[♪♪] >> HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GROW INTO INFORMED CITIZENS WHEN TEACHERS RNTSD'S ALLOWED TO TOUCH ON CIVIC TOPICS THAT DIRECTLY AFFECT US?

>> .

>> Renee: FED UP WITH THE EDUCATION SYSTEM STUDENTS TAKE KENTUCKY TO COURT.

>> NOTHING IS OFF THE TABLE.

>> Renee: THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THINKS ABOUT A CHANGE TO THE CORE PRINCIPLE OF AMERICA'S JUSTICE SYSTEM.

>> REALLY DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOING TO BE THIS BIG.

>> Renee: AND LOUISVILLE SAYS THANK YOU TO THREE TEENS WHO SAVED A FLOOD VICTIM'S LIFE.

>> 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, MAY 14TH, I'M RENEE SHAW WE APPRECIATE YOU WINDING DOWN YOUR WEDNESDAY WITH US.

>>> SOME KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOLERS CONTINUE THEIR LEGAL CASE AGAINST THE STATE.

THEY SAY THE EDUCATION SYSTEM HAS FAILED THEM.

OUR JUNE LEFFLER WENT TO YESTERDAY'S HEARING IN FRANKLIN CIRCUIT COURT AND HAS THIS REPORT.

>> THE KENTUCKY STUDENT VOICE TEAM SUED THE COMMONWEALTH EARLIER THIS YEAR.

THEY ALLEGED THEIR EDUCATION HAS NOT PREPARED THEM TO BE TRULY INFORMED CITIZENS.

>> NOW, SOME OF US GO TO SCHOOLS WHERE THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH CERTIFIED TEACHERS.

OTHERS HAVE TO SHARE OUTDATED TEXTBOOKS OR HAVE LITTLE TO NO ACCESS TO ARTS, MUSIC OR EXTRACURRICULARS THAT USED TO BE STANDARD N MY DISTRICT ARTS EDUCATION IS BRUSHED ASIDE.

IT IS FAR FROM THE IMPORTANT FACET OF KENTUCKY'S CURRICULUM THAT IT ONCE WAS.

>> WHEN S B150 A BILL THAT LIMIT WHAT IS SCHOOLS CAN TEACH ABOUT HUMAN SEXUALITY AND GENDER IDENTITY WAS ENACTED IN 2023 MY SCHOOL RESPONDED BY BANNING 100 BOOKS.

WITH THESE LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES, SETTING FORTH A CULTURE OF FEAR AND SILENCE IN OUR KENTUCKY SCHOOLS, ISN'T ANY WONDER THAT KENTUCKY TEACHERS ARE RELUCTANT TO TEACH RESOLUTION, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL TOPICS VIEWED AS CONTROVERSIAL?

HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GROW INTO INFORMED CITIZENS WHEN TEACHERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TOUCH ON CIVIC TOPICS THAT DIRECTLY AFFECT US AS KENTUCKY STUDENTS.

THE CASE IS RATED IN THE 1989 ROSE DECISION WHICH AFFIRMED AND DEFINED THE CONSTITUENT'S OBLIGATION TO STUDENTS.

IT LED TO THE STATE'S SEEK FUNDING MODEL WHICH PROVIDES MORE STATE DOLLARS TO POOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

>> WE ARE ASKING THE COURT TO DO WHAT THE CONSTITUTION DEMANDS.

EVALUATE WHETHER THE COMMONWEALTH IS FULFILLING ITS OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE EVERY STUDENT WITH AN ADEQUATE AND EQUITABLE EDUCATION.

NOT JUST IN LOUISVILLE, NOT JUST IN LEXINGTON, NOT JUST IN WELL FUNDED SUBURBAN SCHOOLS.

EVERY STUDENT, EVERY COUNTY, EVERY CLASSROOM.

IF THE ANSWER IS NO, AND ALL THE EVIDENCE SAYS IT IS, THEN OUR LEADERS MUST BE ORDERED TO ACT.

BECAUSE THEY HAVE HAD DECADES TO FIX THIS.

AND THEY HAVEN'T.

SO NOW WE'RE HERE.

