♪ >> Our parks have something for everyone.

>> Kentucky celebrates a century of good fog at Kentucky State Parks.

>> Make it breaks down.

What would otherwise be an intimidating process and makes it really easy for the average person.

>> Buying solar for your home just got easier.

If a child that wants to him to preschool or head start can't.

If the wife are asked to go to them.

And the wheels on this boss go round and round Floyd County helping 3, 4 year-olds get ready for kindergarten.

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

The second, I'm Renee Shaw.

Thank you for winding down your Tuesday with us.

>> Half of all Kentucky women and one 3rd of Kentucky man have dealt with domestic violence.

That's one of the findings in the 2023, Kentucky Domestic Violence Data report released yesterday.

The report also says Kentucky State Police served more than 17,000 emergency protective orders which is up from the previous year.

Police made more than 7700 arrests involving domestic violence dating violence and abuse.

15,000 Kentuckians receive services from 0 V the States coalition of domestic violence shelters and 23,000 people clouds 0.

These hotline, Keith Jackson, the justice and public safety Cabinet secretary reacted to the report by saying, quote, I asked that the Commonwealth increased collaboration among advocacy advocacy groups, law enforcement prosecutors and the judicial system.

Let's create a new Kentucky home together.

One where our children are safer and victims have every opportunity to rebuild their lives, unquote.

As we told you yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that presidents have immunity for their official actions in office, but they do not have immunity for their unofficial acts.

The ruling is in connection to the case that alleges former President Donald Trump plotted to overturn his 2020 election loss.

I spoke a while ago today to UK Law in University research professor Joshua Douglas, about what all this means for past current and future presidents.

>> I think it has implications for every president and implications for separation of powers real quickly.

The court essentially said that it will categorize a president sacks into 3 different categories.

Those that are clearly official acts of the president directed by the Constitution.

Those likely official acts and the courts have kind of to the outside the bounds of what an official act and the president has presumptive immunity for actions.

Soviet president can't be prosecuted for either official acts are things that are pretty close to official And then an official acts things that the president does when they're acting as a regular citizen or as a candidate implications are huge for Trump.

Obviously because now the trial court in the DC case in which he's being prosecuted has to go through each of the allegations and decide what's an official act and what's not.

And the court to Supreme Court said a lot of these things like conversations with the Department of Justice are official acts because that's a part of the executive branch.

But I think also expands presidential power.

It really makes it so that any president knows that they're not going to be criminally especially when they're engaging in any sort of conversations.

>> Even if those conversations would otherwise be illegal, you know, or or actions would otherwise be illegal.

>> If they're doing in winds say members of the Department of Justice, then they're immune from criminal prosecution.

>> Yeah.

And when we're there be an instance when they weren't acting in their official capacity as president and any conversation, one would say?

>> Well, I think the court is trying to say that if you're talking to and Trump's example state officials and try to get state officials to overturn the results of an election.

The court suggests at least that would not be an official act of the president, but certainly all the conversations with Vice President the with anyone in the Department of Justice about doing any kind of investigation, even if Trump KET that there is no basis, in fact, for the allegations of election fraud.

And so he was trying to and out of the allegations say subvert the correct result of the election because he was talking to members of his executive Those are immune now from criminal prosecution.

Yeah.

>> The chief justice insisted that the president quote, is not above the law, but Justice Sonia Sotomayor error.

You was what had a fiery dissent.

I know that you've read and total said in every use of official power, the president is now a king above the law.

Is that hyperbolic?

>> Immune immunity in right is dry to IR road after she gave various examples.

Justice ketanji Brown Jackson also wrote a dissent in which she provided some interesting examples.

One thing she said was that, you know, it's an official act to remove someone from the Department of Justice, right that you serve at the pleasure of the president.

But Justice Jackson asked what if you remove them by poisoning them.

But that's clearly not a criminal.

You know, that's going to cry.

Not an ego thing to do that with any criminal for any of us to do it.

But now if the president does, and that means that he's immune from criminal prosecution, the majority doesn't really answer that question adequately.

It leaves a lot of doors open for will.

Hopefully we never have the kind of hypotheticals that Justice Sotomayor and Justice Jackson, you know, since jest.

But the majority's opinion by Chief Justice Roberts doesn't really answer these questions.

Be on setting a framework 4.

Is this an official act?

Is it pretty close to an official I or is it.

And then now I think fairly narrow category of an official act.

>> Yeah, sounds a lot like a lot of ambiguity here that's left up for interpretation and subjectivity, which is so as to be, I think antithetical to how we see the exercise of the law.

>> Well, I'm not sure about subjectivity because the court would say that the judges are doing what judges do.

They are interpreting the law, given the facts in front of them.

So now he's going to go to the trial judge in Trump's case for her to hold a hearing to determine, you know, whether it's certain things or official acts or not.

