[♪♪] >> I THINK THERE'S COOL A.I.

TOOLS THAT ARE HELPFUL IN PERSONALIZED LEARNING THAT MAY MOVE THE NEEDLE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM.

>> Renee: FIRST IT WAS AT CALCULATOR AND NOW A.I.

AS SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES EMBRACE THE NEW TECHNOLOGY.

>> WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE SOMETHING AS A CLEAN LABEL INGREDIENTS INSTEAD OF WHAT THEY ARE USING CURRENTLY.

>> Renee: TWO COMPANIES ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO PUT BOURBON LEFTOVERS TO GOOD USE.

>> EVERY GUITAR, NONE ARE THE SAME.

>> Renee: DO YOU NEED GUITAR HELP?

STOP BY THE GUITAR HOSPITAL.

>> PRODUCTION OF "KENTUCKY EDITION" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE KET MILLENNIUM FUND.

[♪♪] >> Renee: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION" ON THIS WEDNESDAY, JULY THE 16TH I'M RENEE SHAW AND WE THANK YOU FOR WINDING DOWN YOUR WEDNESDAY WITH US.

>>> IT'S THE TECHNOLOGY EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT, SOMETIMES THE TALK IS POSITIVE, SOMETIMES IT'S NEGATIVE.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

OR A.I.

HAS ARRIVED AT KENTUCKY'S COLLEGES AND GRADE SCHOOLS.

OUR JUNE LEFFLER HAS MORE FROM THE STATE'S A.I.

TASK FORCE IN TODAY'S LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.

>> THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR COMMITTEE OF LAWMAKERS HAVE MET TO DISCUSS A.I.

IN THE COMMONWEALTH.

OFFICIALS WITH THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TESTIFIED IN FRANKFORT TUESDAY.

>> THE VERY FIRST TIME THAT TEACHERS GOT TOGETHER AND WE REALIZED OUR STUDENTS COULD GOOGLE SEARCH FOR BASIC ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS WE WERE ASKING THAT WAS A MOMENT TO REDEFINE WHAT WE WERE ASKING AND WHAT DEMONSTRATIONS OF LEARNING MANTS.

AND WE ARE AT THE MOMENT AGAIN.

THIS IS AS TRANSFORMATIVE OF A MOMENT.

>> TEACHERS ARE ROLLING OUT A.I.

IN THE CLASSROOM.

>> OUR TEACHERS ARE BEING THOUGHTFUL ESPECIALLY IN THE LESSON PLAN DESIGN AND THEIR POWER USERS IN KENTUCKY ABOUT USING THIS FOR THE LESSON PLAN AND GETTING FEEDBACK.

STUDENTS IN CONTROLLED SETTINGS ARE STARTED TOKING -- STARTING TO USE IT IN THE CLASSROOM.

>> KENTUCKY COLLEGES ARE USING A.I., TOO.

>> I'M PLEASED TO SAY I FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE ALL EMBRACED A.I.

TO ITS FULLEST AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THIS.

>> A.I.

IS NOW IN COLLEGE COURSE WORK AND NOT JUST COMPUTER SCIENCE DEGREES AND CHATBOTS ARE TALKING TO STUDENTS TO NAVIGATE THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS.

>> IT REALLY USED A.I.

IN ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT TEACHING AND LEARNING AND RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT USING IT FOR THEIR OWN BUSINESS AND HOW THEY SERVICE STUDENTS AND DO THE BUSINESS OF BEING A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY AS THE CAMPUSES ARE.

AND MAKING SURE IT'S BEING USED ETHICALLY AND EFFECTIVELY.

>> THE LEADERS OF THE A.I.

COMMITTEE DESCRIBE HOW THEY HAVE SEEN IT WORK IN EDUCATION AND WHERE IT MIGHT FALL SHORT.

>> I HAVE A SENIOR AND FRESHMAN.

MY SENIOR STRUGGLES AND ALWAYS HAS HE STARTED USING CHATGPT TO PUT WORDS IN SENTENCES TO SEE HOW THEY WORD MIGHT BE USED.

AND SO QUICKLY USED A TOOL TO BECOME BETTER EDUCATED AND AT THAT TIME IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE A TOOL THAT CAN HELP ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE WITH DISABILITIES I THINK THERE'S COOL A.I.

