June 10, 2025

Kentucky's state auditor says she'll look into FCPS, the latest on an ethics investigation involving a state representative, and Congressman Guthrie discusses A.I. and nuclear energy.

Episode Transcript

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[♪♪]

>> Renee (00:06):
KENTUCKY STATE AUDITOR
MAKES HER DECISION.
WILL SHE INVESTIGATE FAYETTE
COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AFTER A
TAX HIKE VOTE THAT IS NOW ON
HOLD?
>> CASES OF PERTUSSIS HAVE
REALLY SKYROCKETED IN KENTUCKY.
SO AND NATIONWIDE.
AFTER TWO DEATHS IN

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KENTUCKY, SOME WONDER IF
DECLINING IMMUNIZATION RATES ARE
CAUSING THE SPREAD OF WHOOPING
COUGH.
>> WE CAN SHOW PEOPLE LET'S GET
YOU OFF THE COUCH AND GET YOU
BACK INTO LIFE.
IF WE CAN GET YOU INTO THE GAME
OF GOLF FOR SOME IT'S THE GAME
OF LIFE.
HOW ADOPTIVE GOLF CAN
HELP PEOPLE GET BACK INTO THE

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SWING OF THINGS.
>> PRODUCTION OF "KENTUCKY
EDITION" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN
PART BY THE KET MILLENNIUM FUND.
[♪♪]

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GOOD EVENING AND
WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION" ON
THIS TUESDAY, JUNE THE 10TH.
I'M RENEE SHAW WE THANK YOU FOR
SPENDING SOME OF YOUR TUESDAY
NIGHT WITH US.
>>> STATE AUDITOR ALLISON BALL
SAYS SHE WILL LOOK INTO THE
FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL
SYSTEM AFTER THE SCHOOL BOARD'S
ATTEMPT TO RAISE THE

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OCCUPATIONAL TAX TO DEAL WITH
THE BUDGET DEFICIT.
THE BOARD'S VOTE CAME WITHOUT
PROPER NTH TO THE PUBLIC.
HERE IS THE STATEMENT FROM
AUDITOR BALL.
QUOTE UPON REVIEW OF PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE INFORMATION AS WELL AS
LISTENING TO CONCERNS FROM
PARENTS AND OTHER CONSTITUENTS,
I HAVE DETERMINED THAT MY OFFICE
WILL CONDUCT A SPECIAL
EXAMINATION OF THE FAYETTE

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COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT END
QUOTE.
ON MAY 27TH, THE SCHOOL BOARD
VOTED 3-2 TO RAISE THE
OCCUPATIONAL TAX IN FAYETTE
COUNTY FROM .5% TO .75%.
SOME CITIZENS COMPLAINED AND
KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL
RUSSELL COLEMAN RULED THE BOARD
DPTD'S PROPERLY NOTIFY THE
PUBLIC IN ADVANCE OF THE VOTE.

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ACCORDING TO THE LEXINGTON
HERALD-LEADER A LAWYER ADVISING
THE SCHOOL BOARD SAYS THE NOTICE
WAS NOT NEEDED BECAUSE THE
FAYETTE COUNTY FISCAL COURT
WOULD HAVE THE FINAL SAY ON
RAISING THE TAX.
LAST NIGHT THE BOARD DECIDED TO
PAUSE THE PROPOSED OCCUPATIONAL
TAX.
BEFORE BALL'S ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT
HER PLANS TO EXAMINE THE SCHOOL

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SYSTEM, THE BOARD SAID IT WOULD
PUT TOGETHER ITS OWN COMMITTEE
TO LOOK INTO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM'S
BUDGET.
THE HERALD-LEADER REPORTS THE
COMMITTEE WILL BE MADE UP OF
STUDENTS, STAFF, BUSINESS
LEADERS, FAITH LEADERS AND THE
PUBLIC.
SIX REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF THE
KENTUCKY STATE SENATE WHO
REPRESENT PARTS OF FAYETTE
COUNTY PUT OUT A JOINT STATEMENT