>> PEOPLE IN KENTUCKY ARE READY FOR CHANGE.

WE'LL KEEP HOSTING FORUMS AND WE'LL KEEP TESTIFYING AND ARAISING AWARENESS OF THE SEVEN ROSE CAPACITIES THEY ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS WHAT AN ADEQUATE EDUCATION REALLY MEANS.

THOSE CAPACITIES ARE ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION, CIVIC KNOWLEDGE, ECONOMIC UNDERSTANDING, WELLNESS, THE ARTS, PREPARATION FOR WORK AND ACADEMIC RIGOR.

>> AT FRANKLIN CIRCUIT COURT TUESDAY AN ATTORNEY FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY ASKED THE JUDGE TO DISMISS THE CASE SAYING THE STUDENTS HAVE NO STANDING.

THE JUDGE PUSHED BACK SAYING QUOTE STUDENTS ARE THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM.

WHICH IS A QUOTE CONSTITUTIONAL PUBLIC TRUST WHERE STUDENTS ARE THE BENEFICIARIES.

ONE OF KENTUCKY'S ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERALS ARGUED THE STUDENTS PROVIDED NO PROOF OF QUOTE CONCRETE INJURY SUCH AS POOR GRADES OR NOT GETTING INTO THE COLLEGE OF THEIR CHOICE.

AN ATTORNEY FOR THE STUDENTS SAID QUOTE, THE LOSS OF A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT IS AN INJURY.

THE JUDGE OFFERED NO DECISION TUESDAY.

HE ASKED BOTH PARTIES TO FILE ANOTHER BRIEF IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.

IF THE STUDENTS EVENTUALLY SUCCEED IN THEIR CASE IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT WOULD BE A FIX TO THE SYSTEM.

JUDGE PHILLIP SHEPHERD SAID TUESDAY QUOTE I'M AT A LOSS TO THE REMEDY I COULD IMPOSE FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M JUNE LEFFLER.

>> Renee: THANK YOU, JUNE.

STATE HOUSE LEADERS SENATE PRESIDENT ROBERT STIVERS AND HOUSE SPEAKER DAVID OSBORNE ARE DEFENDANTS IN THE SUIT AN ATTORNEY ASKED THE JUDGE TO REMOVE THEM FROM THE CASE UNDER LEG SAVE IMMUNITY.

THAT MOTION IS UNDER CONSIDERATION.

BOTH LAWMAKERS SAY THEY ARE FULLY FUNDING SCHOOLS.

>>> A LAWSUIT CHALLENGING A BAN ON CERTAIN VAPING PRODUCTS IN KENTUCKY HAS BEEN DISMISSED.

THE KENTUCKY'S ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE SAYS PLAINTIFFS IN THE CASE VOLUNTARILY WITHDREW THEIR FEDERAL LAWSUIT BEFORE THE SIXTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS.

THEY WERE CHALLENGING A RULING AT THAT TIME FOUND HOUSE BILL 11 DID NOT VIOLATE KENTUCKY'S CONSTITUTION.

THE BILL PASSED DURING THE 2024 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

IT LIMITS THE SALE OF VAPING PRODUCTS TO A SMALL NUMBER OF BRANDS APPROVED BY THE F.D.A.

AND PROHIBITS THE SALE OF VAPE PRODUCTS TO ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 21.

THE NEW LAW WENT INTO EFFECT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.

>>> YESTERDAY, KENTUCKY'S SECRETARY OF STATE MICHAEL ADAMS CEREMONIOUSLY SIGNED HOUSE BILL 90, ESTABLISHING FREE STANDING BIRTH CENTERS AND SUPPORTERS ARGUED IT CLARIFIES MEDICAL MATERNAL HEALTH TREATMENT AND PERINATAL PALLATIVE CARE.

WHICH IS CARE PROVIDED TO FAMILIES WHO GET A FATAL OR LIFE-THREATENING DIAGNOSIS FOR A NEWBORN.

