♪ >> What happens is if something costs, you know, $10 right now on a 20% tariff is put on it.

It's going to cost $12.

>> The governor talks about possible new tariffs and how they could affect you.

It's not an insignificant thing.

It could be a very serious problem.

Why UK professor says we should prioritize children's oral health.

>> When I say we can build a weapon that will last 2000 years.

There's proof other people done it before us.

>> Around County man has dedicated his life to building and restoring wetlands.

Production of Kentucky Edition is made possible in part by the KET Millennium Fund.

♪ ♪ >> Good Evening and welcome to Kentucky EDITION on this Thursday, November, the 14th.

>> I'm Kristine that and filling in for Renee Shaw.

Thank you so much for joining us.

For the second time this week.

Firefighters in Louisville are responding to a major incident this time a workers trapped under debris at a construction site near downtown fire.

Officials say the man it's about 10 to 12 feet below ground.

He speaking with rescuers but can't move.

This is video of the rescue effort courtesy of WDRB in Louisville.

Officials say crews were working at the site of a former corrections building that's being demolished to make way for a medical campus.

Today.

Just a few miles away, a factory exploded, killing 2 workers and damaging dozens of nearby homes.

The cause of that explosion is still under way.

President elect Donald Trump has vowed to impose big new tariffs on imported goods.

What does that mean for Kentucky businesses and for Kentucky consumers Governor Andy Beshear talked about new tariffs and their potential impact during his news conference today.

He's taking a wait and see approach.

>> Last time around, President Trump use tariffs as leverage during different negotiations.

Put a tariff on steel coming from the EU which led to retaliatory tariffs on bourbon.

That was done because of the time which McConnell was the majority leader in the Senate.

You also saw tear from the EU on blue jeans because Levis is in San Francisco and and the representative there obviously was the speaker of the House.

And so we haven't seen.

Direct policy yet on how they will be used.

I think the most information that's been put out there as we can expect tariffs on Chinese goods in particular and that could impact the price of a number of things within the United States.

I guess it could also encourage production of things inside the United States.

So this is one that that will have to wait and see.

And I don't think that we will see kind of a rollout of here.

All the tariffs that we're looking at.

I think they'll come at different times and my job as governor will be to to work to protect our industries and to make sure that we continue to thrive regardless of what policies put in place.

And we just had an election that was significantly about inflation and and other core issues my hope is that a president that ran on decreasing inflation making things more affordable, won't put policies into place that will raise prices because that's what happens with with tariffs.

What happens is if something costs, you know, $10 right now on a 20% tariff is put on it.

It's going to cost $12 that that tariff is ultimately passed along to the consumer.

So I have some concerns.

But at the same time, we haven't seen what they're going to be and where they're going to be.

>> The governor says he hopes to appoint a new mayor for Versailles soon for sales.

Mayor Bryant racket resigned October the first to go to work for the Kentucky League of Cities by Law.

A city council has 30 days to appoint a new mayor.

The Versailles Council didn't appoint one during that time.

So the responsibility move to the governor.

He says he wants to make sure he gets it right.

The Republican Party of Kentucky saluted Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky as his tenure as Senate Republican leader enters its final weeks.

The party put out this statement yesterday, quote, the Republican Party of Kentucky extends its deepest gratitude to Senator McConnell for his remarkable 18 years as U.S. Senate Republican leader Senator Mitch McConnell has arguably been one of the most consequential and impactful Kentucky INS in our commonwealth's history.

The Republican Party owes him a profound debt of gratitude, unquote.

Senator McConnell is stepping down as Republican Senate leader yesterday.

Republican senators picked Senator John Thune of South Dakota to replace McConnell when the new Senate convenes in January.

Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky sports Congressional District says he isn't a certain yes vote for House Speaker Mike Johnson in January, Republicans nominated Johnson to the speakership yesterday.

According to the website, Raw Story, Massey is unimpressed with that Republican showing in this year's congressional races, Republicans won narrow control of the chamber, but there was no red wave, according to Massey.

And he finds Johnson.

Massey says the last Congress accomplished very little Massie has been a longtime critic of Speaker Johnson.

Well, back here in Kentucky, there are calls for John Marshall, chief equity officer for the Jefferson County Public School System to quit or be fired over a social media post.

This is the post.

It says, quote, a few younger black professionals and students called me this morning in asked what a strategy moving forward.

My response, regardless of the rooms, meetings, classes, et cetera, you're in no, the majority of whites could care less about you and have no issues harming you or yours, unquote.

According to the Courier Journal, 14 Republican members of the Kentucky General Assembly from the Louisville area are now calling for Marshall to quit or be fired by Superintendent Marty Polio.

