This one winning musical will take you through all the feelings that come alongside love.

Turn up the heat this winter with the moon Bird, Blizzard Bash in Dry ridge.

The Saturday join local favorite son and slain Derek Allen and John Morgan for a day of music from the hottest bands around.

>> Broadway show tunes.

Disney favorites and impressive vocal arrangements can all be found at the Bok tape concert this evening in Danville.

>> With millions of social media views and a top 10 album on the Billboard charts this evening is sure to be awesome.

The first-ever no limits.

Monster truck show was at the Appalachian Wireless Arena and pipe full this Friday and Saturday.

>> With no engine rules, no wait.

Rules and nothing holding the back.

This is sure to be a smashing good time.

See some of the hidden treasures and beautiful and unique land between the lakes.

During the road less traveled and tour and on down to Cady.

Is this Saturday and explore all the nooks and crannies.

Discover all that nature has to offer.

Speaking of nature, the great backyard bird count is back in Clermont this Saturday observe the over 200 species of bird that burn Hein has connect with nature and learn from the programs offered in this feathered fun-filled day.

Enjoy a special preview screening about one of Kentucky's most prominent couples next Thursday in Lexington, the Allison Wade Houston story details the lives and careers of the Houston's as they journey from segregated youths don't success in business and sports.

And this inspiring fell.

And that's what's happening around the commonwealth.

I'm told the Good News.

>> And as always, thank you to be Gibbs.

Coming up Monday night, the Eastern Kentucky floods damaged some farm equipment.

So who stepped in to make repairs students that gain some valuable repairs, carols and help farmers get back to work more that Monday night on Kentucky edition, which we hope you'll join us for at 6.30, Eastern 5.30, central where we inform connect and inspire.

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