TOOLS THAT WILL BE HELPFUL IN PERSONALIZED LEARNING THAT MAY MOVE THE NEEDLE THE WAY WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM.

>> I'M CONCERNED IT IS GOING TO BECOME A CRUTCH AND SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSONS KIDS MAY NEED TO BE TAUGHT ARE THE SOFT SKILLS PRESENTED THROUGH SREB HAD A SLOT THE INTERPERSONAL REACTIONS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEBODY ONE-ON-ONE.

WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN AN ISSUE IN LIFE POPS UP, HOW DO YOU PROBLEM SOLVE FOR IT.

>> THE TASK FORCE COULD PROPOSE LEGISLATION AROUND THIS TOPIC.

THE STATE DID PASS A.I.

LEGISLATION SENATE BILL 4 REQUIRED A.I.

POLICIES FOR STATE AGENCIES.

AND MOST NOTABLY ADDRESSED A.I.

DEEPFAKES UPPING PENALTIES FOR ANYONE DIGITALLY IMPERSONATING A POLITICAL CANDIDATE BEFORE AN ELECTION.

FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M JUNE LEFFLER.

>> Renee: THANK YOU, JUNE.

THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COULD BE THE STATE AND WORLD'S NEW A.I.

HUB.

U.K.

RECEIVED A NEARLY $1 MILLION GRANT TO FORM THE RESEARCH EVALUATION.

IT IS AN INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE AIMED AT EXPLORING THE RESPONSIBLE USE OF DATA AND A.I.

IN RESEARCH.

>>> KENTUCKY IS GETTING ANOTHER $14.4 MILLION TO FIGHT THE STATE'S OPIOID ADDICTION PROBLEM.

THE KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE SAYS IT'S FROM ANOTHER SETTLEMENT WITH OPIOID MANUFACTURERS.

IT INVOLVES EIGHT COMPANIES.

IN ADDITION TO THE MONEY, THE COMPANIES WILL FACE RESTRICTIONS IN PROMOTING AND SELLING OPIOIDS.

SEVEN VEN OF THE EIGHT COMPANIES WILL HAVE TO CREATE A MONITORING SYSTEM THAT WILL FLAG SUSPICIOUS ORDERS.

ATTORNEY GENERAL RUSSELL COLEMAN SAID THIS IN RESPONSE TO THE SETTLE.

QUOTE, WHILE THESE RESOURCES WON'T FILL THE EMPTY SEATS AT KENTUCKY DINNER TABLES THEY WILL HELPFUL PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND RECOVERY EFFORTS IN OUR COMMONWEALTH AND HELP SAVE LIVES FROM THE SCOURGE OF ADDICTION END QUOTE.

>>> TODAY, THE U.S. SENATE IS CONSIDERING A SO-CALLED RESCISSION PACKAGE THAT CUTS ABOUT $9 BILLION ALREADY APPROVED FOR FROM THE USAID PROGRAM AND THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING WHICH HELPS FUND KET.

THE HOUSE HAS ALREADY PASSED THIS PACKAGE.

THE SENATE WAS DEBATING THE PACKAGE BUT HAD NOT YET TAKEN A FINAL VOTE AT THE TIME OF OUR "KENTUCKY EDITION" DEADLINE.

U.S.

SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL OF KENTUCKY WAS ONE OF JUST THREE REPUBLICANS TO VOTE NO DURING A KEY PROCEDURAL VOTE YESTERDAY.

KENTUCKY CONGRESSMAN MORGAN MCGARVEY OF THE THIRD DISTRICT, A DEMOCRAT, WHO VOTED NO IN THE HOUSE SAID THE CUTS WOULD THREATEN KENTUCKIANS SAFETY BY ELIMINATING IMPORTANT WEATHER INFORMATION.

SENATOR McCONNELL SAYS IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION GOING TOO FAR.

>> THEY WOULD LIKE A BLANK CHECK WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE.

>> LOOK AT KENTUCKY WE ARE A RURAL STATE ALREADY THIS YEAR WE HAVE HAD 46 EXTREME WEATHER EVENDS, FLOODS, TORNADOES IN KENTUCKY.

YOUR LOCAL NEWS STATION DOES NOT COVER EVERY AREA OF THE STATE.

