♪ >> Who's running?

Who's retiring?

A look at the candidates for state and federal law office says the filing deadline comes and goes.

>> We have to start off your year right with discipline that can kind allies and to all the other thing.

>> Going dry is a trend that's picking up steam here from one doctor about the immediate and long-term benefits of cutting out alcohol.

>> These trees make some really good habitat for fish.

>> The fish are getting a nice after Christmas present.

>> You already bought this without knowing if there's a bug's allowed in here, too.

So you might as well to see them on purpose because they're delicious.

>> You've got them on chase trial, correct?

It.

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♪ ♪ Good evening and welcome to Kentucky EDITION on this Friday, January, the 5th, I'm Renee Shaw.

>> Thank you for starting off your weekend with us.

Some state lawmakers are dealing with more than just this current session.

Several will also have to focus on winning reelection.

The filing deadline for the upcoming 2024 primary was today at 04:00PM Eastern Time.

All 100 state House seats are up for reelection as well as odd numbered state Senate seat.

Some interesting races to watch between now and may include a Republican primary race in district.

45 where incumbent Killian Timoney of Lexington is being challenged by Thomas Jefferson and Republican Representative Kim Moser, a chair of the House Health Services Committee, is being challenged by Karen Campbell and the Democratic primary.

3 people are looking to take over for outgoing state representative Ruthanne Palumbo, including her son Jamie, who was in a 3 way primary and another Lexington Democrat, Representative George Brown is being challenged by Daniel Whitley over in the state Senate.

Louisville, Democratic minority floor Leader Gerald Neal faces a primary challenge from Michael Churchill and Republican Sen Adrienne Southworth has picked up a primary challenger and Erin Reed and District 7.

Those are just some of the state races to KET your eye on and on the federal level, former Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Deters he filed today to challenge six-term incumbent Congressman Thomas Massie in Kentucky's 4th congressional District.

Kentucky's primary election is may 21st.

Also today, former President Donald Trump filed to run and the Kentucky presidential primary at the same time, Kentucky Attorney General Russel Coleman join 26 other state attorneys general asking the U.S. Supreme Court to KET Trump on the ballot in Colorado, the Colorado Supreme Court recently ruled the former president can't run in that state's primary under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution because of Trump's role in the capital attacks that occurred 3 years ago tomorrow.

Coleman says removing Trump from the ballot could dilute Kentuckians votes.

As we reported some big names.

State lawmakers aren't running again in 2024.

Governor Andy Beshear was asked yesterday about why so many members of the Kentucky General Assembly are choosing to leave.

>> I believe most would tell you that they like the work, but that the environment has changed a lot over a number of years.

It's very different.

Then even when my dad was governor and I think it's even different within.

Some of the caucuses and so part of what I've been trying to talk about is to have a future where government works and works effectively for the people.

You know, we need to tone down the rhetoric, toned down the attacks.

There shouldn't be threats of doing something to your area.

If you disagree with something that the rest of your party is pushing and that just shouldn't be the way we We ought to to have each legislator pushing for the very best for their own district and so trying to reduce negativity, trying to reduce toxicity.

And that's one reason I believe that when you have a better mixture of 2 parties and I mean that both here and in other states where can be the other way.

Can and should a better environment with a better exchange of ideas.

>> So talk about that a little on Monday night on Kentucky tonight.

When we talk about the 2024 Kentucky General Assembly session, 4 top legislative leaders will join us and we'll take your questions by phone email and social media.

That's Monday night at 8 Eastern 7 Central live here on KET.

>> Time now for an end of recovery view of some major political news this week.

Most of it happening and the state's capital in Frankfort during the first week of the Kentucky General Assembly session.

We have a sermon Brown who's on screen left and on screen right is Iris Wilbur Blake and they are both with McCarthy, Strategic Solutions.

We appreciate both of them being with Sherman, this is the second time on KET this week.

So we're going to elect iris.