>> ABOUT A YEAR AGO, LAST JUNE, Dr. JEFFREY GOLDBERG, AN OVMENTD B IN KENTUCKY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE FROM ME CONTACTED ME AND SAID JASON, WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER THERE ARE SOME STATES WHERE SOME WOMEN WHO PRESENT WITH THEIR LIVES IN JEOPARDY OR IN DANGER AND THIS CAN HAPPEN IN KENTUCKY.

WE'VE GOT THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER PROTECTIONS IN KENTUCKY LAW.

AND HE SAYS DOCTORS ARE SCARED OF THEM.

LET'S FIGURE THIS OUT AND GET THE LANGUAGE RIGHT.

GOT TOGETHER AND THEY WERE UNIFIED IN THE PURPOSE OF PROTECTING KENTUCKY LIVES.

SO THERE WAS DISAGREEMENT HERE AND THERE AND MOVING COMAS AROUND AND AT THE END OF THE DAY WE HAD A BILL THAT COULD SURVIVE.

>> THIS WAS A PIECE OF LEGISLATION OF COLLABORATION OF MENU.

AL TASK FORCE IT IS A MELDING TOGETHER OF LEGISLATION.

IT IS A BILL THE ANCHOR BILL HOUSE BILL 90, AND IN A SENSE ITS COMPANION BILL SENATE BILL 17 AND THOSE SPONSORS WORKED TO MAKE HOUSE BILL 90 THE ANCHOR THAT HOLDS ON TO PERINATAL PALLATIVE CARE.

AND ALSO, WORKING WITH ACOG TO CLARIFY THE LANGUAGE SO IT IS PERFECTLY CLEAR WHAT IS AND WHAT IS NOT AN INTENTIONAL ABORTION AND MAKING SURE THE WOMEN IN KENTUCKY HAVE THE MATERNAL CARE THEY NEED.

>> SOMETIMES THERE IS A BABY THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT TO THEIR DAY OF LIVE BIRTH.

AND OR DIE SHORTLY AFTER SO THAT PERINATAL PALLATIVE CARE HONORS AND LOVES LIFE SO DEEPLY.

TO BE ABLE TO DECLARE THAT IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY, I BELIEVE HOLDS KENTUCKY UP AS A MODEL FOR TRULY LOVING LIFE, LOVING MOTHER, LOVING FATHER AND LOVING BABY.

>> THE PAST EIGHT YEARS HAVE BEEN A GOOD TIME TO BE PRO-LIFE IN KENTUCKY.

AS JUST SOME EXAMPLES.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ENACTED AND I WAS PROUD TO SIGN A LAW TO REQUIRE PARENTAL CONSENT FOR A MINOR TO GET AN ABORTION.

THEY ENACTED A HEART BEAT BILL.

THEY ENACTED A TRIGGER LAW.

TO TAKE EFFECT UPON THE REVERSAL OF ROE VS. WADE.

WHICH, OF COURSE, BLESSEDLY CAME TO PASS.

HOUSE BILL 90 SHOWS THAT OUR LEGISLATORS ARE JUST AS COMMITTED TO MOTHERS AS THEY ARE TO PREBORN CHILDREN.

>> IN KENTUCKY WE DO HAVE EXCEPTIONS AN ABORTION OCCURS WHEN A CHILD MAYBE AN ECTOPIC PREGNANCY, THAT IS PUTTING A MOTHER IN GREAT DANGER.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER EXCEPTIONS CLEARLY SPELLED OUT NOW IN LEGISLATION.

SO IT PROVIDES A DEGREE OF CLARITY ON WHAT THAT EXCEPTION IS.

>> I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHO CAME TO US TO SOLVE A PROBLEM THAT THEY SAW BREWING IN KENTUCKY.

AND WE VERY GLADLY JUMPED ONBOARD TO TRY TO CORRECT ANY PROBLEMS THAT THEY SAW.

AND, OF COURSE, TO PROTECT OUR MOMS AND PROTECT OUR BABIES.

AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HOUSE BILL 90 DOES.

IT REALLY WILL SAVE LIVES AND SO KNOWING THAT IT WILL SAVE LIVES IS EXTREMELY GRATIFYING AND IT IS EXACTLY WHY WE SERVE.

