♪ ♪ >> Israelis are be find something negative in all this bad-ass scene.

But I want to focus on something positive >> a state lawmaker who is also a school principal weighs in on student testing numbers.

>> I really enjoy shaping public policy.

>> Southern Kentucky Republicans gathered to celebrate their wins and look ahead to the party's future.

>> And just a really big white, a celebration of Kentucky are.

>> And then annual art gallery honors new and seasoned Kentucky artist.

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

♪ ♪ >> Good Evening and welcome to Kentucky EDITION on this midweek.

It is Wednesday, October, the 16th, I'm Renee Shaw.

We appreciate you winding down your Wednesday with us.

There is some sad news to report tonight.

The granddaughter and great granddaughter of the Kentucky Court of Appeals judge died in a car crash yesterday.

Judge Pamela Goodwine posted the news on Facebook last night.

The Herald leader reports the crash happened in Michigan.

19 year Old Jude Journey Padgett and her infant daughter were both killed in her post.

Judge, good one asked for prayers during this difficult time she's running for a seat on the Kentucky Supreme Court in next month's general election.

She and her opponent, Lexington Attorney, Aaron, we're scheduled to appear in a candidate forum tomorrow night in Lexington today.

Organizers said was canceled due to, quote, very sad and unfortunate circumstances posted.

Her condolences on social media saying, quote, and moments such as these our human bonds transcend politics and campaigns and quote, I talk about Judge good wine and her opponent, Aaron, within PR is Rylan Barton as part of our weekly political conversation.

You'll see that in just a few minutes.

The upcoming Election Amendment to add public policy.

All topics of interest at the Warren County Republican Party's annual fundraising dinner last night.

It included speeches from several high ranking members of the party at the local state and federal level.

Our Laura Rogers has more from Bowling Green and this election, 2024 update.

>> It worked out fine.

I think Bowling Green.

Warren County definitely punch above its weight when it comes to influence and Frankfort in Washington.

That was emphasized that the southern Kentucky Lincoln Day dinner, Bowling Green home to 2 members of Congress, including U.S.

Senator Rand Paul.

>> Universities of on the value of their dollar tree sharing his concerns over the rising national debt, worked to try and sort of the whole annually.

Paul, who says while he does support former President Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris, what does it differ from on some issues that I want protections will be a good thing for us.

It will simply be it.

>> A party chair Timothy Gilliam says presidential elections typically drive interest and voter turnout.

And so that's a good opportunity for both, you know, our party and our candidates to really capture those voters.

>> That don't typically vote every election cycle driving engagement in local races that can often affect the most noticeable change in once community.

Your school board races here, magisterial races, your fiscal court races, your city council races look, state legislator.

It's an honor and a joy to get to serve their.

I have some effect on people's lives, but I still don't have the same effect that those local elected officials have state Senate President Pro Tempore David Givens of Greene County, who is up for reelection in November, sharing his support for amendment to whittle.

Joyce is critical to student success if passed, the ballot measure would allow lawmakers to craft policy providing state funding for private schools.

It doesn't speak to money.

Leaving a school are coming to a school is simply says taxpayer funds can be used outside the system of common schools.

>> Its leaders, their school policy space.

>> Meet these young men and young women, the classroom every day at a critical place in their lives and they'll continue to do that because we as legislators believe in public schools.

We also know that some children don't fit into that public school space.

>> Then says Kentucky Republicans remain committed to lowering the personal income tax with debate and discussion over how to do it responsibly.

Do it in a way that doesn't erode our ability to support what we believe the role of government to be funding our schools, funding public safety funding or infrastructure.

When you look at our state legislative delegation, we have multiple members and leadership in Frankfort.

We have multiple members that service committee chairs.

William says he credits much of the success of Bowling Green and Warren counties.

Road rage of the elected leaders in those positions were proud and the party to have these folks representing our community, but also representing our party.

And we do everything we can to support to make sure they get re-elected when they're on the ballot.

>> We're Kentucky edition.

>> I'm Laura Rogers.

Thank you, Laura.

Bowling Green is Kentucky's 3rd largest city site Selection magazine recognized at this year for being number one and economic development.

>> Based on population size.

This month, the Kentucky Department of Education announced results from last year's standardized testing.

>> As a whole Kentucky students stay the same in reading, made modest gains in math.

>> And fell short in science compared to last year.

In tonight's Education Matters report, a state lawmaker who's also an elementary school principal.

It gives us his take on what the scores me.

>> A team that we are kindergartners.

Her first graders.

And I want you to explain to me.

And my colleagues.

Well, the word proficiency actually means.

For me, I would say slightly above average when I say slightly above.

Maybe if you look at percentile ranks may be in that the 70th percentile 60 70 percentile.

>> I we don't want to lower the standards.

But on the other hand, we want to make sure that we are giving an accurate measure where students are.