AND THESE RADIO STATIONS ARE THE LIFELINE.

THE WAY WE GET ALERTS AND WARNINGS TO PEOPLE AND WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A TORNADO COMING DOWN IN WESTERN KENTUCKY OR EASTERN KENTUCKY GETTING FLOODED IN-BETWEEN THE MOUNTAINS, SECONDS MATTER.

THIS ISN'T JUST MINUTES SECONDS CAN MATTER.

>> Renee: WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF McCONNELL AND McGARVEY THE REST OF THE DELEGATION HAS VOTED TO MOVE THE RESCISSION BILL FORWARD.

>>> THIS SUMMER MORE THAN HALF A MILLION PEOPLE LOST THEIR LEGAL STATUS TO LIVE AND WORK IN THE U.S.

SPECIFICALLY, HAITIAN AND LATIN IMMIGRANTS WHO ARRIVED DURING THE FINAL YEARS OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

THE NUMBER IS NOT KNOWN, BUT MANY SETTLED IN KENTUCKY FINDING JOBS, SAFETY AND COMMUNITY.

OUR JUNE LEFFLER IS BACK AND SHE MET WITH ONE MAN FIGHTING TO STAY IN LOUISVILLE AND WITH NATURALIZED CITIZENS WHO SEE OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IN VERY DIFFERENT LIGHTS.

>> IN 2023 WENLEY MOISE FLED HAITI FOR LOUISVILLE.

>> I LOVE MY COUNTRY.

BUT THE SITUATION THE REASON WHY THAT I LEFT, WAS BECAUSE I WAS IN DANGER.

>> ARMED GANGS CONTROL MUCH OF THE COUNTRY KILLING AND KIDNAPPING PEOPLE.

THEY RECRUIT CHILDREN, SOMETHING MOISE TRIED TO PREVENT WHEN HE LIVED THERE HIS LAWYER SAYS.

>> HE WAS WORKING AT THE PROGRAM SAKALA PROVIDING A PATH FOR YUCK PEOPLE TO STAY OUT OF GANGS AND BECAUSE OF THAT HE WAS TARGETED BY THOSE GANGS.

AND HE HAS SEEN THINGS THAT NO HUMAN SHOULD SEE.

>> NOW, IN LOUISVILLE MOISE IS WITHOUT HIS FAMILY BUT SAYS THEY FOR HE IS SAFE.

>> THEY ARE SCARED.

AND THEY ARE IN DANGER EVERYDAY.

AND ME OUT OF HAITI IS, YOU NO, DECREASING THE WEIGHT ON THEIR HEART LIKE THINKING THAT SOMETHING CAN HAPPEN TO ME.

>> HE CAME TO THE U.S.

UNDER HUMANITARIAN PAROLE SOMETHING FORMER PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN GRANTED TO FOLKSES FROM HAITI, CUBA, NICARAGUA, AND VENEZUELA.

PEARL OFFER THE LEGAL RIGHT TO STAY AND WORK TEMPORARILY.

>> FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ENTERED ON THE PAROLE PROGRAM THERE WAS ALWAYS A QUESTION OF WHAT IS NEXT.

>> PAROLEES WERE GRANTED TWO YEARS TO STAY BUT DONALD TRUMP ENDED THE PROGRAM IN MARCH.

THE SUPREME COURT GREEN LIT THAT MOVE IN JUNE.

>> AND THE NOTICE ON THE FEDERAL REGISTER SAID IF YOU DONTS HE AHAVE AN APPLICATION PENDING YOU ARE A PRIORITY FOR REMOVAL.

>> THAT CREATED PANIC SENDING MANY PAROLEES INTO HIDING.

>> PICKED UP BY I.C.E.

ANYTIME AND YOUR FAMILY NOT KNOWING WHERE YOU ARE AND THEN WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN?

>> OUT OF A CHURCH BASEMENT TWO HAITIAN U.S. BORN CITIZENS IN LOUISVILLE RUN THE ROUTE A GRASSROOT EFFORT TO HELP OTHER HAITIANS, ESPECIALLY THE NEWCOMERS.

>> ENDING THE PROGRAM HERE, IS THE LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT STATUS.