Representative Jason names called the Marshals Post, quote, Disgustingly racist, unquote.

And another controversy for JCPS is something that can negatively trickle down to students.

That is if school board members let it.

And national expert on school boards spoke to a committee in Frankfort, focusing on JCPS.

He says large urban districts encounter plenty of chaos in and outside school was.

But that student but that school board members must KET student success as their north star.

Like if the district is inciting change.

>> Kind of mayhem or chaos a little bit internally.

And the board is having to react to the fires that are sort of self-imposed and not externally imposed.

>> That that has to limit their ability to be effective.

>> There is never going to be a day where there is not a fire.

And so if the position of boards is we have to pivot and allocate all of our time to each fire, they will never reveal to the organization.

The steady hand of leadership that is required to be engaged in the continuous improvement process.

So unfortunately what that means as a practical matter is that there has to be some amount of discipline to say that there are some fires that are so flay me that we got to focus on chair, but that a lot of these fires, we have to delegate that to superintendent and trust that their staff will sort that out only because the cost of us chasing all of them is that we will leave children behind.

>> The Council of Great City Schools represents and supports the nation's largest urban school districts.

It spoke to a state task force made up of state lawmakers in Jefferson County residents.

The committee has requested more input from sources that know the unique challenges of larger districts.

The task force will have its final meeting of the year Monday afternoon.

It will present a draft report with recommendations for the General Assembly.

Well, Kentucky American Water customers, you will be paying more for water each month.

The Kentucky Public Service Commission has approved Kentucky American's request for a rate increase so we can pay for 300 million dollars in water system.

Investments.

Some of those are already finished and others are being planned.

Kentucky American Water says the average water customers should expect to pay about $6 and $0.64 more per month because of this rate increase that's based on an average water usage of 3800 gallons a month.

The phrase original recipe is at the center of a lawsuit involving Kentucky Fried Chicken.

KFC is suing Church's Texas chicken saying churches began using the phrase original recipe in its advertising in September.

KFC is lawsuit says using that phrase, a phrase long associated with Kentucky Fried chicken could cause confusion.

The Courier Journal says KFC has used the slogan since 1972 churches, Texas Chicken declined to comment on the lawsuit.

♪ ♪ A new survey finds high rate of dental decay for Kentucky children between the ages of 2, 5, The early learners oral health Surveillance Project's findings come as a Republican state lawmaker is planning to once again introduced legislation that would remove a mandate that fluoride be added to drinking water.

Pamela Stein, a professor at UK says anecdotal reports from Dennis around the state pushed them to implement the survey.

More in tonight's look at medical news.

>> Our goal was to screen children in all 120 Kentucky counties.

We almost made it.

We screened in 106 of our 120 counties.

And we screen 6,600 children.

So dental decay sometimes called cavities.

Sometimes called Kerry's by dental professional.

We usually caught dental caries.

It's an infectious process.

So it's caused by a bacteria in the mouth that from its sugars that we eat to create an acid.

And that has said eventually weaken cities in creates a cavity and actual hole in that he's what we found is the overall rate for all children in Kentucky.

Was 34.6, basically 35% of our 2 to 5 year-olds across Kentucky had experienced the K. Kerry's experience is how we did know did it so that meant either they had a cavity that had been filled or the have current decay that needs to be treated.

The national survey found the right to be 23%.

So 23% for the national average where they looked at all children just like she did not a specific group versus are 34.6 we could rounded up to 35.

So that's a pretty big disparity right there.

And then when you look at the last national survey of 2 to 5 year-olds did look just at children who are below the poverty level.

And that right was 33%.

So our overall rate is tracking with the national rate of children in poverty.

And we found that the 2 regions in Kentucky that had the highest rate of decay.

Where the east and eastern region of Kentucky and the South central region of Kentucky.

Those 2 regions had the highest Kerry's experience, meaning untreated decay are treated to K as well as the highest rate of untreated decay.

In addition and potentially even more concerning is our rates of untreated decay.

That means the children who have a cavity that has been treated and could potentially be infectious or be an abscess.

And then when you look at our data versus the National data are untreated decay is twice the rate of the national data for children of the same age.

So that can mean a variety of things.

It can be and access to care problem.

90.

>> 5.96% of Kentucky children have dental insurance.

>> So that sounds like a really good thing.

But then when you think about the type of insurance they have over 50% of the children in Kentucky have Medicaid or CHIP.

And we don't have that many providers for that type of insurance.

It's an issue in terms of self esteem not having nice tee is a is a problem for smiling and talking feeling good about yourself.