Go for some.

I ask about today.

And just a few hours from when we had this conversation but will have passed by the time the show airs at 04:00PM was the candidate filing deadline.

And we know that there are several state lawmakers who are choosing to take a pass on reelection.

Tell us about the impact that could have on how much business gets done this session.

Sure.

And thanks, Renee.

I think most of the notable action regarding what lot legislators will or will not do is is mostly contingent upon contested primaries.

Yes, we're interesting number of open seats due to retirements.

>> But for a super majority Republican legislature in the House and Senate.

And it will be interesting to see legislator behavior due to primary challengers now to just some general election challengers.

But regarding some more, the contentious votes in issues that were predicting the see the session.

I foresee some notable areas of interest regarding certain legislators that have contested primaries.

>> And we can just say one of them.

And northern Kentucky Representative Kim Moser, who was a chair of the committee, someone who I believe is facing a primary challenger.

There are some people who have some pretty weighty positions he could be facing primary challenges.

That's not completely unusual.

you know, committee chair people, they typically are more prominent.

And so they garner a lot of interest, sometimes positive, sometimes negative.

>> I don't foresee that negatively impacting how committee you know, members are trying to get their work and those are some seats that I'll be monitoring.

But for instance, which are Moser age, you know, she's let her agenda be no, all to the interim.

And I will expect her to to move, you know, full steam ahead.

All right.

>> Sherman, Brown Democrats, there are several notable Democrats who are not going to come back after their term ends in December of 20.

24 even later, Graham there, several leaders and the We have Rachel Roberts.

He was not returning longtime incumbent Democrat ruse and Palombo mean the list goes on and Tell us what you think about the potential impacts.

>> Well, I think generally speaking with those that are leaning daily for several different reasons.

You know, this is a lot of time spent away from your family.

There's time that leader Grant has been there for a while.

So it's not it's not like he came in, you know, start a couple times, realize it wasn't for him and went home.

I don't think there's any, you know, I mean, anything that really glean from that other than doesn't leave us the opportunity with new faces and new folks coming in.

We've had a lot of turnover over the last, you know, 46 years, both on the Republican and Democrat side.

So I'm not really reading into it too much, I think it does is give us that opportunity.

And like, you know, like Iris said.

>> With all >> primaries and things coming up, we're going to have some new names.

>> So let's talk about the first weekend.

The state capitol, of course, it started off eventful.

Unfortunately, there was a bomb scare.

They're on the first day that a second day that the lawmakers are in session.

Luckily and thankfully they weren't doing business, particularly at that moment.

But it did cause some disruptions.

And of course, this happened and many other states across the nation.

But they did.

They did do some work this One bill about hunting and fishing could be the first bill to be passed out of the Senate.

Let's start about with the SEC and the State of the Commonwealth address.

Sherman Brown.

You are watching that with us and providing commentary.

How do you think that will linger into the business of the lawmakers will undertake health care?

>> I think first of all, I think that we talked about on Wednesday night was around the relationship between the governor and both chambers, I think activity in conversations of that kind.

A.

You know, started their new season.

You know, we heard from starters that he was President Stivers unity was talking with him.

I know it started over in the house with those from the rest of the season with where that goes and anything, you know, back to the tone and the message of the state of the Commonwealth is that it is an opportunity for us.

Where does the you know where says he set out to a moment on transportation and infrastructure.

All these things that come along and where he is, he still going to be the governor still going to be out talking to folks statewide you know, I was a bully pulpit.

If you're not pulling anybody really trying to bring folks together and that's the whole message.

So he's trying to do that and communicate his message and his agenda.

So be sure to take those things And we talk to, you know, talk about the issues that better important and the teachers ratings Pre-K looking at that for every child.

I think those are the type things that I'm interested to see kind of where those go and what he what he's doing.

And the issue of those, the other things that that could that will come out of the budget.

Both eastern Kentucky, western Kentucky for the more disaster relief or leave.