But the court actually out of the really important and perhaps dangerous aspect of this hearing, which is that she can inquire into the president's motives when he's engaging an official doesn't matter what he was trying to do if the act itself was pursuant to his authority as president.

Then you can question it and you can't use that as evidence when you're talking about conversations with the state officials, for example, an official presidential acts, you can't bring in any evidence of what he did.

As acting as president in his official capacity to help prove, you know, the motor over the underline justification for what occurred at the state level.

So there's also a wrinkle here about how that hearing we'll even take place.

Yeah, let's talk about another case real quickly.

And that was the Chevron decision.

That was just a guess.

That was on Friday.

How is this connected to what the Supreme Court did just yesterday?

>> So in the Chevron case that that it's called Chevron, because the case from 1984, it's called Chevron, 7 versus Natural Resources.

Defense Council.

That case was about administrative agencies and then essentially said that any time an agency is interpreting and then big U.S. federal law.

The federal courts have to defer to the agency because they're the experts and, you know, education for the Department of Education or, you know, food policy for the FDA the court overturn that precedent, 40 years old and said no longer do federal courts have to defer to an agency's reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute.

How are these 2 cases connected?

I think what we see is the court giving itself more and more power.

The justices are kind of in a power struggle where they're taking more and more power to themselves because now instead of a rule that you for to the expertise of an agency that's doing this every day.

The court says no to federal judges get to second guess the agency and decide this with ultimate review at the Supreme Court and the Trump immunity case is going to go to the trial court.

But any decisions as to what an official act versus not an official act.

We reviewed by who the Supreme Court justices.

And so it just as Jackson points is out in her dissent that it's the court and the justices keeping more and more power to themselves.

And it's not just these 2 cases.

I think this has been a project over the past.

Several turns when you look at a lot of the cases and you see the justices are saying, you know, who gets to decide these issues?

It's office.

So it's really not judicial restraint like you often think of the conservative wing of the Supreme Court engaging in.

It's an exercise of judicial power.

♪ >> It's been one week since Louisville's mayor announced the LMPD is police chief was stepping down today.

We're hearing from former chief Jacqueline going real well in her own words, the chief's resignation letter was released this morning and it she says she was asked to resign by Mayor Craig Greenberg.

He said the decision was due to her handling of a workplace sexual harassment investigation.

In the 2 page letter, Jacqueline Quinn Brill well details her view of the challenges facing LMPD, quote, The greatest challenge I encountered at the end was an invasive president's a professional and ethical apathy.

She went on to say, quote, the department's longstanding cultural deficiencies permeated the agency and a vertical and linear orientation emanating from certain members of leadership and filtering down to the rank and file positions that's creating an apathetic professional malaise.

End quote, Gwen Barrera well was LMPD police chief or less than one year.

Former deputy chief Paul Humphrey is now the interim chief.

Solar energy makes up less than one percent of Kentucky's power grid.

Still thousands of Kentuckians harness the sun's rays to power their own homes.

And as Kentucky additions, June Leffler reports local campaigns are underway to introduce more homeowners to the rooftop solar market.

>> When it comes to saving the planet, Kim Roper says every little bit helps.

>> Cycling in everything you do, I think helps in the grand scheme of things.

So all you can do is what you can control in your little section of the world.

>> The same goes for saving money, especially on energy bills.

>> You know, we don't KET it really cold in the, you know, like some people do in the summer and real hot in the winter.

We're conservative and all that.

But I mean, every little bit helps.

>> That's why Roker and other Louisville homeowners are interested in installing solar panels on their roofs.

It's an investment that overtime slashes home utility costs.

>> Typically it's going to take about 10 years to pay itself off and then everythings guarantee for 25 years.

So we're looking at how much money is saved from your 10 to 25 after it's paid off a lot of times that numbers well, over $100,000.

>> Nic Hartnett is a solar panel installer.

He stands to gain customers, but he's realistic about solar, too.

>> The numbers don't work out as well here as other places.

You know it or G is is pretty cheap here.

You nationwide.

This is one of the cheaper places for energy.

And then obviously we're not getting as much sun on a yearly basis as out west.

So it's just really important that because our energy is cheaper and because we get less sun, it's important that people see accurate information.

>> Hartnett is a part of the campaign led by the Kentucky Solar Energy Society to answer homeowners questions about solar before they commit solarize campaigns are underway and more than a dozen Kentucky counties in partnership with local governments.

Louisville was the first to participate.

>> Did make it breaks down what would otherwise be an intimidating process and makes it really easy for the average person to follow and get solar connection with an installed you can trust.

>> About 180 Jefferson County homeowners have purchase solar panels through the solarize Louisville campaign which offers customers a discount they wouldn't get on their own around 15 to 20% off.

>> We put a request for proposal, put it out across Kentuckyian all the surrounding states.