>> Renee: MORE FREE STANDING BIRTHING CENTERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MORE AVAILABLE AROUND KENTUCKY SOON AS WELL AS MORE ACCESS TO MIDWIVES AND DOULAS.

IN EDUCATION NEWS THE LARGE EVIDENCE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BAN THE USE OF CELLPHONES AT SCHOOL BEGINNING WITH THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

WDRB REPORTS THE JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE POLICY LAST NIGHT.

THE CELLPHONE BAN INCLUDES DURING LUNCH AND IN THE HALLWAYS WHICH WERE EXEMPTIONS CONSIDERED.

SOME EXEMPTIONS WILL BE ALLOW INCLUDING FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.

THE POLICY COMES AS A RESULT OF HOUSE BILL 208 PASSED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIS YEAR.

IT REQUIRES SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ADOPT A POLICY FOR CELLPHONE USE DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME.

>>> IT'S ONE OF THE CORNERSTONES OF THE AMERICAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM.

THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS.

IN THE UNITED STATES, A PERSON ACCUSED OF A CRIME GETS TO GO BEFORE A JUDGE, ANSWER THE CHARGES AND CHALLENGE THE EVIDENCE.

LAST WEEK, NEWS REPORTS SAID THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WAS CONSIDERING A SUSPENSION OF THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS.

MONDAY NIGHT ON "KENTUCKY TONIGHT" I ASKED OUR PANEL ABOUT THEIR REACTIONS.

[♪♪] >> SO I THINK THERE IS A TOOLBOX.

WE CAN USE ALL THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS NOTHING IS OFF THE TABLE.

>> COMPLETE DISCUSSION IT IS A SUGGESTION.

WE'RE JUST HAVING DISCUSSIONS LIKE KC SAID NOTHING IS OFF THE TABLE.

>> Renee: DO YOU FEAR THIS?

>> I DO NOT FEAR A DISCUSSION.

>> Renee: WHAT IF THE DISCUSSION YIELDS ACTION?

>> WE HAVE TO SEE, THESE ARE ONGOING NOTHING IS SET IN STONE.

>> COMES ON THE HEELS THE PRESIDENT SAYING HE WAS NOT SURE WEATHER HE HAD TO ENFORCE THE CONSTITUTION.

HOW CAN YOU NOT BE ALARMED WHEN A FUNDAMENTAL PRECEPT OF THE LEGAL STRUCTURE OF THIS COUNTRY IS SUGGESTED TO BE OVERTURNED WHEN THE PRESIDENT SAID I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE TO OBEY THE CONSTITUTION.

>> Renee: DOES THAT CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR YOU?

>> HE IS TALKING AND THERE'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TALKING AND A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACTING.

WE HAVE TO SEE IF IT GOES TO THE SUPREME COURT AND RULED AND ADJUDICATED AT THE SUPREME COURT WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

>> Renee: WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT TARIFFS.

THE ECONOMY, MEDICAID, THE 2026 MIDTERMS AND MORE AND YOU CAN SEE THAT DISCUSSION ON-LINE ON DEMAND ON KET.ORG/KY TONIGHT.

>> EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY IS THE FIRST UNIVERSITY IN KENTUCKY TO ADOPT POLICIES COMPLYING WITH THE BAN ON DIVERSITY PRACTICES.

LAWMAKERS PASSED HOUSE BILL 4 AND THE LANTERN REPORTS THE EKU BOARD OF REGENTS AGREED TO A PLAN UPHOLDING VIEWPOINT NEUTRALITY REMOVING THE WORDS SUCH AS DIVERSE FROM THE GOALS.

>>> CONGRESS WILL CONSIDER WHETHER TO EXPAND CAMP NELSON IN JESSAMINE COUNTY, SPONSORED BY ANDY BARR A REPUBLICAN FROM KENTUCKY'S SIXTH DISTRICT.

IF PASSED THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BUY 132 ADDITIONAL ACRES OF LAND.

THE NATIONAL MONUMENT WOULD BE ALMOST 600 ACRES IN SIZE.

THE UNION ARMY ESTABLISHED CAMP NELSON IN 1863 AS AN EMANCIPATION AND RECRUITMENT CENTER DURING THE CIVIL WAR.