Those areas have been affected.

So really watching to see where that is a head here with the In addition to the other bills that are coming.

>> Wright Iris.

We heard the Republican leaders put things in 3 buckets, things.

They agree with the governor on things they could convinced could be been things that just won't do.

Chairman mentioned a little bit of all those things.

What are you?

What's your take?

>> you know, despite the positive sort of rallying told that the governor conveyed earlier this week, you know, I predict a little bit business as usual with this General Assembly.

They they've elevated some important issues during the I think for the most part, some of those issues may be quite settled.

And so I do see the General Assembly, the supermajorities moving Some of the second issue I don't I know that some have convey that that their their doors open.

But if history is any indicator, you know, this, governor Sarah demonstrated that he's going to do his thing.

And action otherwise from the General Assembly is that they're going to do their thing.

So I think as time goes on, I'm a little bit open-minded.

I think history will be a strong indicator of how each will proceed to their legislative priorities.

Yeah.

>> It's probably good advice to us all as we watch the next 50 days.

Go forward.

Thank you.

I was Broberg Lick and Sherman Brown for joining us today.

Have a great weekend.

State Representative Chad.

All a Democrat from Lexington has filed 3 election reform bills under House Bill.

One, 51 Kentucky polls would close at 07:00PM and both the eastern and Central time zones instead of the current 06:00PM, all says every state except Indiana keeps his polls open later than 6 o'clock.

He says if the polls are open until 7, it'll make it easier for people to said voting into their busy lives.

House Bill, one, 52 wooden straight ticket voting also straight ticket voting puts parties over candidates and under House Bill one.

53, Kentucky's electoral votes would go to the national popular vote winner.

But that wouldn't take effect until states totaling 270 electoral votes have signed on to the idea right now, 17 states with 205 electoral votes have pledged to support the popular vote winner.

♪ Many Americans are starting off the new year by swearing off alcohol.

>> Dry January is a trend that's been growing in popularity on social media.

Doctor Stephen Patton with Norton Healthcare says the challenge has many benefits.

He gives us a few and today's medical news.

>> It's a lot of great benefits to put drinking one of the main things is no increased risk of cancer.

I mean, we are light to decrease our risk like of of colon cancer, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, Asafa Joe cast.

So that increases your risk of your cast is by stopping drinking.

Also, it takes about to deliver about 30 days to re heal itself.

And Oliver is a detoxification defecation system.

So we take liquor liquor and there are any alcohol and it damages the liver.

So it takes about 30 days continues.

30 days to allow to regenerate and heal itself.

So better liver function, meaning better to toss the case, Jean.

So I pay for something that we have a letter here, right?

And we have our liver and kidneys.

Another thing is he's really good with weight loss.

So a lot of things that we don't know.

Why can't We're working out watching you drink with it because the energy that a shot of liquor can give you.

The body will feed off of that energy instead of burning fat.

So to translate that, that means about take a shot for the next 2 to 3 days.

My body will be burning off the energy from the liquor as that of the fuel that need to lose weight.

So you may not be able to burn fat or lose any weight in those days that you're exercising continues in the energy from the liquor right.

Also, you're going to get better sleep.

Now a lot of times people take a little nightcap to help with sleep, but they don't realize that when it helps put to sleep, but it doesn't KET you there.

And it does allow you to get in that are, you know, sleep that will restart of sleep to decrease your cortisol levels are reset.

You and we're cortisol levels are high.

That's also another thing that doesn't allow you to burn that because the cortisol levels as us as a stress hormone and it keeps it up.

So it's very hard to burning.

The fire are getting the benefit from that.

So if you want to do the crease share, you want to get better sleep.

You want to lose weight, increase your risk of cancer and just overall, be healthier, stopping Liquors.

Definitely.

Let's let's do it.

♪ ♪ >> Bluegrass crickets has been supplied zoos, pet stores and more with a steady supply of crickets.

