the types of topics covered at next year's event.

>> A new wrinkle in the case of a state lawmaker up for reelection in November and advocates for and against a proposed constitutional amendments are raising millions of dollars.

Our Laura Rogers caught up with him PR journalist Rylan Barton.

For a look at some of the political stories making headlines so far this week in Kentucky.

>> Yeah, Reiland will begin with amendment 2 which will be on the November ballot.

And a lot of people call this the school choice referendum.

This is where voters will decide if they want public dollars to go to private schools.

And we have groups that are fund raising millions of dollars to advocate both for and against the passage of this amendment.

Who are these groups that are so passionate about this cause?

>> Yeah, they've been raising millions of dollars already for and against this issue.

And just as a reminder, what this does a change like which in the state constitution, currently the Constitution prohibits any public money from going to nonpublic for non common schools.

This would add language saying that the financial support from the state can be provided to outside the system of common schools.

Just that change in language.

So that actually doesn't do anything immediately to create that system.

But it opens the door to allow the legislature to pass a law that could fit within say that school choice model.

So say if our system work a system that lawmakers of trying to act before it's ruled against by courts that would allow tax breaks to go to full to donate to private school scholarships.

Anyway, there's 2 different groups have already raised millions of dollars.

One of them is called protect our schools, Kentucky, which is largely education union, Support an organization that rates about 3 million dollars and they are put down $200,000 for TVs, probably start seeing them across the state and we'll see a lot more important to the general election.

And then the other is called Protect Our Freedom PAC, which is something that's been involved in a Kentucky for a long time that they have a 2.4 million dollars cash on hand.

And this is largely supported by Pennsylvania, a Republican fundraisers for a lot of Rand Paul's effort.

Jeff Yass, he's made a force larger package, 3, 14 million dollars.

So some big players are already involved in this in this battle, which is really going to be the signature statewide vote that Kentuckians are going to weigh in on this November.

>> And then also apparently is going to be on the ballot in November, at least in the 40th House district State Representative Nima Kulkarni, a Democrat from Louisville, which we've been talking about this case now for weeks, if not months, there's been a lot of back and forth and appeals.

And it's my understanding it feels court actually now recommending this case be transferred to the Kentucky Supreme Court.

Where do we stand on this?

At the present moment?

Abs?

>> Yeah, it seems like we talk about this every week.

There's some new update.

That's the trip through Kentucky politics.

So this goes back to somebody on the medical part of this team had not properly registered as at the appropriate times and because you have to sign off on her candidate certification makers and she was still registered as Republican.

Technically that option her candidacy was actually disqualify.

So the court created.

It's not as if there's a vacancy for that for that race, which spent a lot of the party to its own nominee, the party of the People party.

But the other Democrat running that race earlier this year said no way I should be the candidate.

She shouldn't be allowed to.

And as you just said, the Franklin Circuit Court, which we spent a lot of the said State politics and state government matter said that no, in fact, Carney is the do full the nominee here.

So she's going to as of now be on the ballot are in search or if they can seize them created and that she can be all about run this We will see that the Supreme Court that could be one more bite at this.

Apple of the deadline is coming up.

Ballots are supposed to be printed by Monday next week.

>> Yeah, the election.

What about 8 weeks away right now?

Yet just 2 months or and then also in Jefferson County, a couple of other Democrats that are hoping to turn their House district blue.

Those seats currently held by Republicans and they're getting a lot of support from Governor Andy Beshear on the campaign trail.

>> Yeah, just taking a little bit of a look at, you know, of all the seats in the state.

House of Representatives are up for re-election.

Half of the state Senate is up for reelection.

Republicans in the Kentucky Legislature and are at a high water.

Hard to imagine them capturing more seats so that 80 at 100 seats in the house and this is appointments.

Democrats are trying to call back some of that ground.

They lost over over the years.

And Kentucky Lantern the kind.

Of course, we had a great story this week profiling a couple of races in suburban Louisville that Democrats are trying to flip in favor of their party.

A couple of incumbent Republicans.

They're going Emily Calloway can Fleming.

And there's a couple Democratic candidates, strong Stovall, obviously union leader and also an education advocate for over 10 foot.

The seas.

You know, this is something Democrats have been trying for the last several years and been doing obviously the loss of his friend recently.

But they're hoping that with any issues help is rates profile in recent years have been a little bit more political muscle behind their backs to sway things in their favor.

But this is just one of those wait and see things.

Kentucky has up until this point just shown how you know, he's just really moved to favor Republicans center.

yeah, we haven't.

We haven't seen that turning back yet.

It's only been getting more and more public.

>> Yes, not a single Democrat told us a legislative office in the Central Time zone.

The state.

I think that's interesting to point out as well is the perception there in Jefferson County that those Democrats are garnering some support?

>> I think that there's always hope from Democrats.

They just imagine that of Louisville is the Democratic stronghold in the state and that they should be able to pick up a bit more ground pick up.

But I think it's good to point out that will actually is no is a model that there are conservative parts of.

>> Of the of the county.

And obviously these districts are drawn in a way to pay for this incumbent Republicans after redistricting.

>> In 2020 in parts of those of these districts to also going and county and bullet County.

So there's no guarantee that Democrat that when these, but I think that least that is the head of the more competitive than they used to be.

>> Thank you as always, for providing some more information on these big political stories of the week.

We really appreciate your time and we will see you again next Wednesday.