WITH PEOPLE LOSING THEIR EMPLOYMENT STATUS THEY CANNOT WORK AND NO JOB MAKING NO MONEY AND PROVIDING FOR THE FAMILY AND NOT ABLE TO PAY THE BILLS.

>> THEY DESCRIBE THIS CHANGE AS A STAB IN THE BACK.

>> THE PEOPLE RECEIVED THE PERMITS FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN TO END THEIR STATUS JUST LIKE THAT RENDERING THEM ILLEGAL.

THAT KIND OF, I THINK REDUCED THE CREDIBILITY OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.

>> IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE CATTLE, ABLE TO BE MOVED WHENEVER.

BEING DISPLACED WHOEVER.

>> NOT ALL IMMIGRANTS ARE UPSET WITH TRUMP'S HARDLINE APPROACH.

>> I DEFEND MY COMMUNITY, BUT I DEFEND THE CONTROLLED IMMIGRATION, THE LEGAL IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES.

>> DARIEN BARRIOS WORKS AT THE ADULT DAYCARE FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS.

LOUISVILLE IS HOME TO ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CUBAN COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTRY AND MOST CUBAN-AMERICANS WHO SHOWED UP TO THE POLLS IN 2024 VOTED FOR TRUMP.

DARIEN BARRIOS BELIEVES TRUMP IS TARGETING FRAUD IN THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM.

>> IN THE AIRPORT WHEN THEY COME IN, THE OFFICERS THEY SAY WHO IS YOUR SPONSOR?

AND THEY SAY I DON'T KNOW.

SO MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING FRAUD WITH THE PAROLE.

>> WITHOUT CONGRESS ACTING, THE PRESIDENT MAKES THE IMMIGRATION RULES.

WHAT WAS LEGAL UNDER BIDEN SIMPLY ISN'T ANYMORE UNDER TRUMP.

FOR MOISE, HE AND HIS LAWYER ARE PURSUING ANOTHER LEGAL AVENUE.

ASYLUM.

>> I LOVE THIS PLACE THAT IS THE FIRST PLACE I CAME WHEN I CAME TO THE U.S. AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT.

AND I THINK I WILL STAY IN LOUISVILLE UNTIL, YOU KNOW, UNTIL WHAT WILL COME.

>> IF THEIR CASE IS SUCCESSFUL IT COULD LEAD TO A GREEN CARD SOMETHING TEMPORARY PAROLE COULD NEVER GUARANTEE.

FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M JUNE LEFFLER.

>> Renee: THANK YOU, JUNE.

THERE'S MORE THAN THE HUMAN IMPACT OF THIS STORY.

SOME KENTUCKY BUSINESSES ARE FEELING SQUEEZED.

MORE ON THAT TOMORROW NIGHT ON "KENTUCKY EDITION."

>>> KENTUCKY STATE POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE TROOPER INJURED IN A MASS SHOOTING SUNDAY.

TROOPER JUDE REMILIEN IS A THREE-YEAR VETERAN OF THE AGENCY AND IS ASSIGNED TO POST 12.

HE IS FROM HAITI.

TROOPER JUDE REMILIEN WAS SHOT IN THE LINE OF DUTY OUTSIDE BLUEGRASS AIRPORT OVER THE WEEKEND.

THE SUSPECT SHOT AND KILLED A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER AT RICHMOND ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH.

TWO MEN AT THE CHURCH WERE ALSO INJURED.

POLICE THEN SHOT AND KILLED THE GUNMAN.

KSP SAYS HE CONTINUES TO RECOVER IN THE HOSPITAL.

[♪♪] >> I'M LAURA ROGERS WITH NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO'S RYLAND BARTON.

AND LET'S BEGIN TODAY WITH A CHALLENGE TO KENTUCKY'S ABORTION BAN AND THE COURT OF APPEALS RULED THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE WOMEN DOES HAVE THE STANDING TO CHALLENGE THE BAN MEANING THE CASE WILL GO BACK TO JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT.

TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS ONE.

>> SHE IS SUING ARGUING THAT THE BAN VIOLATES HER RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND THAT IT WOULD UNDERCUT HER ABILITY TO UNDERGO IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION IT COMES FROM THE LAWSUIT THE LOWER COURT DISMISSED THE LAWSUIT FILED BY HER AND TWO JEWISH WOMEN SAID THE LAW GIVES PREFERENCE TORIESIAN DEFINITIONS TO LIFE.