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SUPPORTING AUDITOR BALL'S
DECISION.
QUOTE WE STEADFASTLY SUPPORT
ALLISON BALL'S SPECIAL
EXAMINATION OF FCPS,
TRANSPARENCY, HONESTSY AND
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FROM
ESSENTIAL.
A DEEPER INDEPENDENT REVIEW
COULD CLARIFY HOW TAXPAYER
DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT AND HELP
RESTORE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE

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DISTRICT'S LEADERSHIP.
END QUOTE.
>>> IN OTHER NEWS, THE KENTUCKY
LEGISLATIVE ETHICS COMMISSION IS
OFFERING TO END AN INVESTIGATION
INTO STATE REPRESENTATIVE DANIEL
GROSS BERG.
THE COURIER JOURNAL WAS THE
FIRST TO REPORT.
ACCORDING TO THAT PAPER THE
COMMISSION IS PREPARED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT PROBABLE CAUSE
MAY EXIST TO SHOW GROSSBURG MAY

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HAVE VIOLATED STATE LAW ON TWO
OCCASIONS.
IF GROSSBURG AGREED HE WOULD BE
FINED $4,000 AND GIVE UP HIS
RIGHT TO SUE THE COMMISSION AND
ANYONE INVOLVED WITH
INVESTIGATING COMPLAINTS AGAINST
HIM.
BUT THE DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKER SAID
HE WILL NOT SIGN OFF ON THE
DEAL.
IF HE DOESN'T, THE PAPER REPORTS
HIS CASE WOULD COME BEFORE THE

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COMMISSION ON JUNE 17TH.
GROSSBURG HAS BEEN UNDER
INVESTIGATION BY THE RESEARCH
COMMISSION FOR NEARLY A YEAR
FOLLOWING ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL
HARASSMENT AND INAPPROPRIATE
BEHAVIOR.
>>> ADDITIONAL TROOPS ARE HEADED
TO LOS ANGELES ON PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP'S ORDERS IN
RESPONSE TO PROTESTS OVER
IMMIGRATION RAIDS.

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CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM
IS CALLING THE MOVE TO MOBILIZE
THE STATE'S NATIONAL GUARD QUOTE
AN ABUSE OF POWER.
HE HAS THE BACKING OF EVERY
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR, INCLUDING
KENTUCKY GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR.
ANDY BESHEAR IS VICE-CHAIR OF
THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR'S
ASSOCIATION WHICH PUT OUT A
STATEMENT THAT READS IN PART
QUOTE IT'S IMPORTANT WE RESPECT
THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY OF OUR

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COUNTRY'S GOVERNORS TO MANAGE
THEIR NATIONAL GUARDS.
AND WE STAND WITH GOVERNOR
NEWSOM WHO HAS MADE IT CLEAR
THAT VIOLENCE IS UNACCEPTABLE
AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES SHOULD BE
ABLE TO DO THEIR JOBS WITHOUT
THE CHAOS OF THIS FEDERAL
INTERFERENCE AND INTIMIDATION.
END QUOTE.
IN RESPONSE, THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY OF KENTUCKY IS OUT WITH

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ITS OWN STATEMENT.
QUOTE, ANDY BESHEAR'S OPPOSITION
TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ATTEMPT TO
RESTORE ORDER AND GAIN CONTROL
OF A DANGEROUS SITUATION IS JUST
THE LATEST REMINDER THAT HIS
DELUSIONAL PRESIDENTIAL
FANTASIES MATTER MORE TO HIM
THAN WHAT THE OVERWHELMING
MAJORITY OF KENTUCKIANS SUPPORT,
PUBLIC SAFETY AND FORCING
FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAW AND

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STANDING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
END QUOTE.
>>> YESTERDAY, DURING MY
CONVERSATION WITH STATE SENATOR
AMANDA MAYS BLEDSOE OF LEXINGTON
WE TALKED ABOUT A PROVISION IN
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S STZ AND
BUDGET BILL THAT BANS STATES
FROM ENFORCING STATE ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE LEGISLATION FOR 10
YEARS.
CONGRESSMAN BRETT GUTHRIE OF

