>> and I was more surprised and his opinion and he is, you know what he wrote in his opinion and where he went with that.

>> Was abortion legal or illegal.

For now in Kentucky, the judge's decision on Kentucky's abortion trigger law.

The Kentucky map is getting more and more red with COVID cases.

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♪ ♪ >> Good evening and welcome to Kentucky EDITION for this Friday, July 22nd.

I'm Renee Shaw.

Thank you for starting your Friday evening off with us.

>> Abortion remains legal and Kentucky as a Jefferson Circuit court judge today blocked a state trigger law from taking effect while a legal challenge to the law moves through the courts on June 24th, the U.S. Supreme Court overturn the Roe v Wade decision.

A Kentucky law passed in 2019 said that abortion would automatically become illegal if that ever happened.

But the ACLU Planned Parenthood and the Emw Women's Surgical Center in Louisville sued saying the law violated the Kentucky Constitution is right to privacy on June 30th.

The judge Mitch perry block the law.

Today he extended that ban.

We spoke to a deal wishing our executive director of the Kentucky right to Life Association for her reaction.

>> There's a part part of me and I think all of that wasn't surprised.

By the those of the city, the trial and and look to the court and watched the proceedings at the same time.

And I was more surprised and his opinions and he is, you know what he wrote in his opinion and where he went with that.

So that was a little bit more surprising.

You know, in a couple of statements that he or rulings that he made, that he offered an opinion.

Basically the ruling today.

The plaintive is and who, you know, Planned Parenthood.

That is an industry that is a business.

He ruled that over were greater than the interest of dependence and the defendants were pay defending the law.

That be have well, that is been part of Kentucky stands for many, many years.

And that's the unborn child.

So it's it's what the ruling about the pledge is a business in against the unborn jobs was a little bit surprised that he even made a statement and drooling findings.

Ultimately, you know, the next steps will probably be to a higher for their opinion.

That will be up to the attorney general and in office and their team.

A way to kind of steer exactly how they want to take those proceedings and our attorneys, the work on because preach to somebody, you know, are there.

I would be going into our make history as we move forward.

But again, all to go in the next step.

I want I'm concerned that in his opinion.

He ruled that the the mall that was an acted by a majority of the members of the General Assembly on behalf of Kunta Kinte, a trigger law that he ruled it was unconstitutional.

And so that's to be dealt with separately.

But that that was also surprising again, we have Roger Edition of our Power.

Here in the courts.

we'll have to see how that plays out.

But for now, it's all, you know, even more evidence of why we need to work very hard for life.

Kentucky ends and families and those that value life that always been in the trenches.

You know, we've never going to protest.

We've been a movement.

As we waited for 49 years for the decision bureau.

Nice move.

That decision that was made at the federal level to return to the states.

I said from the very beginning, our real work begins.

We have a constitutional amendment.

Number 2, that will be on the ballot in November and it comes down to making sure that that it's clear that nothing in the Kentucky Constitution reflects our right to abortion of the funding near up.

The ACLU put out a statement also speaking for Planned Parenthood and the Emw Women's Surgical Center in Louisville.

>> Which performs abortions.

The statement says, quote, Once again, the courts have rightly stopped.

Attorney General Daniel Cameron's relentless efforts to ban abortion, which would have devastating consequences for Kentuckians.

No one should be forced to carry a pregnancy against their will or flee the state to access essential health care.

Kentuckians have a right to abortion under the state constitution will continue fighting for that, right, unquote.

Kentucky's COVID numbers have increased yet again.

The new map is out from the Centers for Disease Control.

It shows 80 counties are at the high level which is red another.

33 counties or medium or yellow, only 7 are green furlough a week ago.

61 Kentucky counties were in the high category some high population counties including Jefferson, Madison, Boone and Kenton, went from medium to high over the last week because Jefferson County is in the red.

The school system says universal masking in school buildings will begin on Monday.

This news comes one day after Attorney General Daniel Cameron was in Cincinnati arguing against 2 Biden administration COVID policies before the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Cameron argued against a requirement for federal contractors to receive COVID vaccines and he argued the federal government shouldn't block states from using federal COVID funds to cut state taxes.

This afternoon I spoke to Mark Payne, government and politics reporter for the online publication Link Nky about the Kentucky versus Yellen case involving federal pandemic relief.

Money under the American rescue plan of last year.

States are forbidden from using federal COVID dollars to fund tax cuts.

>> The state of Tennessee in the state of Kentucky work and or 2 to hear from the federal government on you know, case the ruling that came initially came down for us said that the federal government, you know, can't enforce its tact tax provision as part of the American Rescue Plan Act, you know, escape Kentucky, 2.6 billion in funds to help Kentuckians through the COVID-19 pandemic.

The tax provision, you know, said that states couldn't spend arpa funds to offset tax cuts.

Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen has said, you know that it wouldn't affect states tax law.

You know, Attorney General Daniel Cameron is arguing, you know, that it it's unconstitutional and it could have sex.

You know, Kentucky's.

You know, ability to implement or change its tax code and policy.

>> It is their prediction or an expectation of when a ruling could come.

>> Yeah, I mean, it's unclear when the ruling to come.

I expected it was it would come soon.

The court generally makes decisions a relatively quick on the sayings.

But I think it would be hard to overturn this point.

No.

You know what Janet Yellen saying that, you know it, it wouldn't effects tax and you know, the attorney general's office and Kentucky Senate could on the attorney for the utter the Department of Treasury said yesterday, you know, they think it's a genuine like a tourist action issue because the states are something that doesn't exist.

And some of the feedback from the judges was, you know what, Kentucky spend this money so be answered.

See how it plays But we should expect that decision.

I say sometime within the next week or so.

Right?

So Kentucky could possibly believe looking at having to pay that money back in some way.

>> Yeah, it will be hard to see either a lot.

I think 2 billion in tax cuts in the 2021 year, which is the year that that lawsuit was filed.

But it will be it will be interesting to see.

I mean, the ruling as it is now they sided with the states.

So what we're hearing in court yesterday was an appeal >> so they would have to return that decision and it could have other and implications.

You know, the legislature is working on lowering the income tax, you know, so that the fact the 1st half percent will lower January of 2023 from 5 to 4 and a half percent.

And then as part of that, get rid of the income tax.

They're looking to widen the sales tax base so that they can recover some of that revenue from that would have come from the income tax.

And I asked Attorney General Cameron yesterday, as you know, this ruling would be overturned.

Would it have implications for that?

And he said, you know, it possibly could.

And so that's what the stage right now, that would be to be a return that has implications for taxpayers in Kentucky.

Yeah.

Well, certainly something to KET our eye on and we thank you Mark pain for doing just for link and K why dot com and also for us.

We appreciate your time.

>> Yeah, thank you, Renee.

>> After a good on employment numbers for Kentucky in June.

There could be reason for concern about July.

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Kentucky had more new jobless claims that any state other than New York for the week ending July night.

That's according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

The news comes a day after the state reported a June unemployment rate of 3.7% in Kentucky.

The lowest unemployment number on record.

The early numbers show Kentuckians are taking advantage of the new 9, 8, 8, mental health hotline.

The state says since the new shorter number went into use last Saturday, calls are up.

38%.

The number has been described as the 9-1-1 of mental health.

It allows people who feel suicidal or have some kind of mental health crisis to connect to a trained mental health professional.

Eastern Kentucky University says Jane Worthington will stay as head softball.

Coach softball coach after former player accused her of intimidation and the 9 players food after the team lost UK EU says it interviewed 30 current and former players, staff members and administrators and found nothing criminal and nothing that violated U K EU policy.

But he can use as there isn't a to improve communications and quote, motivational tactics, unquote.

Kentucky's college students now have the same rights on campus that they have offcampus.

That's thanks to House Bill.

2.90, the Kentucky campus due Process Protection Act.

It guarantees rights for students in cases involving the student code of conduct writes, they don't always have now.

Julia Mattingly, a University of Louisville student, was there for this week's ceremonial bill signing.

She says when she was harassed on campus, she found out that she had to do all the legal work herself.

>> When I saw out the dean of students office for Help, University attorneys reviewed my case and determined that my allegations did not rise to a violation of the student Code of conduct.

A representative from the dean of students office informed me that I could file a formal complaint and receive a conduct hearing.

However.

They told me I would have to act as my own attorneys by collecting affidavit from all those involved in preparing an oral argument to be presented to the board.

As an undergraduate who has absolutely no legal experience.

I was shocked at the notion that I was to represent myself at the hearing.

It was not allowed to seek help from legal counsel.

>> Under the new law, she would have the right to an attorney students will also have the right to cross examine witnesses have access to evidence and receive timely written information about charges the bill had bipartisan support and the backing of both college Democrats and college Republicans.

♪ >> Time now for end of week analysis of some political happenings and this week in Kentuckyian beyond.

And joining us for our segment inside Kentucky politics is Republican Trey Grayson, former secretary of state and director of Civic point Democratic strategist and campaign consultant.

Well, Carly, he's the founder and director of Open Strategies.

Thank you to you both, gentlemen, for being with us for a few moments.

Let's talk about January 6th and the hearings last night were particularly intense.

And I'll start with you, Trey Grayson your your take on how this may or may not play.

And this year's midterm elections or even beyond in 2023, when we get to those Kentucky statewide constitutional races.

>> I'm not sure how much it's going to play this year.

And this year's Some of that is because of the lack of competitive of this lease in the congressional races as well as the U.S. Senate race next year might be a different story.