AND LAST WEEK THE COURT OF APPEALS RULED THIS ONE WOMAN, JESSICA DOES HAVE STANDING TO SUE OVER THE ABORTION BAN.

SHE HAS NINE EMBRYOS THAT ARE FROZEN THAT COULD BE IMPLANTED OR DONATED OR DESTROYED AND THAT PART IS KEY HERE.

BECAUSE, REMEMBER, LAST YEAR WHEN IVF CLINICS IN ALABAMA STOPPED ORVING IVF OUT OF WORRIES OF DESTROYING EMBRYOS BECAUSE OF A SUPREME COURT RULING THERE.

THAT WAS UNTIL THE LEGISLATURE PASSED A A THAT CLARIFIED THIS ISSUE.

SHE SAYS THAT KENTUCKY HASN'T VERIFIED THAT ISSUE AND SHE CANCELED AN IMPLEMENTATION BECAUSE SHE WAS AFRAID THE LAW COULD BE USED AGAINST HER.

RUSSELL COLEMAN ARGUES THAT KENTUCKY LAW ALREADY PROTECTS IVF.

AND UNLESS HE APPEALS THIS PARTICULAR RULING ON STANDING, TO THE STATE SUPREME COURT THIS LAWSUIT NOW AS YOU SAID NOW HEADS BACK TO THE LOWER COURT TO BE ARGUED JUST WITH THIS ONE POWERFUL.

>> WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF HER GOAL IN THIS CASE?

>> WELL, HER ULTIMATE GOAL HERE AND THE PLAINTIFF'S IN THE LAWSUIT WAS TO HAVE THE ABORTION BAN DISMISSED IT'S UNCLEAR AND VAGUE.

THE LEGISLATURE ATTEMPTED TO CLARIFY SOME OF THE RULES AND SHE IS SAYING ESPECIALLY UNDER IVF IT'S STILL UNCLEAR.

>> AND NOW, MITCH McCONNELL OF KENTUCKY ALSO A SENIOR MEMBER OF THE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE AND HE IS WORKING TO CLOSE A LOOPHOLE IN THE FARM BILL LANGUAGE THAT HE SAYS HAS ALLOWED HEMP DERIVED THC PRODUCTS TO BE SOLD AND HE HAS CONCERNS THAT THIS IS DANGEROUS FOR KIDS.

BUT THEN HE ALSO WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT HEMP REMAINS AN INDUSTRY FOR KENTUCKY FARMERS.

TELL US MORE ABOUT SENATOR McCONNELL'S EFFORTS.

>> McCONNELL IN 2018 HE CHAMPIONED THIS FARM BILL PROVISION IN THE FARM BILL THAT LEGALIZED HEMP IT ALLOWED STATES TO REGULATE HEMP.

AND HEMP HAS LOW AMOUNTS OF THC THE COMPOUND FOUND IN MARIJUANA.

AFTER THAT 2018 FARM BILL PASSED THIS INDUSTRY POPPED UP OF HEMP DERIVED THC PRODUCTS DELTA 8, DELTA 9 AND THEY APPEAR IN GUMMIES, DRINKS, OILS.

AND ACCORDING TO REPORTING FROM KENTUCKY PUBLIC RADIO MITCH McCONNELL WANTS TO CLOSE THAT LOOPHOLE IN THIS BILL AND WANTS TO PRESERVE THE ABILITY TO DRO HEMP.

HEMP IS THE HISTORIC CASH CROP IN KENTUCKY AND HE SAYS THIS THC SIDE OF IT WAS AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF THE BILL AND THESE PRODUCTS ARE NOT SAFE AND THESE ARE CLAIMS THE INDUSTRY DENIES.

A VERSION OF THIS WHOLE CLOSING THE LOOPHOLE ISSUE WHICH IS HEAVILY -- THE INDUSTRY IS WORRIED IT WOULD UNDERCUT THE HEMP INDUSTRY BECAUSE ALL HEMP HAS THC AND CBD PRODUCTS WILL HAVE TRACE AMOUNTS OF THC THEY ARE WORRIED NO WAY TO DO AWAY WITH THE THC.