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KENTUCKY'S SECOND DISTRICT IS
CHAIR OF THE HOUSE ENERGY AND
COMMERCE COMMITTEE.
HE IS ONE OF THE KEY PLAYERS IN
THAT BUDGET DEBATE.
THIS MORNING DURING "POLITICO"'S
ENERGY SUMMIT BRETT GUTHRIE
TALKED ABOUT THE THINKING BEHIND
THAT A.I. PROVISION.
>> 50 DIFFERENT --
OUR SYSTEM IS UNIQUE AND IT'S
GREAT AND THE 10TH AMENDMENT AND

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EVERY STATE HAS ITS OWN RIGHT TO
DO WHAT IT WANTS TO DO.
BUT THE COMMERCE CLAUSE MY
COMMITTEE'S CREATION I DO
BELIEVE THIS RISES TO THE LEVEL
OF THE COMMERCE CLAUSE THAT
CONGRESS HAS THE AUTHORITY OVER
A.I.
GENERAL ASSEMBLIES WERE IN
SESSION THIS SPRING THERE WERE
A.I. BILLS LET'S PUT A

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MORATORIUM I SPOKE TO A GROUP OF
A.I. FOLKS IN TOWN LAST WEEK AND
I SAID WE'RE NOT PREEMPTING 50
STATES FOR YOU TO HAVE NOTHING.
WE PREEMPTING 50 STATES TO HAVE
A FEDERAL STANDARD AND GUARDRAIL
AND WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE
BEST SITUATION IS HERE IS THE
FEDERAL GUARDRAIL THAT PREEMPTS

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THE STATES AND HERE IT IS BUT WE
ARE STILL WORKING ON THE
GUARDRAIL.
BECAUSE IN THE BILL WE WANT OUR
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT TO IMPLEMENT
A.I. AND SO WE PUT MONEY FOR
THEM TO DO SO.
AND FOR US TO HAVE 50 DIFFERENT
STATES OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TO DEAL WITH IS DIFFICULT.
THE INTENT IS WE HAVE A NATIONAL
STANDARD.
CONGRESSMAN GUTHRIE

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TALKED ABOUT THE MERITS OF
NUCLEAR POWER AS A SOURCE OF
ENERGY FOR AMERICA.
>> ZERO CARBON.
IT IS AND WE'RE GETTING BETTER
WITH IT AND YOU HAVE SMALL
NUCLEAR REACTORS.
BILL GATES TOLD ME THAT A
MICROSOFT DATA CENTER COULD USE
AS MUCH POWER AS THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
THINK ABOUT IF YOU BUILD A DATA

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CENTER USING A CITY'S WORTH OF
GRID IMMEDIATELY IT'S NOT LIKE
SEATTLE DEVELOPS OVER 100 YEARS.
AND YOU BUILD A GRID FOR THAT.
THIS IS BOOM YOU PLOP IT DOWN
AND WE NEED IT.
A GOOD USE WOULD BE SMALL
NUCLEAR REACTORS AND PEOPLE ASK
IF THEY ARE SAFE.
I WILL TELL YOU WE HAVE SMALL

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MODULAR NUCLEAR REACTORS AND PUT
[INAUDIBLE] 18-40-YEAR-OLDS IN
THE WORLD PUT THEM UNDERWATER IN
A SUBMARINE THEY HAVE DONE IT
SAFELY AND WE CAN DO IT SAFELY.
BUT IT DOES TAKE A WHILE.
>> HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE?
>> THE PROBLEM IS YOU CAN'T NOT
DO IT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE
TOO LONG WE HAVE TO GET THE

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PROCESS MOVING FORWARD.
WE HAVE TO NOT TAKE POWER OFF
LINE THAT WE HAVE.
AND WE HAVE TO WIND AND SOLAR IS
SOMETHING YOU CAN EXPAND QUICKER
PARTICULARLY SOLAR.
CONGRESSMAN GUTHRIE'S
KENTUCKY COLLEAGUE JAMES COMER
OF THE FIRST DISTRICT IS WORRIED
ABOUT THE MISS HANDLING OF
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS GENETIC