And that's something that our parents can understand and also make those decisions based on that.

I agree completely.

60, 70 percentile somewhere in that range, which is above average.

Yes, are sometimes quite a bit above average.

>> So the Israelis are be find something negative in all this bad-ass scene.

But I want to focus on something positive or you could make it very positive.

In Kentucky.

47 1% of our students.

Are proficient or distinguished.

So that would mean that 47 almost half of our kids.

Above.

Some of them significantly above average, correct?

So I think sometimes we get confused thinking that's a negative thing.

Proficiency is great.

But for some kids proficiency may not be attainable.

You know, maybe a kid that's, you know, they can't speak English life.

Representative Jacques was talking about that.

But but thank you for clarifying that.

I want to KET pounding that.

That, you know, proficiency is something that is above average in everything you look at its above average, you can.

>> State Representative Kevin Jackson of Bowling Green says ESL students may not be assessed fairly by standardized testing English learner students are exempt from testing the first year.

They're enrolled and Kentucky public schools.

Former Louisville police officer who fired shots into Briana Taylor's windows the night of the deadly 2020 police raid is going on trial for a 3rd time.

Federal prosecutors will try again to convict Brett Hankison of civil rights violations after their first effort ended and a jury deadlocked last year.

Hankison was also acquitted at a state trial in 2022. jury selection in federal court in Louisville began yesterday.

Hankison has testified in court that he thought he heard an assault rifle being fired inside the apartment and then shot into Taylor's windows.

His shots didn't hit anyone.

Louisville's new police chief Paul Humphrey spoke to the Louisville Forum last week.

Humphries entire career has been with Louisville Metro police.

Yes.

Why that makes a difference.

>> We've got to get people inside the inside the tent.

>> Having been here for my entire career and like there's several faces in here that I recognized that have nothing to do with my profession.

But several of the call on and talked to or, you know me and some time text.

And it's the same way for the professional contacts in the same way for the people that I work with.

I think.

Been gives me a unique perspective to be the only chief that has come from within the department that we've had since merger.

If something happens in a neighborhood, I don't need to pull it up on a map.

I know where it is.

I know people who live there.

There's not a part of this community and I can go to and not run into somebody that knows me from way back when or from something.

And so that that helps.

But I'll tell you one of the biggest ways that help says it helps in those tough conversations that you have to have with people.

This is already relationship Bill.

When you tell somebody something and they know that you actually care about him.

They're more willing to accept that.

Even if it's a negative thing.

>> Humphrey is Louisville's 6th police chief and 4 years.

Kentucky Paste restaurant chain has reached a deal with the U.S. Department of Labor for violating federal child labor laws.

Investigators found Long Incorporated employed more than 3 dozen children ages 14 15 years old to work longer.

And later hours that allowed by the federal labor Standards Act, a 13 year-old child was also found to be employed at the glasgow-based chain.

The company has agreed to pay $250,000 and penalties.

Almas OT lawn has restaurants and Glasgow Cave City Munfordville and Franklin.

In addition to multiple locations in Bowling Green.

Kentucky could get a new area code.

The Kentucky Lantern reports that the North American numbering plan administrator believes Kentucky will run out of 502, phone numbers by the year 2027.

That's the yellow area on this map.

The organization urges Kentucky to add another area code to the 502 area when the 5, oh twos are gone.

Newfound numbers would get the new area code.

People who already have 502, you KET it.

This has happened before, as you can see from this map, the area in Green already has 2 area codes to 7, 0, and 3.64.

And it's been that way since 2014.

♪ Time now to do a midweek, check-in of some major political news so far this week in Kentucky with our good friend Roy Lynn Barton, who was as editor with NPR, National Public Radio.

Good to see you.

>> You can see to an end.

>> So let's talk about a big story that we actually got a chance to talk to Sylvia Goodman about last week.

It's a story that she helped break as part of Kentucky Public Radio Joe Socket was also part of that effort.

NPR ran this story on Friday.

I think it's when I heard or Thursday of last week about TikTok and me dangers that that platform poses to teens in terms of mental health and all the other types of things that some internal communications revealed.

They tried to KET secret, but the sleuth that still be is discovered it.

There's been some developments sense then and Washington is paying attention.

What do we know now about where this is going?

>> a pair of bipartisan pair of U.S. senators is calling on TikTok too turn over all documents and information that they have related to this.

That that that TikTok KET that wildly popular app that could be a danger to kids and that they know that it that is very addictive.

And so they specifically cited this reporting from Kentucky Public Radio and and PR and they this is something that both Congress and state legislatures around the country have been you have been kind of been ratcheting up the pressure on TikTok over the last year or so.

You know, one thing that we saw, a lot of headlines was for calls for TikTok to divest to sell off and make sure that is sold to, you know, U.S. burden based investors, but also, you know, calls for it too, be more open That's incredibly effective.