10,000 BLACK MEN ENLISTED IN THE UNION ARMY AND THE MOVE IS BACKED BY DAVID WEST AND NICHOLASVILLE MAYOR ALEX CARTER.

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

AND THERE IS A DEVELOPING STORY TODAY CONCERNING FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL DANIEL CAMERON WHO IS NOW RUNNING IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR SENATE.

AND IT IS CONCERNING AN ETHICS INVESTIGATION INTO WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FOR THE GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY.

THAT RACE A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS STORY AS WE'RE HEARING FROM DANIEL CAMERON AS WELL.

>> THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH ETHICS COMMISSION ANNOUNCED THEY ARE OPENING THIS INVESTIGATION INTO CAMERON'S CAMPAIGN BACK IN 2023.

THIS IS OVER A COMPLAINT FILED BY THE A.F.L.-C.I.O.

LABOR UNION BACK THEN ALLEGING THAT CAMERON IMPROPERLY SOLICITED HIS CAMPAIGN IMPROPERLY SOLICED DONATIONS FROM A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER THAT WAS RECEIVING MEDICAID FUNDS ALSO UNDER INVESTIGATION BY CAMERON'S OFFICE.

SAYING THAT WAS IMPROPER HIS OFFICE WAS IMPROPERLY USING ITS INFLUENCE TO SOLICIT THE DONATIONS CALLING ON THE PROVIDER TO HOLD THE FUNDRAISING EVENT TO RAISE $30,000.

THAT COMPLAINT WAS FILED BACK THEN AND NOW THE COMMISSION IS ANNOUNCED IT'S GOING TO LAUNCH THIS INVESTIGATION AND CAMERON IS NOW RUNNING FOR U.S. SENATE NEXT YEAR FOR MITCH McCONNELL'S SEAT WHO IS NOT RUNNING FOR REELECTION THIS HAS A LOT OF POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE.

CAMP ROB RESPONDED SAYING THAT THE ALLEGATIONS ARE BOGUS THEY WERE BOGUS BACK THEN.

POINTING OUT HE IS LEADING IN THE POLLS AND CALLED IT A POLITICAL PERSECUTION AND COMPARED HIMSELF TO DONALD TRUMP, SAYING THE GOVERNMENT IS BEING WEAPONIZED AGAINST HIS CAMPAIGN AND CRITICIZED ANDY BESHEAR SAYING THIS IS HIM DOING THIS BECAUSE THE ETHICS COMMISSION IS MADE UP OF APPOINTEES THAT ANDY BESHEAR HAS MADE.

THIS IS ALL ACCORDING TO REPORTING FROM THE LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER.

>> AS YOU SAID HE IS CALLING THIS POLITICAL PERSECUTION AND COMPARING HIMSELF TO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

LET'S LISTEN TO WHAT DANIEL CAMERON POST ON X.

>> HEY GUYS I WANT TO UPDATE YOU ON SOMETHING.

ANDY BESHEAR'S ETHICS COMMISSION IS WEAPONNIZING GOVERNMENT TO ATTACK A POLITICAL COMPONENT THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME OVER A BOGUS TWO-YEAR-OLD CLAIM FOR AN INVESTIGATION I RECUSED FROM AND CAMPAIGN DONATIONS I REFUNDED.

I HOPE YOU SEE THIS FOR WHAT IT IS.

THIS IS NOT ETHICS THIS IS DEMOCRATIC LAW FAIR.

A ANNOUNCED MY CANDIDACY FOR SENATE IN FEBRUARY I'M LEADING IN ALL THE POLLS AND NOW THE ETHICS COMMISSION DECIDES TO ACT ON A TWO-YEAR-OLD CASE.

THIS IS THE DEFINITION OF POLITICAL PERSECUTION THE EXACT SAME THING THEY TRIED TO DO TO PRESIDENT TRUMP BUT LIKE PRESIDENT TRUMP I WON'T LET THEM BEAT ME.