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INFORMATION.
THE COMPANY 23 AND ME DECLARED
BANKRUPTCY.
OTHER COMPANIES ARE LOOKING TO
BUY IT.
23 AND ME IS A COMPANY THAT
TRACKS PEOPLE'S GENETIC HISTORY
AFTER THEY SEND IN A SALIVA
SAMPLE.
COMER WONDERING WHAT WILL HAPPEN
WHEN SOMEONE BUYS ALL OF THAT
INFORMATION.
>> TO WHOEVER ENDS UP
CONTROLLING THE COMPANY THERE

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ARE SERIOUS CONCERNS WHAT WILL
HAPPEN TO THIS PRIVATE
INFORMATION.
HOW WILL IT BE STORED?
WHAT WILL IT BE USED FOR?
0 COULD IT END UP IN THE HANDS
OF A FOREIGN ADVERSARY?
THROUGH INVESTMENT THROUGH
FUTURE PARTNERSHIPS?
COULD THE INFORMATION BE USED
AGAINST CUSTOMERS?
CONSUMERS?
23 AND ME AS A RECORD IN

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ENGAGING WITH FOREIGN
ADVERSARIES NAMELY THE CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY THEY RECEIVED
CASH FROM A CORPORATE VENTURE
ARM OF A COMPANY WITH TIES TO
THE C.L. BROWN P AND CHINESE
PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY.

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AT THE TIME THE INVESTMENT
VALUED 23 AND ME AND 2.1
BILLION.
COMER IS CHAIR OF THE
HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WHICH
BEGAN HEARINGS TODAY INTO 23 AND
ME HE EXPECTS TO HEAR FROM THE
COMPANY'S C.E.O.
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A NEW AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD A
CHANGE FOR WATER CUSTOMERS, AND
NEW PLANS FOR A DATA CENTER OUR
TOBY GIBBS HAS DETAILS ON ALL
THREE OF THOSE ITEMS IN OUR
TUESDAY LOOK AT HEADLINES AROUND
KENTUCKY.

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SOME PEOPLE IN OLDHAM COUNTY
DIDN'T LIKE THE PROPOSED
LOCATION FOR A DATA CENTER —
OFF HIGHWAY 53.
SO THERE'S A NEW PROPOSAL.
THE OLDHAM ERA REPORTS OWNERS OF
THE OC
DATA CENTER NOW WANT TO LOCATE
ON D.W. GRIFFITH LANE, THE HOME
OF THE SAUERBECK
FAMILY DRIVE-IN.
COUNTY LEADERS SAY IT'S A
SOLUTION THAT ADDRESSES CRITICS'
CONCERNS
WHILE STILL GIVING OLDHAM COUNTY
A NEW BUSINESS THAT WILL BENEFIT

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THE TAX BASE.
ABOUT FIVE-THOUSAND WATER
CUSTOMERS IN HART AND GRAYSON
COUNTIES WILL BE CHANGING
PROVIDERS.
ACCORDING TO THE EDMONSON VOICE,
THE EDMONDSON COUNTY WATER
DISTRICT
WILL END SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS
IT'S BEEN SERVING, OUTSIDE THE
COUNTY.
THE DISTRICT PLANS
TO MERGE TWO TREATMENT PLANTS

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INTO ONE — AND DECIDED IT WOULD
BE BETTER FOR EVERYONE
IF HART COUNTY CUSTOMERS
SWITCHED TO THE GREEN RIVER
VALLEY WATER DISTRICT, WHILE
GRAYSON COUNTY CUSTOMERS JOINED
THE GRAYSON COUNTY WATER
DISTRICT.
DANVILLE AND BOYLE COUNTY ARE
LOOKING AHEAD TO ECONOMIC GROWTH
WITH THE BUILDING OF
A NEW ACCESS ROAD TO THE
DANVILLE-BOYLE COUNTY AIRPORT.
THE ADVOCATE-MESSENGER

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REPORTS THE RIBBON CUTTING WAS
MAY 28TH.
THE MONEY IS FROM A FEDERAL
GRANT.
THE ROAD IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF
THE AIRPORT.
THE COMMUNITY
HOPES THIS MEANS AIRPORT GROWTH
AND EXPANDED AVIATION SERVICES.
TRAINING EXERCISES STARTED LAST
FRIDAY AT FORT KNOX.
AND THEY COULD BE NOISY.