And and as you know, is a legend here, addictive algorithm.

>> So much more to come on that to follow the Kentucky Supreme Court race District 5.

There is a vacancy on the Kentucky Supreme Court because that former chief justice, he still chief Justice Laurance Vanmeter has announced he would not seek reelection.

And now there are 2 women who are vying for the seat in Central Kentucky.

It encompasses 8 counties.

Tell us about those who are the 2 women who are vying for the seat and the dynamics in this race.

Yeah.

>> Of a Pamela Goodwine is facing a Aaron But then look at what is already the a veteran and a member of the Kentucky Court of Appeals and she has a massive fundraising advantage over over in this race just over the last few weeks.

He's raced $375,000, which also includes $200,000 from the Louisville Teachers Union, but also a former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg contribute $150,000.

2 political action committee that's supporting her efforts.

So it's you know, there's as we've seen over the years, Kentucky, the Kentucky Supreme Court is the final arbiter on a lot of things that come a lot of things related to state law, things the pass out of the state legislature.

And I think especially as you can see a little bit from some of these donations, theirs.

There's a lot of interesting what the how the court will rule on future cases related to public education and possibly public education funding this year.

Kentuckians will weigh in on amendment 2, which is would give the Legislature the authority to pass laws so that send public dollars to non traditional public schools to say charter schools or or even private school vouchers.

And I think that there's a lot of, you know, wonder if there's a lawsuit over We know how the Kentucky Supreme Court would end up ruling on that.

And so far the Supreme Court has you know, has stood by what's, you know, this line in the Constitution that says that that public dollars will not be spent on nonpublic, not uncommon schools.

So and we'll see if even the court with would be able to rule any differently.

That amendment passes.

Yeah.

>> Still a lot to watch, which is, of course, that just like any other judicial election.

This is a nonpartisan race.

But of course, you've got partisans wanting upon each side.

Former President Donald Trump and this is a presidential note, perhaps but not so much about the race.

He's made some comments about the hurricane relief efforts that our Democratic Governor, Kentucky's Democratic Governor Andy found inflammatory and want to set the record straight on.

Tell us about this.

>> Yes, I think that Andy Beshear is using his mantle as kind of this is a disaster.

Governor, somebody who oversaw the response to it historically terrible tornadoes and flooding and western Kentucky in eastern Kentucky respectively.

And he wasn't responding to some comments that the former president made you claiming that the federal government and FEMA is only giving $750 dollars to people have lost their homes, that there's, quote, no helicopters are rescue coming to flooded areas in North Carolina.

It's just those are just untrue statements.

It there are plenty of problems with FEMA and FEMA's response to to come to these disasters.

But, you know, some of the specific things are just they're just wrong.

But the Democratic governor.

You know, and you criticize the former President Ford.

And again, I think that this is this is something that has become a bit of tied to his character, has a, you know, you know, possibly a rising national star in the Democratic Party.

And so I think you saw this as an opportunity to speak up on this issue that he knows a lot about.

>> Well, speaking of governors, are we looking forward to the 2027 Kentucky governor's race?

There is a possible contender.

We know that.

Of course, Andy Beshear is term limited and Kentucky secretary of state Republican Michael Adams is term limited and the role he is now is the chief elections official.

He's looking ahead possibly to 2027 run for Governor.

>> And he said to that this a little bit before.

But hey, here's the latest.

Hint, the and the profile with the Harvard Law Bulletin.

He went to Harvard Law.

Yeah, he did.

He did say that he was considering a concern, possibly a run for governor.

He thinks that some of his bipartisan credentials, especially makens a good possible candidate This is he's he's really that stood up for of the election election.

Denialism that we've seen in recent years, especially since the 2020 election and just made him a bill up for it.

Among the more, you know, the the more conservative parts of the Republican Party.

So a little bit does remain to be seen whether or not he could win say a Republican primary for governor, but Kentucky's also shown that in statewide races it can be pretty purple being selected.

A Democratic governor twice in a row.

But that, again, we can look to other statewide races in Kentuckyian it is, you know, Kentucky, Lex, I'm pretty conservative Republicans on a statewide basis.

So this is something we'll continue to watch of the years and it's a shame.

The Adams is still kind of a I think, you know, putting some signals out there that he's interested in doing that.

And senior from anybody, a lineup.

>> Yeah, we can't even get there one election cycle before we're talking 2 ahead of us, right?

That's just how it works.

And basketball and politics.

That's our claim to fame.

Those are winds to fame.

But thank your island is always good to see you.

Take good care.

>> October is breast Cancer Awareness Month and Kentucky Edition talked with a surgical oncologist from the University of Kentucky.

She told us how to reduce your risk of breast cancer and what signs to look for more on that.

In tonight's look at medical news >> knowledge is power when women turning 40, assuming they're of average risk, they should be getting referred to graffiti.