Not only as a child but also into adulthood.

It can be a problem in getting a job if you don't have teeth or you have poor teeth.

Reporter all health, it can lead to a number of systemic illnesses.

We have a very high rate diabetes in Kentucky and there is really good evidence that oral infections contribute to poor sugar control.

So it's really a bi-directional relationship.

Their diabetes makes oral infections, worst oral infections, make diabetes control, worse, and I could go on and on about all of the different relationships between oral health and our overall health.

But it is important to set the child up for success in terms of the oral health for a lifetime of oral health.

>> Stein recommends parents and caregivers should get their child to the dentist by the child's first birthday.

Parents should make sure their child is brushing their teeth twice a day and parents should be watching their child's diet, particularly food items with sugar.

Well, did you know that 20% of Americans over the age of 54 experience us welling and their tissues called peripheral and Dima.

Now, this is a condition that results in swelling due to fluid buildup and most often affects the legs.

The swelling can be caused by various factors, understanding the causes and symptoms.

It's crucial for effective management and prevention on this week's edition of Kentucky Health, our Dr Wayne tax and talked about it.

But And Ali assistant professor of surgery at the University of Kentucky.

>> So a lot of time that I do that to an eye-opening about the Dema or swelling.

What is really going on when somebody has some swelling in the strip.

>> Dima is just a medical term, meaning that there is the extra fluid in the tissues.

Swelling is a more generic term for it.

That doesn't necessarily mean Ademas.

So, for instance, you could have spilling a joint space.

That's not what necessarily and, you know, the most just a fancy medical term for saying that you have an enlargement of an area with extra fluid in the tissue.

>> Find out more on Kentucky Health Sunday at one 30 pm Eastern 12, 30 central right here on KET.

♪ ♪ >> First Generation students or first jin's are undergraduates whose parents did not complete a four-year college or university degree.

The University of Kentucky is celebrating them in a big way this week.

The first Generation College celebration includes a range of events meant to lift up in connect first generation students and to bring awareness to resources available on campus.

>> From social mixers to resource fairs to glow in the dark.

Bingo, you case first generation student services team is going all out to celebrate First Gen students this week.

These students can have a hard time finding each other at a large school like UK, a program advisor Kayla Gill says there are a growing demographic on campus.

First in here, make that one-third of every incoming class.

So it's growing as our incoming classes are also growing.

We have a very diverse group.

The first incident here.

>> We get a lot of business in state.

A lot of viral Eastern Kentucky students as well as other urban areas.

We get a lot of Louisville freshman student.

>> The first generation college celebration is a fun way to recognize the achievements of this community of students.

But it's also an important opportunity to connect for students with resources they may not know exist.

Sometimes what we see is that those who went to college, their parents speak that curriculum to them.

So you know how to navigate you know, had to talk to professors after class.

>> You know, to join a sorority or fraternity because that something that you've been exposed to some time with their first incident who don't have that same exposure.

They still trying to nab the navigate those things by themselves.

And so we've got that the hidden curriculum, Nadia Rosales is a first generation student studying psychology.

She says asking for help is one of the hardest part of being First Gen.

I feel like a lot of first generation students feel the need to do everything by themselves.

>> We're not really open to asking for help or advice because we feel like everybody else already is a couple steps ahead of us.

I really struggled with that from my freshman and sophomore year.

It was only until junior year.

It actually did start asking for help.

And I found myself actually feeling lighter, feeling like I'm more prepared for my career in the future choices that I make.

>> Apart from this week's celebration, the first Generation student services team works year-round to support students from orientation week all the way to graduation.

>> We have faced in week, but we also start off the year with like are living learning community just for first in students where we have them here are out and they're able to connect with peers and also have programming.

We also do things with studying in steady resources.

We have learning labs, this student skin.

You can check out and also like study group's right.

And so we think a lot about the 4 you fully experience for students and really digging into what they need.

And one of the best decisions that I have made in college is going to integrate its success.

Coaching.

>> So that's where they specifically have like one on one talks to students and they help you with many parts of your college life, whether that's like person on our academic or even just like figuring out career choices, it very much help me figure out what exactly I wanted.

I felt like just having someone that's a knowledgeable about college life really made me feel comfortable integrating myself into like UK specifically most of the First Gen Student services team have a personal connection to their work.

>> They were first generation students as well.

They say the celebration isn't just a way for the students to connects to peers and resources.

It also gives them a glimpse into their future.

>> I hope that they take away that they have seen they are heard and they are valued here, the institution, but also just want them to know that they are supporting everything that they do and that there are those of us like me here at the institution where first team and have a strong success story and know that they can be them.