I'VE NEVER RUN AWAY FROM TOUGH FIGHTS NOT WHEN PROTESTORS PROTESTED ON MY FRONT LAWN AND NOT WHEN THE LEFT TRY TO STRIP AWAY YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

I WILL FIGHT THIS LIKE I WILL CONTINUE FIGHTING FOR THE GREAT PEOPLE OF THIS COMMONWEALTH EVERY SINGLE DAY.

>> SO THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER REPUBLICANS WHO ARE RUNNING FOR THE SEAT AS WELL.

THE MOST NOTABLE BEING CONGRESSMAN ANDY BARR, KENTUCKY'S SIXTH DISTRICT AND DEMOCRAT STATE REPRESENTATIVE PAMELA STEVENSON ALSO ANNOUNCED SHE IS RUNNING AS WELL.

>> AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL SEAT WHERE CONGRESSMAN BARR LEAVES OPEN TO RUN FOR THE SENATE.

AND CHERLYNN STEVENSON OFFICIALLY DECLARING THAT SHE IS GOING TO RUN ON THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT?

>> SO SHE IS A FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE.

THIS IS AN OPEN SEAT IN CONGRESS.

IT'S BECOMING INTERESTING AT THIS MOMENT.

IT'S JUST THESE TWO CANDIDATES FOR THE STATE LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE RUNNING FOR THE SEAT.

STEVENSON WAS IN THE HOUSE FOR THREE TERMS FOR THE LEXINGTON AREA HOUSE DISTRICT.

SHE FLIPPED IT FROM REPUBLICAN TO DEMOCRAT BACK IN 2018 AND IT WENT BACK TO REPUBLICAN LAST YEAR WHEN SHE LOST IT.

THEY ARE ALL TIGHT RACES.

SHE IS HOPING NOW TO BRING THAT SAME ENERGY TO FLIP THE SIXTH DISTRICT WHICH HAS BEEN HELD BY ANDY BARR SINCE HE WON THAT ELECTION IN 2012.

HE'S RUNNING FOR SENATE NOW.

SO THIS IS AN OPEN RACE.

AND DEMOCRATS THINK THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN IT BACK.

NATIONAL GROUPS SAY THEY PLAN TO PUT MONEY INTO IT.

THEY ARE HOPING TO RIDE ON OPPOSITION TO TRUMP'S TARIFFS, CUTS TO GOVERNMENT SERVICES.

I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IN DEMOCRATS' ADVANTAGE IS AT THIS POINT THERE IS NO HIGH PROFILE REPUBLICAN RUNNING FOR THE STATE IT'S RYAN DOTSON OF WINCHESTER AND HE IS MAKING HIS CAMPAIGN ABOUT CULTURE WAR ISSUES, HIS WISH OF BANNING TRANSGENDER WOMEN USING WOMEN'S RESTROOMS.

>> IT WILL BE AN INTERESTING RACE TO WATCH AND HOTLY CONTESTED ONE AS WELL.

LET'S MOVE TO THE CURRENT MEMBERS OF OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION SPECIFICALLY IN THE SENATE, SENATORS MITCH McCONNELL AND RAND PAUL WHO CONTINUE TO BE THE G.O.P.

VOICES SPEAKING OUT AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFFS.

>> KENTUCKY PUBLIC RADIO HAD A GOOD STORY ABOUT THIS POINTING OUT THAT PAUL AND McCONNELL ARE OFTEN ON OPPOSITE WINGS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE THE TIMES WHEN THEY ARE STANDING IN SOLIDARITY.

AS A MINORITY WITHIN THEIR OWN PARTY AND THAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

THEY ARE BOTH OPPOSING TRUMP'S TARIFFS ON FOREIGN IMPORTS COMING INTO THE U.S. FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.

McCONNELL IS AGAINST IT FOR SAYING FOR BUSINESS REASONS SAYING IT HURTS THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY, HURTS KENTUCKY'S BOURBON INDUSTRY, AGRICULTURE BIG INDUSTRIES.

AND PAUL IS AGAINST THE TARIFFS FOR THOSE REASONS TOO AND HE IS SPEAKING OUT ON IT FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL REASONS SAYING THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH SUDDEN'S BE ABLE TO DO THIS.