We know that we can catch breast cancers earlier and improve survival from breast cancer.

If we catch them at an earlier stage, we use X-ray to look at the rest in different views.

Kind of compressing it in different ways to see if there are any.

Any findings that stand out to us that require further investigation.

They also do 3 D reconstructions of those X-ray so that we can get a really magnified view of any lesions are masses in the Nebraska.

We look for calcification to look for distortions of the tissue.

I would kind of divide breast cancer is the or really risk for anything into modifiable risk factors, things that we can take power of in control.

And then those non not a viable risk factors.

The things that we really have no control over.

So our our non modifiable risk factors are things like our.

If we have a genetic mutation, there's nothing unfortunately that we can do to stop that.

But in the modifiable category, there are things like lifestyle modifications.

We know that exercise is very good for helping with breast cancer risk reduction and having a healthy BMI.

I'm not smoking.

You can just kind of maximizing your health.

The reason why and doing a self.

Chad on a regular interval period once a month.

Ideally and having that knowledge of what your rest looks like and what it feels like.

It's very important because then you know your baseline and then, you know, when something changes.

And so things that you would be looking for include, like we said along, but also that evening of the skin inversion of the nipple, a change in texture of the area.

Lower the spin, redness of the skin or tenderness of the area of your breast.

Sometimes and it will discharge can be associated with the cancer.

And so these are all things to really KET in mind.

>> Doctor Weiner says breast cancer primarily affects women, but can also end because they have breast tissue breast cancer in men only represents one percent of the cases.

♪ ♪ Since 2011, the group of Prohibition has brought international artists to Lexington to do downtown murals while supporting street and graffiti.

Art.

This year, prohibition turned 13 and opened up its annual gallery at the Loudoun House last Friday.

We paid a visit for this week's Arts and Culture segment.

We call Tapestry exhibition of over 200.

>> Kentucky Artis, everyone from in the state, the region and from Lexington, all sorts of mediums and just a really big white.

A celebration of Kentucky are.

>> Our our gallery started off being very male dominated, very street art or graffiti.

Focus.

And while the gallery still street art or graffiti focused, the makeup of our artists has so dramatically changed this year.

And in past 4 or 5 years in particular, it is very few know forward.

It is representing a lot of minorities, people, different backgrounds and, you know, lifestyles.

And so for us, it's important to show that.

We don't look at anyone's name color age during orientation, whatever it is, we pick everything based solely on art.

And so for us, it's important to have something that represents the whole of the community, the whole state.

We've been doing it so long because we feel like it really is a way for artists who.

Either don't fit into a standard Kentucky gallery.

You know, they don't paint horses are landscapes or bourbon barrels.

They might make things a risque or, you know, politically motivated.

And so we wanted to give them a place to show their art.

>> One of the reasons that we support and encourage non-traditional arts subjects is because it is stuff that people want to see.

There is a market for it of people who want who want to see non-traditional arts subjects, you know, and so.

>> Yeah, we do have some news, some stuff that was, you know, it's a little more edgy.

Their people making.

The are those people that want to see the art.

>> And we are in the unique position of not being a.

>> 100% retail galleries.

So we can okay here to that that different niche market.

We.

>> It started partnering with prohibition in about 2017 to host the exhibition.

Cause.

It's a lot easier when you have an actual dedicated space gallery space is one of the highlights of my year.

>> On top of that, we also really like a focus on artists who are new artists who have been.

May may not be established yet and giving them a place where they can show their art with a low barrier to entry a lo-fi.

It keeps growing every single year this year at the opening it was shoulder to shoulder.

>> Upstairs and downstairs, it was it was fantastic.

>> Prohibition is always been formed as kind of our love letter to Lexington as well.

Lexington has this little like and it's not little anymore.

But there's this community of just absolutely amazing.

Weirdos.

I don't know how else that like say it's just such a cool place to live.

>> You know, make music, make you know, people who look like start crazy businesses or, you know, to create something in Lexington.

And there's a there really is this undercurrent of people who are going to support, you know, the arts and creatives in this town.

>> If you'd like to see this gallery or support the artists, you still have time.

The gallery is open until November.

The 22nd.

The League of Women Voters in Kentucky recently received a $10,000 Grant and the lake says it's putting that money to good use.

We really need to translate.

>> Our needs and demands through the democratic process.

>> How the non-partisan group is using its award to help boost voter turnout.

This election, you'll learn about that tomorrow on Kentucky EDITION, which we hope you'll join us for again at 6.30, Eastern 5.30, central, really in form, connect and inspire.

You can connect with us to our e-mail newsletters and you can watch full episodes and clips online on demand at KET Dot Org.

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Thank you so much for watching us tonight.

I'm Renee Shaw.

Until I see you again tomorrow.

Take really good care and have a great night.

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