A VERSION OF THE BILL PASSED THE HOUSE BUT IN THE SENATE VERSION IT WOULD DELAY ALL OF THESE PROVISIONS BY A YEAR TO HOPEFULLY GIVE THE HEMP INDUSTRY TIME TO CATCH UP.

THEY ARE HOPING TO LOB I AGAINST IMPLEMENTATION OR SOME CHANGE TO THE REGULATIONS GOING FORWARD.

THERE IS PLENTY OF NEGOTIATIONS TO GO EVEN IN THE SENATE PASSES THIS THEY HAVE TO AGREE TO THE CHANGES MADE PIE THE SENATE.

>> AND ANOTHER LAWSUIT, A TRANSGENDER INMATE INCARCERATED IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY'S BOYLE COUNTY IS CHALLENGING LEGISLATION PASSED THIS YEAR MEANING HER HORMONE THERAPY HAS TO COME TO AN END.

>> THIS TRANSGENDER WOMAN WHO IS INCARCERATED IN BOYLE COUNTY IS SUING OVER THE BILL THAT BANS HORMONE THERAPY FOR INMATES WHILE IN CUSTODY.

SHE HAS BEEN RECEIVING HORMONE THERAPY SINCE 2009 AND HAS BEEN IN PRISON FOR A MURDER CONVICTION SINCE 2016.

SHE SAYS THAT THAT BILL VIOLATES HER 14TH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW AND THE 8TH AMENDMENT RIGHT NOT TO BE CRUELLY AND UNUSUALLY PUNISHED IT IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IT'S INVITING INMATES ABOUT LOSING HORMONE THERAPY TO JOIN IN ON THE LAWSUIT.

RUSSELL COLEMAN SAYS HE IS GOING TO DEFEND THE LAW AND TAXPAYERS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS TREATMENT AND THE LEGISLATURE'S LAW SHOULD STAND.

>> HAS THERE BEEN RESPONSE FROM DOCTORS WHEN THEY ARE ASKED ABOUT STOPPING HORMONE THERAPY?

>> WELL, DOCTORS SAY THAT CUTTING OFF TREATMENT CAN CAUSE PHYSICAL HARM, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM SOMETHING ELSE ANOTHER DETAIL ON THIS IS STATE OFFICIALS SAY THERE ARE 67 INMATES IN KENTUCKY RIGHT NOW WHO HAVE BEEN RECEIVING HORMONE THERAPY WHO WON'T BE ABLE TO UNDER THIS LAW.

>> RYLAND BARTON WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT WEEK.

>> THANKS, LAURA.

[♪♪] >> Renee: BUFFALO TRACE DISTILLERY AND MERIDIAN BIOTECH ARE FINDING NEW USES FOR GRAINS HIGH IN PROTEIN, LEFTOVER FROM THE BREWING PROCESS.

THE PARTNERSHIP WILL CREATE DOZENS OF JOBS IN IN FRANKLIN COUNTYISM WE ARE AN INDUSTRIAL BIOTECH COMPANY WE PROCESS BUY PRODUCTS FROM DISTILLERIES INTO MULTIFUNCTIONAL INGREDIENTS AND ALTERNATIVE PROTEINS FOR SPECIFIC INDUSTRIES, PET FOOD, AQUACULTURE AND WE HAVE A FERTILIZER PRODUCT AS WELL.

>> SPECIFICALLY IN THE PET FOOD AND AQUACULTURE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS PROVIDE CLEAN LABEL INGREDIENTS SO THEY ARE MULTIFUNCTIONAL INGREDIENTS THEY HELP FROM A PROTEIN ASPECT OUR CUSTOMERS ARE LOOKING FOR THAT AS SOMETHING ALTERNATIVE THAT IS MORE SUSTAINABLE.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE SOMETHING AS A CLEAN LABEL INGREDIENT INSTEAD OF WHAT THEY ARE USING CURRENTLY.

>> THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT'S BEEN CULMINATED OVER A FEW YEARS.

WE STARTED OUT WITH SOME TESTING OF SOME OF OUR SPENT GRAINS AND EXPERIMENTING AND THROUGH THE YEARS AS THEY HAVE DETERMINED THAT THIS IS SUCCESSFUL AND CREATES GOOD PRODUCTS, THEN WE'VE EXPANDED THAT OVER THE YEARS.