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THE
NELSON COUNTY GAZETTE SAYS
PEOPLE LIVING NEARBY COULD HEAR
AIRCRAFT, AND WEAPONS
FIRING, DAY AND NIGHT.
THE TRAINING LASTS THROUGH JUNE
19TH.
WITH HEADLINES AROUND KENTUCKY,
I'M TOBY GIBBS.
[♪♪]

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THE U.S. HOUSE PASSED
PRESIDENT DOBB DON'T DONALD
TRUMP'S BUDGET BILL INCLUDING
CUTS TO MEDICAID WHICH
SUPPORTERS SAY WILL ONLY AFFECT
ABLE-BODIED NONWORKING ADULTS.
OPPONENTS SAY OTHER GROUPS COULD
BE AT RISK OF LOSING COVERAGE
DUE TO PAPERWORK BURDENS.
31,000 KENTUCKIANS WITH

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INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
COVERED BY MEDICAID COULD BE ONE
OF THOSE GROUPS.
KEY ASSETS KENTUCKY IS ONE OF
THE FEW MEDICAL PROVIDERS IN THE
STATE FOR THIS POPULATION AND
ITS LEADERSHIP SAYS IF THOSE
CLIENTS LOSE COVERAGE THEY MAYBE
COMPLETELY OUT OF OPTIONS.
MACKENZIE SPINK HAS MORE.
>> KEY ASSETS KENTUCKY PROVIDES
A RANGE OF MENTAL HEALTH

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SERVICES TO YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE
STATE.
BUT IT'S CHILDREN IN COMMUNITY
CARE OR C.L. BROWN C PROGRAM IS
UNIQUE IN THIS AREA.
C. C. C. PROVIDES GROUP HOMES
FOR YOUTH IN THE FOSTER CARE
SYSTEM WHO NEED CARE FOR AUTISM
SPECTRUM DISORDER OR
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES.

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IT IS THE ONLY PROGRAM IN THE
STATE.
>> THESE KIDS HAVE SIGNIFICANT
SUPPORT NEEDS AND LIVING IN
PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS.
WHICH MOST OF US CAN AGREE THAT
IS NOT A PLACE FOR A KID TO GROW
UP.
IT WAS REALLY OUR MISSION TO
CREATE A COMMUNITY MODEL FOR
THEM TO LIVE IN GROUP PARTS AND
GOING TO SCHOOLS AND THRIVE IN

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THEIR COMMUNITIES.
>> THE CHILDREN IN THE KEY
ASSETS GROUP HOMES RECEIVE
TAILORED TREATMENT PLANS TO MEET
THEIR NEEDS.
AND THERE'S SPECIAL EMPHASIS
PLACED ON ENGAGING THE
COMMUNITY.
>> WE HAVE "ONE-TO-ONE" STAFFING
WHEN THE KIDS COME HOME THEY ARE
MET AT THE SCHOOL BUS AND THE
YOUTH ARE BRINGING THEM INSIDE
AND THEY HAVE A ROUTINE AND A

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SCHEDULE.
OFTEN THAT IS SNACK TIME AND IF
THEY HAVE HOMEWORK THEN THEY
WORK ON HOMEWORK.
AND SO OUR GOAL IS THAT WE WANT
THEM TO HAVE AS NORMAL OF A
CHILDHOOD AS POSSIBLE.
IT'S ALREADY NOT NORMAL BECAUSE
THEY ARE NOT LIVING WITH THEIR
FAMILY.
SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO REALLY HELP
THEM BE A PART OF THAT COMMUNITY
AND ULTIMATELY WE WANT THAT