For decades now the company is adding humans to its clientele list as it's working to produce a wide variety of edible and cricket based products.

>> But the 7 a job, you know, we were in here every day, Christmas Thanksgiving.

New Year's taken care.

Crickets.

Just like, you know, cattle farmers taking care of, you know, beef, cattle or anything else like that for the last 20 the company has focused on shipping crickets to the zoo to the bait shops, to pet shops.

Things like that for animal us to eat.

Since I took over last January, I'm really focused on shifting our production, too.

Human consumption.

So so raising crickets for humans to eat.

It takes a lot less land, a lot less water.

A lot less the to crickets than it does.

Any other source of protein there's also less greenhouse gases there's transportation.

All these things like that.

Play into the idea of other carbon, you know, tax or whatever we don't have that with the crickets.

It's not a political thing.

It's not a I want to get rid of couse or anything else like I look at it from a very, pretty pragmatic perspective.

Sosa people that are interest in sustainability.

This is a huge thing.

Then we have the people that are interested and health You know, you have you have fiber.

You have protein.

You have vitamins.

You have all these micro nutrients that you don't get with other sources of protein you know, Alpha Gal that can't write each red meat, they can eat crickets.

People have a gluten intolerance can use cricket flour.

2 cook or bake with different things like that.

So there's a health side of it.

>> Will have granola will have protein bars and then we'll have the whole cricket.

So really it's kind of a a range of what you would want to do with it.

We actually own a commercial restaurants.

So it has all the, you know, the health department inspections and certifications and all that kind of stuff.

So the production will take place there.

>> It's really It's a little bit weird or eating the whole crickets to your car like this is this is an entire bug that I'm eating it like that's not normal, but they're really good.

You wouldn't even know when you're when you're actually eating at the bug.

I want a lot probably expecting because, you could get so necessarily sound appealing.

>> As soon as you hear the opportunity to eat them.

But they were actually really You know, couldn't tell him apart from, say a crew to honor something like that on a salad.

So it was definitely a better experience that I was anticipating.

If you look into all the regulations, you know, from food production.

>> There's so many parts, you know, that are allowed.

And in regular.

>> Consumable products people don't realize is, you know, when the combine go center, we failed that calm.

Bonnie kicking out the crickets and, you know, grasshoppers and everything else.

So when they're eating there, you know, their bag of corn chips of their, you know, their.

White bread with them.

Baloney sandwich.

You know, there's by the parts that are mixed all and so that you already eat bugs without knowing if there's a bug's allowed in your food.

So you might as well just see them on purpose because they're delicious.

>> I crickets for dinner.

Half you first bluegrass kick Ricketts will soon be relocating to a larger facility in Liberty owner, T J Ray Hill estimates that it will be able to produce and sell.

Get this 1 million crickets per week.

Wow.

♪ >> Dauber out that Christmas tree just yet.

It could soon become their future home for Kentucky.

Fish thanks to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife and a program called.

>> Christmas for the Fishes.

>> Christmas for the fishes is where we're the citizens donations.

Other used a real Christmas tree.

We're looking for real trees, not artificial.

They were using that for fish habitat.

The many of our our lakes across the state, this trees make some really good habitat for this habitat drawls a predator fish, forage fish feeding areas.

It creates spawning and also hiding places for a lot of fish.

So it provides a habitat the fish need as our lakes age again, this is that material.

It does decomposed go away over top.

So we have to do this on some currents.

So this is a great way.

We can click some of this material that we can use of the lakes very quickly.

And this is where also with the the state can, you know, get involved with that.

And most of the lakes, we use them and they last about 5 to 7 years, maybe 10, sometimes depending on the size we have drop-off sites across the state.

All these sites are unmanned and basically you can go at your convenience and drop these off.

We recommend that you go during daylight hours.

What it's light out just add your tree to the power we we currently have for our district will be moving into binge.