Yeah, but I'm a sleigh paid in stole as in the nicest possible.

Why against each other and say if you win and be all right with the scent of these counties, what can you do for us?

The solarize campaign select installers that offer a good deal.

>> And a good track record.

>> We're certainly hearing from people about, you know, companies that are knocking on their doors and kind of trying to do pressured them into signing a very expensive contract in the short time frame.

I mean, we we need people to be wary of scammers, but we still want them to be wary of solar in general.

So this is a great way for them to have that peace of mind because they go through such rigorous vetting process.

>> The city of Louisville has goals to run city operations with clean energy by 2035 and power.

The entire Louisville community by 2040, and the city says every homeowner that goes solar helps them reach their goals for Kentucky edition of John Leffler.

>> Thank you.

June.

The deadline to sign up for solar discounts in your area is approaching to find out more.

You can visit the Kentucky Solar Energy Society's website K Y S E S dot org.

A new report says Dollar stores are hurting other businesses in parts of rule Kentucky, Kentucky Arboretum celebrates a new arrival.

And why is debris cleanup taking so long after storms in Warren County?

Our Toby Gibbs has all of that in our toes Tuesday.

Look at headlines around Kentucky.

♪ >> More than 2400 protective orders were filed in Fayette County last year with the majority of those involving intimate partner and sexual violence.

That's according to a new report by Lexington's Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention Coalition.

It also found the average time between filing a petition and attending a final court hearing is 49 days.

Stephanie, thanks.

10 works for the coalition and says survivors often need to take time off from work or find child care during the process.

She tells W E K you quote, Then it's just a stressful period in between filing for the petition and the final hearing, particularly if they have not received the emergency protective order.

In the meantime, it can really leave survivors and protected during that time on, quote, Bankston said one suggestion is to stalking cases out of family court into district court to free up more time for intimate partner and sexual violence petition.

Cleanup is still going on in Warren County more than a month after severe storms hit the area.

The director of Bowling Green Public Works and D'Souza tells the Bowling Green Daily News.

What's causing the delay?

The distance crews must travel to hold debris up to the landfill.

He says even from the closest city street, it's a 45 minute round-trip adding to the delay, their trucks KET breaking down.

Souza tells the Bowling Green Daily News that the amount of debris quote was not shocking, but it was a little more than we anticipated end quote.

Souza says their goal is to finish all debris cleanup by the first week of August.

The Kentucky Lantern reports a new study by the USDA defines the influx of dollar stores into the world landscape could have a devastating effect on the community.

According to the study, one dollar stores movement or rural area, the likelihood of an independent grocery store closing was 3 times greater than in an urban area.

Kennedy Smith, senior researcher with the Institute for local self-reliance.

He's quoted in the Kentucky Lantern is saying when choosing a location to open dollar stores can be, quote, a little predatory study found dollars.

Stores also affect sales and other small retailers.

Smith says it's important for community leaders and elected officials to support rural stores instead of a larger change because profits generated by those stores stay in the community instead of heading out of state to corporate headquarters.

The burn.

I'm arboretum in her search for us as name the newest member of its growing mask earlier this spring and welcomed a 6 year-old male eastern Golden Eagle now goes by Hermes 9 selected after 1000 online votes from the local nature lovers remains is now part of a burn times.

Long-term eastern Golden Eagle Project.

>> It is big track to see migrates from the Bluegrass State to the Canadian Wilderness.

Andrew Barry Burn Times conservation director tells local public media, quote, We're hoping that the eastern Golden Eagle Conservation plan not just help the Golden Eagles, but the umbrella document that will help a lot of these other species that depend upon large tracts of forest on what?

With headlines around Kentucky.

♪ ♪ >> Happy one 100th birthday to Kentucky's State park system and 1924, the Kentucky General Assembly created a parks commission.

The first Commissioner Doctor Willard Jillson spoke to the General Assembly on July.

First of that year urging the state to buy and preserve Parkland for the enjoyment of future generations.

Kentucky did that.

And today the state has 44 state parks that provide fine and at times homes for people displaced by severe weather.

>> Our parks have something for everyone hiking history, golf.

Voting caving, watching wildlife or relaxing by the marina.

We're at the pool.

Our state parks are treasures and are truly the finest in the country.

And today we celebrate 100 years of our parks, offering an forgettable experiences.

The families near and far 100 years of providing good jobs to Kentucky ends and supporting our local regions.

100 years of building our state's economy.

And while it's been mentioned, I perhaps more than any other governor know how our parks have been a lifeline to Kentucky ends in their greatest times of need.

When disaster struck in the Commonwealth when an EF 4 tornado took out 70% of my dad's hometown.

It was the state park right next to it.

That opens its doors that House families that I KET folks that have lost everything their home, just a pile of rubble.