WE BRING IN ALL OF OUR RAW INGREDIENTS OUR GRAINS AND THEN WE FOREMEANT THOSE GRAINS AND WE RUN IT THROUGH OUR STILL.

AND THEN WE SEPARATE THE GRAINS FROM THE ALCOHOL.

AND THOSE GRAINS THAT HAVE BEEN SEPARATED WE CALL THEM SPENT GRAINS AND THOSE ARE THE GRAINS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH.

WE HAVE A SYSTEM HERE WHERE WE DRY ALL THE GRAINS INTO A COMPONENT IN FEED FOR CATTLE OR POULTRY OR DOG FOOD OR WHATEVER THEY WANT TO USE IT FOR.

HIGH PROTEIN AND WE DRY THAT THROUGH OUR DRY HOUSES WE HAVE ON-SITE.

THE PARTNERSHIP HELPS US, BECAUSE IT GIVES US ANOTHER AVENUE FOR OUR SPENT GRAINS SO CURRENTLY, 100% GETS DRIED INTO THE FEED AND VERSUS WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE ANOTHER STREAM AND UTILIZE THE FEED FOR OTHER PRODUCTS.

>> WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 HIGH TECH PAYING JOBS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING IN CERTAIN ENGINEERS AND, YOU KNOW, BIOPROCESS SCIENTISTS AS WELL AS WE ARE GOING TO BE COLLABORATING WITH KENTUCKY STATE WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, INTERNSHIPS.

SO WE WANT TO BRING THAT TOGETHER AS WE COME HERE TO FRANKFORT.

>> Renee: CONSTRUCTION ON THE $40 MILLION FACILITY WILL BEGIN NEXT YEAR.

OFFICIALS SAY IT WILL TAKE 10 MONTHS TO A YEAR TO COMPLETE.

[♪♪] FRAZZELL GUITARS HAS BEEN STRUMMING ALONG SINCE 2021 IN DANIELLE.

BRANDON EDWARDS CREATES GUITARS FROM SCRATCH AND REPAIRS BROKEN INSTRUMENTS.

HE MADE A GUITAR FOR ALEX MILLER A KENTUCKIAN FROM LANCASTER WHO WAS ON "AMERICAN IDOL" IN 2021.

WE SAT DOWN WITH EDWARDS TO HEAR MORE ABOUT HIS BUSINESS, IN THIS SEGMENT WE CALL TAPESTRY.

>> WE ARE FULL SERVICE LIKE A HOSPITAL HERE.

I WAS 25, 24 YEARS OLD WHEN I STARTED THIS PLACE.

AND I MEAN IT'S BEEN A ROLLERCOASTER OF EMOTIONS.

IT'S NEVER EASY.

ESPECIALLY BEING A YOUNG BUSINESS OWNER.

IT'S REALLY HARD A LOT OF PEOPLE YOU START OUT COMING HERE EXPECT TO SEE SOMEBODY OLDER AND THEY SEE A YOUNG GUY DOING THIS LIKE WOW.

YOU KNOW, I STARTED THIS ON MY OWN.

NOBODY FINANCED IT BUT ME.

I SAVED UP MONEY WHEN I LIVED IN NASHVILLE AND PRETTY MUCH COME BACK AND STARTED MY DREAM.

I WENT TO SCHOOL AT MUSICIANS ACADEMY FOR BUILDING GUITARS AND BECAME A BUILDER AND REPAIR MAN AND GOT ME A JOB WORKING FOR GIBSON CUSTOM SHOP.

THEY SAID YOU NEED TO START YOUR OWN THING I WANTED TO COME BACK AND BE IN MY COMMUNITY AND BE CLOSE TO MY FAMILY.

I GIVE KENTUCKY ARTISTS THE FIRST CHANCE.

THESE ARE THE CATS GOING OUT, PLAYING AND DOING, AND THEY ARE GIVING THEIR HEART AND SOUL FOR SOMETHING AND THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE IT OR NOT.

EVERYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF HERE GETS ATTENTION.

>> PEOPLE TEND TO FORGET THE LITTLE GUY ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE INSTRUMENTS EVERYBODY GOES FOR THE BIGGER NAMES AND TEND TO FORGET THAT YOU CAN FIND A VERY HIGH QUALITY CRAFTED INSTRUMENT RIGHT HERE IN YOUR HOMETOWN.