You come in like to share.

That would be the main one.

>> We will probably met a couple of the other lakes, but it will be dependent on how many trees we get because we've got to get a number trees we want to use at this particular awakened.

It as we get over that will start distributing those to the other lakes, depending on how many we get we've collected over 32,000 over the last 7 years.

So it's been a very popular program.

And we really appreciate, you know, the support that we've got from the people of Kentucky.

I think it's fun.

And that and providing some habitat that useful for that they can use and the benefit.

It also provides some opportunities for anglers to be able to go in and catch some fish off.

Also of some of the side.

So it's it's really neat.

They were doing something that benefits both know the fish in the lake but also can benefit some of the fishermen that fish the lake.

>> Good idea to find a nearby drop-off location to donate your Christmas tree.

Go to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife website.

That's at F W Dot K Y dot Gov.

Or G O V the program ends January.

15th.

♪ >> We have an eclectic blast of entertainment options this weekend and beyond.

Our Toby gives, of course, has a wedding expo reptiles.

Colonel Sanders and versa mater and the return of Lexington, native Colton Ryan.

All in this.

Look at what's happening around the Commonwealth.

♪ >> The Bowling Green, Kentucky reptile and exotic show has its first event of the year tomorrow.

This family friendly event will have a variety of reptiles.

Amphibians arachnids and more on display.

It's also a great place to pick up pet supplies and a good deal and maybe a new pet to match whether on down to the slow convention center tomorrow to check it out.

The Lexington Theater company kicks off its season tomorrow evening with its 2024 concert with the stars headlined by Lexington, native Colton Ryan Ryan played Conor Murphy in the 2021 film adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen and he was recently nominated for a Tony award for his performance in Broadway's New York, New York.

This year's concert is a solo evening with dry.

And as he takes you through a camera array of show tunes and stories from behind the scenes, it's sure to be an entertaining evening.

>> Beyonce's will be flocking to the Kentucky Expo Center this Sunday for the Louisville Bridal and Wedding Expo.

Everything you need to plan your big day will be under one big group with professionals go lower to help you find what you need on top of access to nearly 100 wedding vendors.

There will be cash prizes and giveaways throughout the expo.

Bring your friends, family and Pinterest board.

This is a don't this event for Kentucky brides.

Market House theater is the perfect winter performance.

Up next Thursday.

Come on out to see them in an interactive performance of the Ukrainian folk tale about a lost that in the snow that becomes a cozy hideout for a host of forest animals.

This show is great for young audience members who might need away goal or get gold during the performance.

Read the whole family out and start the New Year enjoying the performing arts.

Since 1992.

The Kentucky Chautauqua program is brought over 70 figures from our state's history to life through reenactment.

Next Thursday, Colonel Sanders will be next step in the series presented by another real-life colonel l Henry Dow head to the Highlands Museum of Discovery Center in Ashland for a chance to meet face-to-face with one of Kentucky's most famous icons.

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

>> I'm told the Good News.

>> Thank Youto be you just heard about Colton Ryan appearing in Lexington, Colton was honored with a key to the city today and honor of his incredible work on stage and screen.

He gave credit to his arts education here in Lexington as well as his family for making him the person and performer.

He is today.

>> The teachers.

That I was afforded growing up here in Lexington.

At the school for the creative performing Arts.

They saw me.

Completely before.

I could even see myself, arts education.

Luckily in my household was accessible by right?

And it has been the greatest luxury of my life.

I don't believe it should be a luxury.

I I believe it should be by right, for all children.

And thankfully, this town believes that mission, too.

Being from here.

It's one of the great pride in my life.

Thank you.

>> We're proud you are from Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton says Lexington is also proud of Colton Ryan and says the city has a real star agree where we're headed.

All county for our Mondays on main series, the town of Crestwood doesn't have a main street, but it's working on one Crestwood says it's the place to be.

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Have a great weekend to calm.

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