HE ACTUALLY TRIED TO GET THE SENATE TO BLOCK THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION THAT TRUMP USED TO MAKE THESE TARIFFS HAPPEN THAT LIBERATION DAY ORDER THAT TRUMP DECLARED LAST MONTH.

PAUL'S RESOLUTION FAILED IT WAS 49-49 IN THE SENATE.

HE CHIDED LAWMAKERS SAYING IT'S NO SECRET AT THAT TIME CONGRESS LACKS THE FORTITUDE TO STAND UP FOR PREROGATIVES.

McCONNELL MISSED THAT VOTE FOR HEALTH REASONS ALONG WITH A LAWMAKER WHO PROBABLY WOULD HAVE VOTED IN FAVOR OF IT.

BUT EVEN IF IT PASSED IT WOULDN'T HAVE MATTERED TRUMP WOULD HAVE VETOED IT.

>> ALL THINGS WE'LL CONTINUE TO WATCH WITH YOUR GUIDANCE AS WELL.

RYLAND BARTON WITH NPR WE APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANKS, LAURA.

[♪♪] >> Renee: SOME GOOD NEWS WORTH CELEBRATING THREE LOUISVILLE TEENAGERS WERE HONORED THIS WEEK FOR JUMPING INTO THE OHIO RIVER TO SAVE A DRIVER WHOSE CAR WENT INTO THE WATER.

THE YOUNG MEN WERE FISHING LAST MONTH WHEN THEY SAW THE CAR GO INTO THE RIVER.

AFTER SAVING THE DRIVER THE THREE OF THEM AND BYSTANDERS TIED THE CAR TO A NEARBY TREE WITH ROPE TO KEEP IT FROM FLETTING AWAY.

FOR THEIR HEROICS, MAYOR CRAIG GREENBERG PRESENTED THE TEENS WITH A DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN PROCLAMATION AWARD.

THE TEENS DID NOT EXPECT TO RECEIVE SO MUCH ATTENTION.

>> THESE THREE YOUNG MEN DID NOT HESITATE TO ACT.

THEY DIDN'T HESITATE TO HELP A PERSON IN NEED.

THEY SAVED A LIFE.

ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE EACH OF YOU.

EACH OF YOU WITH A DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN PROCLAMATION TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING.

AND ALL THE ATTENTION WE'VE GOT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOING TO BE THIS BIG.

AND WE ARE REALLY, REALLY THANKFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE IT HAPPENED.

AND I'M GLAD TO MEET YOU.

AND GLAD TO HAVE EVERYONE HERE GIVING US THIS ATTENTION, ONCE AGAIN WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOING TO BE THIS BIG.

>> Renee: KIND OF BIG.

GREENBERG TOLD THE TEENAGERS WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR THEM TO CONSIDER A CAREER HE HOPED TO DO WOULD BE WITH ONE OF THE CITY'S FIRST-RESPONDER TEAMS.

[♪♪] THE ORGANIZATION LOUISVILLE VISUAL ART HAS BEEN AROUND FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS.

LAST WEEK, ITS CHILDREN'S FINE ART CLASS PROGRAM HOSTED A LUNCHEON TO FUNDRAISE AND HONOR SENIOR STUDENTS.

WE SPOKE TO THE EDUCATION DIRECTOR AND STUDENTS TO HEAR WERE LVA AND ART ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM.

MORE ON THIS IN OUR WEEKLY ARTS AND CULTURE SEGMENT, WE CALL TAPESTRY.

[♪♪] >> THE CHILDREN'S FINE ART CLASSES IS CELEBRATING ITS 100TH BIRTHDAY.

LOUISVILLE VISUAL ART IS OVER 100 YEARS OLD NOW.

BUT IT'S AMAZING BECAUSE ART IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF EVERYBODY'S LIFE BUT THEY HAVE NO IDEA THAT ART WAS INVOLVED IN DESIGNING THE BUTTONS ON YOUR BLENDER OR DESIGNING HOW COMFORTABLE A CHAIR IS GOING TO BE OR EVEN THE SPRINGS IN YOUR MATTRESS OR THE FOAM NOWADAYS.