You know, the primary Daniel Cameron was able to obtain endorsing the President Trump enough.

The impact of January 6 hearings weekend.

The president and that endorsements not as valuable.

And it also might impact the greater political environment which Governor Beshear to get reelected as to convince them.

Voters who would normally vote for a Republican candidate given the way most for elections turnout recently.

Anyway.

And and so Trump's influence as the major figure in the Republican Party right now and what people think about them, especially with voters in the suburbs.

Think about him.

That will matter.

More in 2023, I will say I was skeptical at the beginning of these hearings, whether they would make any difference at all.

You know, nationwide battleground states, things like that.

I'm starting to think that that might seem like there's some roshan of of support for President Trump, especially when it comes to whether he should run for reelection.

So but something this more after the summer.

So we'll see how these play out.

>> Well, Carly, that's absolutely correct.

What Trey Grayson to said that they are the hearings will resume in September.

We thought this would have been the final one and it wasn't just Democrats who are are are, you know, going after President Trump and we have some strong Republicans who are.

I'm making some some case for dereliction of duty.

If if not are Democrats going to capitalize on this in any way in the midterm election or beyond?

>> You know what?

I think that's a really good question.

I think the 2 people with the most to lose here locally.

Laura Senator Rand Paul and Thomas Massie who treated the insurrection as a tourist visit and have been from denial that any of these terrible things that we've been learning about.

And the hearing set actually occurred.

And I think it's Kentuckians pay attention to the hearings and learn more about what was going on and who was playing a role in that might have some effect the Kentucky 4 A's as well as the U.S. Senate race where we actually do have 2 good candidates trolls Booker and that Lehman running in those as far as 2023 grows.

I'm really curious to see how the Republican nominees, especially for if they continue to embrace Donald Trump or the Trump as as we've seen previously or if they decide to go a different route because the and popular sentiment have changed.

>> So one thing that has changed officially we talked about this last week was that the Bluegrass State is now read Trey Grayson.

The perhaps now that the voter registration has caught up to longstanding voter performances at how you would characterize it.

>> I think that's a lot of that.

What has happened you saw this year.

We had a primary election years.

So we saw a lot of voters which party is part of the Republican primaries when many people registered as a Democrat to vote in the Democratic primaries because that's where elections were settled.

We've seen, you know, if you know him and a smart margins, I think we call them super duper majorities and the General Assembly.

And, you know, Republicans generally start of his favorites in statewide races now.

So it is the registration is a lagging indicator.

It does have one more than symbolic significance is under a lot of state boards.

We're required to have party balance.

And if there's an odd number, in theory, the majority party or the party with the most registered Republicans in the majority party, literally they're below 50%, were were below 50%.

But it would put some pressure on the governor to make sure that Republicans at the majority of the seats on the boards that will be interesting to see the help that dynamic was otherwise.

It's symbolic and affirmation of what's really been happening the last couple decades.

>> Well, Carly, how do you characterize the do you think it's the justice Trey Grayson described?

I mean, and last week, Matt Erwin said big deal about the flip in the partisan affiliation.

Do you see it that way?

>> So 2 I think in light of these registration advantage is that have occurred for Republicans.

We have elected a Democratic governor who recently has overseen, you know, a large budget state, a surplus in state history to the largest economic development projects in state history kept a using common sense during the pandemic.

And not only that, I think that.

These registration numbers are interesting because of the way the Republicans are governing and will those registration numbers turn in an electoral sense, for instance, when you have a big government conservatism where they're making decisions about who gets access to reproductive health, who gets to choose whether or not you have contraception, whether or not you can or cannot vote or whether or not.

You know, you have the ability to marry who you love.

These are all these big government encroachments the GOP lately on Kentuckians and Americans in general.

And I believe Kentuckians value their liberties and freedoms are going to push back on that.

So the registration advantage might not be as big of a deal as people are making.

>> Well, thank you.

I thank you, Trey Grayson, I thank Carly, for your perspective on our inside Kentucky Politics segment.

Thanks so much.

On another political note, we learned this afternoon that Governor Andy Beshear will not attend the annual Fancy Farm picnic.

That's the big political picnic in West Kentucky on August 6th.

He said on Twitter today that he and his wife, Brittany, will be visiting Israel.

Now we'll have full coverage of the Fancy Farm political picnic right here on KET.

Bill Bryant and a panel of Kentucky reporters will talk about that Chad Meredith, today's abortion ruling, the new 9, 8, 8 mental health phone line and much more on comment on Kentucky tonight at 8 Eastern 7 central right here on KET.

♪ >> Generational Gap is a term we often hear.

It's those differences in values, beliefs and opinions that exist between younger and older generations.

But the program is working to close that divide through an unusual living arrangement.

>> B, p. >> a >> 20 year-old college student living with neighbors here in the 80's or 90's.