Also for Kentucky edition, I'm MacKenzie Spank.

The first Generation celebration week is every year and usually close to national First Generation College celebration Day.

>> This year it was November.

The 8th.

Around County man has spent nearly 50 years traveling the globe building and restoring wetlands.

Kentucky Edition met up with Tom by the cows are in Morehead at a wetland.

He helped develop to talk about the importance of these ecosystems and why he has dedicated his life to making sure they are around for generations to come.

>> Many people fail to realize how important Wetland Park Fire Mont when there's a club.

The wetlands gather that water and allow to soak into the ground there like a giant sponge that water just soaks into the ground and that recharges groundwater and groundwater is what we use for drinking.

So really well as a replenishing groundwater, which is so important runoff from most mine sites can be quite contaminated with heavy metals and other pollutants.

Wetlands can clean that runoff.

Wetlands are like a giant coffee filter.

They remove pollutants from the water and the water that comes out of a wetland is much cleaner.

So I've been building wetlands to lower salt concentrations in the water.

I've been building wetlands to remove heavy metals from mine sites.

And here's something to remember.

If you take dirty water and run it through a wetland is going to come out clean air and a lot of the clean water is going to soak into the ground and replenish groundwater.

Also, wetlands are important for flood control.

Many communities here in Kentucky are being hit by flooding and it's getting worse as we heard and surfaces with asphalt and blacktop.

But wetland restoration.

What happens is that these wetlands can collect the water during the flood and slowly injected into the ground while providing habitat for fish and wildlife.

They're just tremendous ecosystems.

I started building wetlands in 1978.

I built over 3,000 wetlands in my career and 27 different states.

3 Canadian provinces.

I build wetlands in Taiwan, New Zealand, Puerto Rico and what I'm interested in doing is teaching people how they can protect wetlands and of the wetlands are gone, how they can bring them back.

So now I teach classes all across North America showing people hard to design and build a wetland at a low cost.

I estimate that I've built a little over 2000 wetlands in Kentucky over the years over 1000 of those were in the Daniel Boone National Forest.

And it's really enjoyable to come back and to look at these wetland areas and to see all the plants that are growing.

Plus, all the while, a species that are using them.

What I've learned about health and the environment generally it will heal itself.

We humans have changed the landscape so much with heavy equipment, asphalt and concrete that we need active management to restore these ecosystems.

No, I'm not saying should build a wetland everywhere, but there are many places where you can build a wetland.

So many wetlands have been drained around Kentuckyian filled in in surrounding states that you can spend your entire life building wetlands and never make up for all these losses.

So, no, it's impossible to have too many wetlands.

I build them everywhere.

I build them and farm fields.

I build them on ridge tops and woods.

I build wetlands on mined areas building at schools for environmental education.

I've even built them from tennis courts that are being decommissioned and roads that are being reclaimed.

So, yes, we know the technology to build a wetland anywhere.

I've studied.

Wetlands have been built by humans.

They were hand dug and the claim was compacted by hand by humans.

2000 years ago.

So when I say we can build a wetland that will last 2000 years, there's proof other people have done it before us.

We're using the same techniques we can bring back these ecosystems.

>> According to buy a house or several endangered species of bats, native to Kentucky benefit from wetlands.

♪ ♪ >> The Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville has a new president div on hold was named the president and CEO of the Center last summer.

He is the first Louisville Yun and native Kentuckian to ever hold the position.

Kelsey Starks sits down with him at the Muhammad Ali Center on this week's inside Louisville.

I was shocked to learn you are the first live billion and Kentucky n. >> To have a permanent this permanent spot as president and CEO.

What does that mean to you?

>> Well, to me, it says that there's a need to make sure that this center is connected to this community.

You know, Muhammad Ali is a national, an international treasure.

He literally could have decided to place the center anywhere but decided that he wanted to wanted to have it here in Louisville because this is his home.

This is where he grew up.

And so we recognize that, yes, he's an international treasure and people come literally from around the world to experience the center.

But I want to make sure that is the first Louisville Yun in this role.

The first Kentucky native to service CEO, the Muhammad Ali Center that we work overtime to build inroads into our communities to make sure that the community values and appreciates and understands what this center is, what its impact is on the world and more specifically how the community has the potential to help us shape, who we will be and how we will show up in international spaces because this is the place that Muhammad Ali, I love the most home.

Louisville, Kentucky.

>> Hear the rest of that interview when we take you inside the Muhammad Ali Center on the next inside Louisville with Kelsey Starks.

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