ART IS INVOLVED IN ALL OF THAT AND PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE.

AND WE NEED TO GET KIDDOS TO KNOW THAT ALL THIS ART EDUCATION IS GOING TO HELP THEM BE BETTER THINKERS.

IT MAKES YOUR BRAIN WORK IN DIFFERENT WAYS, ART DOES.

IT GIVES YOU BETTER PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS.

IT GIVES YOU BETTER CRITICAL THINKING.

>> I TEACH DRAWING AND I TEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL ART.

I LOVE WORKING WITH KIDS I LOVE SEEING THEM GROW.

I LOVE SEEING THEM PROGRESS.

IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE STUDENTS GET TO TAKE ART IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION OTHER THAN THEIR SCHOOLS.

AND BE PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE LOOSE AND A LITTLE MORE CREATIVE.

>> I LIKE MIXED MEDIA BUT MOSTLY OIL PAINT.

I THINK A LOT OF IT CAME FROM LIKE WANTING TO GET PHYSICAL STIMULUS AND BEING ABLE TO DO THINGS WITH MY HANDS.

I LIKE THAT I CAN EXPRESS MYSELF AND WHAT I'M FEELING MAYBE NOT IN WORDS BUT THROUGH ACTION AND COLOR ESSENTIALLY.

I LIKE COLOR.

>> IT WAS NICE TO SEE ALL THE WORK I'VE DONE AND THE SENIORS DONE REPRESENTED.

FOR ME ART HAS BEEN A WAY TO EXPRESS THINGS I'M NOT ABLE TO SAY IN WORDS.

>> SO IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO FIND OUTLETS LIKE THIS TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES.

>> I'M DRAWN IN A LOGIC DIRECTION I WANT ART TO BE IMPORTANT TO ME WHETHER IT'S FASHION DESIGN OR KOSTOLOGY.

LVA HAS BEEN LIKE SORT OF A CONSTANT CREATIVITY OUTLET FOR ME TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE WHO ALSO ARE CREATIVE.

IT'S FUN TO HAVE A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO ALSO DO THAT AND NOT FEEL ALONE.

>> I'VE SEEN MANY OF MY STUDENTS BECOME ARTISTS, MANY OF MY STUDENTS BECOME DOCTORS OR WORK INNED MEDICAL FIELD.

AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER FIELDS I'VE SEEN BECAUSE ART CENTERS THEM.

IT MAKES THEM FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES.

>> WHEN I STARTED TEACHING LVA THE STUDENTS WERE TALENTED AND GIFTED IT WAS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF KID I WAS TEACHING.

AND IT MADE ME ENJOY AND LOVE WHAT I WAS DOING.

>> KIDS WHO STILL HANG AROUND WHO STARTED IN FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE AND THEY ARE PROFESSIONALS AND THEIR BEST FRIENDS NOW.

IT'S A GOOD WAY TO GET PEOPLE THINKING DIFFERENTLY, TO GET PEOPLE CREATING AND SOLVING PROBLEMS BETTER.

>> THE MAIN THING I WANT IS FOR PEOPLE TO HELP EACH OTHER AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP EACH OTHER AND WORK TOGETHER.

>> Renee: THEY ARE HOLDING THE CELEBRATION THIS WEEKEND ON SUNDAY AT OF BY HOSTING CENTENNIAL FAMILY FUN DAY AT 2:30.

FAMILIES CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT LVA HISTORY AND DO FUN ACTIVITIES AT THE SAME TIME.

ONE OF LOUISVILLE'S MOST HISTORIC ROADS HAS COME A LONG WAY.

>> WHEN YOU HAD ANIMALS AND HORSES AND CATTLE AND SHEEP, THEY WOULD KICK UP THE ROAD AND SOMEONE HAD TO MAINTAIN THAT.

>> Renee: IT'S NOT FOR SHEEP ANYMORE WE GO TO TRAINING FOR THE AVENUE TO SEE HOW IT'S CHANGED FROM THE 19TH CENTURY TO TODAY.

AND THAT IS TOMORROW ON "KENTUCKY EDITION."

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