New, a safe place where they can get a hot meal where people that they KET said we've got you and we're going to stand with you.

>> To read the tourism is now a 13.0 billion dollar industry in Kentucky with the state parks generating more than 50 million dollars annually.

Kentucky State parks provide a host of learning opportunities.

Kids can study wildlife and vegetation while exploring the world around them.

Our Laura Rodgers takes us to a state park and Edmonson County were lessons go beyond the textbook.

>> I left a gun has long been a fan of the great outdoors.

With a simple your mind, body and soul of being able to get out and enjoy a native of Brandenburg.

She was once a professional fisherman started when I was 16, got my first fast.

But when I was 17 years old, that would later leave her here to Nolan Lake State Park.

We talk about fish.

We talk about the butterflies of the state has been adjourned.

Hagan leads educational opportunities for families and school groups.

If kids want to come in and say the nature center were all about it.

The nature center is home to wildlife, including a rabbit turtles, sugar gliders, a ferret and bird.

There's also a butterfly house where today the soaking nature kids are releasing new butterflies and taking a few plans and are from the garden to feed the turtles have been able to come outside of the classroom and learn about what they studied and put a hands-on experience with it just makes it all around athletes.

It'll teaches sustainability future generations to care for their environment.

If we don't take care of it, who's going to who's going to take care of it after me?

With 5400 acres of lake, they also partner with area school districts for students to learn more about a life-giving natural resource.

Learn about the water, learn about how to test water.

Learn about the ecosystem.

Nolan Lakes, State Park welcomes at least half a million visitors a year eager to camp hike and enjoy the lake and beach access we also talk about leave no trace and stewards of the land to leave it as we found it or leave it in a better shape of which we found that as well.

Megan says she's always looking to offer more activities that enhance the visitor experience.

>> We do regular programming anything from bracelet making.

>> 2.

>> Painting as we do moving.

I it's we just started to escape rooms, which is pretty me that another beauty of it is we just get to continuously think outside the box and bring that educational component to our activity.

She takes pride in her park and hopes more Kentuckians will visit to take it all in.

>> It's truly an honor to work at Kentucky State Parks, its main wanting to leave a legacy.

It's me wanting somebody to want this position later on after I'm Don, perhaps it will be one of the children who visit today as Kentucky State Parks.

Look ahead to the next 100 years.

We're Kentucky edition.

Walter Rodgers.

Thank you so much.

Laura join us this Friday, July 5th for a special Kentucky edition.

As we celebrate Kentucky State Parks Centennial Birthday.

>> We'll profile a few of the programs and attractions that make them so special.

That's this Friday night at 6.30, Eastern 5.30, central right here on KET.

♪ >> In Floyd County, approximately 2000 children are preschool age.

However, the school system only has room for a maximum of 320 students to help fill the gap and available education.

The school district has come up with an alternative.

A preschool on wheels.

The district says that parents will be able to watch, teach.

>> It takes a village to raise a child.

I know that's been said many times that we can do that.

They asked if we fully engage with the family from the very beginning.

If you can engage both families and value them as their child's first teacher and bring them along with he KET all along the way it is going to serve every one whale and certainly guarantee success for that child.

♪ The in the head start student myself.

You know, back in the 60's when head start first started the war on poverty and I was eligible because of poverty of being able to see this happen for the children in this county just brings me great pride.

If a child that wants to come to preschool or hit start can't if the wife are asked to go to the U.

>> Unfortunately, we live in areas, especially eastern Kentucky for we don't have very many.

>> We'll talk to your seniors.

We have so many kids.

That's not any type of structure setting, whether it's child care or his start preschool.

So we're hoping this best.

We can reach that population.

It's just going to be powerful from what we can do.

>> As far as having more kids walk through the kindergarten door ready.

And so I I expect that our kindergarten readiness numbers, you know, we have that it's going to.

>> They even bigger because of all the kids were going to able to 3rd that we currently don't get to serve.

Avery family doesn't choose to enroll their child in preschool in head start and that's perfectly fine.

But we still want to engage with both families, even if they choose not to enroll their child until kindergarten.

We want to enroll.

We want to engage with them and let them know that we are resource and we have so many resources as a school district.

>> To help them bring their child along.

We want to be in that with all along the way.

>> I've always said I hope before a fire Sunday that we would see in this tie universal preschool that every little child, he's 3, 4, that dreams of going to school back at the end when I was 3, 4, would get the opportunity to do that and we're not there yet.

This is certainly step in the right direction.

And in the interim, until that does happen for Kentucky that we can get more kids ready in Avery County.

>> The district says that parents will be able to watch teachers go through activities with their children.

With that.

I do it for us tonight on Kentucky Edition.

Thank you so much for watching and I'll see you right back here again tomorrow night.

I'm Renee Shaw.

Take good care.

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