Kathy on an about that a little later on in Kentucky edition tonight.

Now more state tax talk and takes on social issues.

This time from 2 state legislative leaders from Jefferson County who gave a preview of what to expect in the next legislative session that starts January 7th, our June Leffler covered the Louisville Forum event yesterday and filed this report.

>> Middletown Republican Jason a mess says state lawmakers will lower the state income tax echoing what Republican leadership has said.

>> That states that have lower income tax.

Bigger growth.

And so what we're trying to do is we're trying to overtime get to a place where we can tell our businesses, expand here.

>> Louisville Democrat David Yates brushes off some of that enthusiasm.

>> But if you look really deep into our budget summit, we did some bonding and other things to make sure we hit the post different levels.

So we want to make sure we're being really treat with ourself.

Now, honestly, I think this can be a good thing the way to the great set right now, the 3.5, as long as we do it responsibly.

>> Kentucky has a mechanism to gradually reduce the income tax which NEMA says is proving to not get in the way of investment.

>> So for 20 years before we took over in 1998, to 2017, we did not pay the pensions.

We pay pensions and billions on top of that.

So much so that we had a pit.

We had a bond reduction rating reduction when we took over.

It's been increased twice now the debt ratio is better read are now on this to come with Kentucky than it's been.

>> The General Assembly keeps a close eye on Jefferson County, Public Schools.

The state Committee is laser focused on JCPS and what changes the state should impose on the district.

>> I think there was a lot of talk early on and lot at least in my session about breaking up JCPS and because they're too big.

And I think that the task force really quickly, they realized that would actually cost more money and actually would not be very been tipped to kids across the firm go from school to school.

The problem is not the superintendent, our problems.

Our school board is an absolute clown show.

It doesn't take things seriously.

If we have 592 weapons.

Deadly weapons brought on the property last year.

Not one expulsion.

What we need to do is get a good superintendent give him or her the the rain to get him or the power to do the job.

>> Last year, the AIDS filed a bill to change Kentucky's abortion ban.

He proposed then as he does now to allow rape victims to terminate a pregnancy if they choose as an attorney, he AIDS has worked with sex crime victims.

>> It's this beyond politics.

This is don't people's lives.

And I think that the majority of people who understand that believe that there should be exemptions in place.

>> In fact, I think than that the majority of the legislators that I've talked to, maybe the majority close believe that there should be exemptions in place.

And so I this at this point all of asked is that I want to I open, honest discussion in committee.

>> Yates also propose spelling out how doctors should intervene and complicated pregnancies.

Something me miss might support.

>> You know, I'm talking with be do ions about they tell me that they they believe that there.

There are a frozen and they don't know what to do in certain circumstances of where the woman is presenting with a danger to her life.

Maybe not in imminent, but what they think they should be able to act and they're worried if they have the authorities.

>> Yates forced a vote on the Senate floor to consider his abortion exceptions.

Bill last session, which nearly all Senate Republicans voted against for Kentucky to LaFleur.

>> Thank you, June and May miss in Yates do agree on one matter.

And that's that housing is a critical issue that needs