I no a lot of other programs like this one.

>> There are some residents program is a collaboration between Presbyterian homes and services of Kentuckyian University of Louisville where to music.

Students come in live for an entire school year.

They live here full time and they provide about 20 hours of just in our generation.

Engagement can be through music through conversation may be going for walks or painting or whatever activities the students are inspired to do >> and they annex to the for free in exchange for room and board.

So it's a sweet deal for everybody.

>> I think if our sense of mission really are trying to build relational communities were trying find ways to connect people across the lifespan and engage in community settings.

And one of the great ways to do that is through an intergenerational approach.

I want.

>> Want to work with honor.

Don't cite Isaac Sound out.

Yeah.

Idea.

Like thinking out if I really did job, I'm the Did we put were really interested in the opportunity to further our musicianship >> skills.

But also to you.

Expand our people skills with older adults.

>> We need to KET working on.

It is possible we try to go out to develop based on a life like it with in-home people think it's we're going to tell them that we live in a nursing home.

>> But it doesn't feel weird.

This feels like to have there's just something about the rhythm of life when you we also share space when you share time that allows people to way.

I say it took a while for us to get some and then they had to we had to gain their trust.

Some of them were immediately very kind.

And it probably introduce ourselves a few times.

But yeah, I'd say it took a while for people to get okay.

They live here a million there.

I can trust them.

>> I >> It comes in.

We've got has very quick.

I feel like they're my grandchildren.

>> We definitely want it with I think they're both really approachable.

They love talking about their eyes and listening time.

>> We talked to every school them that they can join us at the table when they the concerts, they sing songs for my generation, which you here right now and this could cool.

I think those connections are life changing.

>> On both sides, it can help address some of >> kind of age related issues by Heidi banking and demystifying some of those stereotypes that people have on both sides, older people that young people and >> and people about older people.

my cold 4 in our generation because we don't know how to interact with them.

I think coming into this, I have an understanding that like it would it would be a one-way transaction of like I'm going to learn from men that.

>> They probably won't take the time to learn from me.

And I cannot be the case at all.

I mines and really what we're us about things like politics.

>> And religion and things like that that are kind of taboo.

But they're willing to listen to us and how conversations, I think just like a lot of the stigma around older adults.

We found it's not.

>> been seen for I think it takes away kind of the.

The feeling that his relationship can only exist in certain circles or can only go so deep.

>> I was there in shock and late.

>> So they come in the solar system.

But this is the game part of each other.

>> We kind of just let our guard down to be able to have been fully and let them live U.S. and know what and that's because it means like we have to we have an impact made into.

>> On ♪ >> well, you're already in the Christmas spirit.

And if you enjoy talking like a pirate, there's a place where you're going to fit right in.

Toby Gibbs has details in tonight's look at what's around the Commonwealth.

♪ >> Kentucky poet laureate Crystal Wilkinson will be one of the speakers at this year's Mountain girl experience in Pike Ball at the Appalachian Center for the Arts.

The event is this Friday and Saturday and features art music workshops and educational programs all celebrating the artistry and strength of Appalachian women.

campground.

Favorite Christmas in July is back at Big Bone Lick State Historic site in Union this weekend.

Break out that holiday cheer minus the holiday chill and enjoy countless holiday themed activities all weekend long.

The first-ever Boyd County Animal Shelter for a Ball gala.

Is this Saturday and Catlettsburg enjoy food, drink to DJ and even a silent auction.

This event helps raise money to provide better care for the animals in Boyd County.

>> 80's pirates in the park is happening in Tompkinsville on Saturday.

Grab your family and friends and come enjoy these pirate themed activities including walking the plank.

A cannonball a treasure hunt and so much more.

Dinner with a side of murder.

The murder and Mary, much troop is presenting dead man's hand.

It rough river on Saturday evening.

>> Enjoy dinner, dancing in the show.

As you try to detect whodunit.

Release your inner maverick at this year's top gun country showdown.

National car show in Sedalia this Saturday.

>> And open show are all makes and models can compete for countless titles and trophies.

Join in on one of the biggest shows in western Kentucky.

Joined some of Nashville's award-winning singer songwriters for 4 nights of performances and stories at the Sandy Lee Watkins Songwriters Festival in Henderson.

Hear from the writers behind famous songs like the dance and Weight, not a woman.

>> As they shared details behind what we hear on the radio.

And that's what's going on around the commonwealth, I'm told, begins.

>> Go out there.

Making a good one.

The pirate impersonations are optional.

Coming up Monday night are on Monday.

Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles talks about how he's going to distinguish himself from other Republican contenders and next year's gubernatorial primary.

You don't want to miss that interview on Monday.

That's going to be yet for us tonight.

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Okay.

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Thank you so very much for watching.

Have a great weekend.

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