>> EVERY GUITAR COME OUT OF HERE NONE ARE THE SAME.

EACH ONE ARE UNIQUE AND HAVE THEIR OWN IDENTITY.

SOMETHING ABOUT THEM AND IT'S WHATEVER I FEEL ON MY HEART WHATEVER INSPIRATION AT THAT TIME WHATEVER I'M THINKING AND SEEING AND 99% OF THE TIME PEOPLE ASK ME TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THEY DON'T KNOW AND I COME UP WITH SOMETHING AND IT'S LIKE WOW YOU HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK.

I WASN'T THINKING ABOUT ANYTHING AND YOU HIT EVERYTHING I WANTED.

IT'S ABOUT GETTING TO KNOW THE PEOPLE.

YOU RESEARCH THEM AND TALK TO THEM FOR A WHILE AND GET INSIDE THEIR HEAD AND WHAT THEY LIKE AND DON'T LIKE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

WE FIX IT AND GET IT BACK OUT THE DOOR, THEY ARE TRUSTING ME TO GET THAT GUITAR BACK AND BRING IN DIFFERENT STUFF AND STORY.

THIS GUY HAS BEEN PLAYING MUSIC HIS WHOLE LIFE AND HE TOOK IT ON THE ROAD AND HE GETS THE GUITAR BACK IT IS A STORY.

FIXING IT AND GETTING IT PLAYABLE SO HE CAN GET BACK ON THE ROAD TO TELL HIS STORY AGAIN AND THAT CONNECTION AND MAKING SURE IT'S BEYOND.

IF I FIX A GUITAR I WANT TO SEE THE WORK I FIXED.

>> MUSIC IS GOOD FOR YOUR BRAIN.

IT'S REALLY GOOD FOR EXPRESSION AND, I THINK, THAT HAVING A PLACE LIKE THIS HELPS FOSTER THAT CONNECTION WITHIN PEOPLE AND IT HELPS BRING MUSIC MORE TO THE FOREFRONT.

>> IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW DANVILLE IS THE OLDEST CITY IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY AND THESE PEOPLE HAVE BECOME MORE THAN CUSTOMERS THEY BECOME A PART OF YOUR LIFE THEY ARE FAMILY.

AND THE FAMILY IS LIKE WHEN I WALK THROUGH THE DOOR YOU KICKOFF YOUR SHOES LIKE GRANDMA'S HOUSE.

EVERYTHING ON THE WALLS THE MEMORABILIA IT IS A STATEMENT OF ME, WHAT I LIKE AND WHAT I DO.

I TRY TO PUT FORWARD AND GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> PEOPLE ARE REALLY GRAVITATING TOWARDS INSTRUMENTS AND WHEN YOU PLAY THEM, IT'S A SPECIAL THING.

LIKE I SAID THIS THING IS LIKE A THIRD ARM FOR ME.

LIKE IT'S JUST ANOTHER PART OF ME.

AND PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO HAVE THAT SAME CONNECTION WITH HIS INSTRUMENTS.

>> Renee: FRAZZELL GUITARS IS MORE THAN JUST A GUITAR REPAIR SHOP IT HAS A RECORDING STUDIO WHERE YOU CAN CREATE AND RECORD YOUR OWN SONGS WITH THE HELP OF PROFESSIONALS.

YOU CAN TAKE A LESSONS CLASS AND A PROGRAM CALLED NO KID WITHOUT A GUITAR WHERE YOU CAN DONATE GUITARS FOR YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY.

THAT WILL DO IT FOR US TONIGHT WE HOPE TO SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6:30 EASTERN 5:30 CENTRAL FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" WHERE WE INFORM, CONNECT AND INSPIRE.

CONNECT WITH US ALL THE WAYS YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN.

AND WE INVITE YOU TO SEND US A STORY IDEA OR TWO BY E-MAIL AT PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT KET.ORG AND LOOK FOR US ON THE PBS VIDEO APP THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD ON YOUR SMART DEVICES.

THANKS AGAIN FOR WATCHING, AND WE'LL SEE YOU RIGHT BACK HERE AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT.

TAKE GOOD CARE.

TAKE GOOD CARE.

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