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COMMUNITY TO EMBRACE THEM.
TO SEE LOOK AT THESE KIDS IN OUR
COMMUNITY AND HOW CAN WE WRAP
OUR LOVE AND SUPPORT AROUND
THESE KIDS AS WELL.
>> JEREMY'S SON ANDREW CURRENTLY
LIVES IN A KEY ASSETS GROUP
HOME.
HE SAYS IT'S PROVIDED A QUALITY
OF LIFE FOR HIS SON THAT WASN'T
POSSIBLE IN THE HOME.
>> ANDREW HAS A MYRIAD OF

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SPECIAL NEEDS AND HEALTH
CONDITIONS RANGING FROM CEREBRAL
PALSY, HE IS NONVERBAL AND
STRUGGLES WITH BEHAVIORAL
CHALLENGES AS WELL.
AS MY SON HAS GOTTEN OLDER, AND
BIGGER, AND JUST LARGER IN
GENERAL, LIKE SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES HAVE BECOME DIFFICULT
FOR US AT AN IN-HOME SET SNOOK

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AFTER SPENDING TIME IN A
HOSPITAL IN CINCINNATI THE
NEAREST CARE OPTION FOR SPECIAL
NEEDS FAMILIES IN KENTUCKY
HAYDEN SAYS IT WAS CLEAR ANDREW
THRIVED IN A STRUCTURED
ENVIRONMENT THAT COULD NOT BE
REPLICATED AT HOME.
AFTER A JOURNEY OF ADVOCATING
FOR HIS SON HAYDEN WAS ABLE TO
SECURE AN AGREEMENT FOR THE
STATE FOR ANDREW TO ENTER INTO

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KEY ASSETS CARE WITHOUT GOING
INTO THE FOSTER SYSTEM.
>> ANDREW HAS NEVER BEEN BETTER.
I SAY THAT FROM THE HEART AND
FACT.
LIKE ANDREW WAS THRIVING.
WHEN ANDREW FIRST WENT TO KEY
ASSETS, ANDREW WAS PRETTY MUCH
IN A WHEELCHAIR.
SINCE BEING AT KEY ASSETS
IMMEDIATELY THEY GOT TO WORK AND
GOT HIM STRENGTHENED.

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HE RARELY NEEDS A WHEELCHAIR
ANYMORE AT THIS POINT.
HE IS WALKING MOVING AROUND
GREAT.
HE GETS ALL KINDS OF THERAPIES
THAT WE COULD NEVER GET HIM IN
OUR HOME.
>> KEY ASSETS CLIENTS OFTEN USE
A MIX OF FUNDING INCLUDING
MEDICAID DOLLARS TO PAY FOR
THEIR STAY IN THE C. C. C.
HOUSING IF ONE LOST MEDICAID

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COVERAGE SHE CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT
THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE IN A
STATE WITH FEW RESOURCES
SPECIALIZED FOR THIS POPULATION.
>> IT WOULD BE DEVASTATING TO
THOSE INDIVIDUALS NOT TO HAVE
THAT --
THERE IS NOWHERE ELSE TO RECEIVE
THAT HEALTHCARE.
THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE TO RECEIVE
THAT MENTAL HEALTHCARE AND
SUPPORT.
WE DO FACE A SERIOUS PROBLEM

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RIGHT NOW WITH SOME OF OUR KIDS
THAT ARE IN THE FOSTER CARE
SYSTEM OF HAVING TO LIVE IN
STATE OFFICES AND HOTELS BECAUSE
THERE'S NO PLACES FOR THEM TO
GO.
NOW, THAT IS NOT A MEDICAID
ISSUE BUT THAT GOES TO SHOW THE
SHORTAGE WE HAVE TO PROVIDE GOOD
HOMES FOR KIDS COMING INTO
FOSTER CARE.
SO ALTHOUGH WE MAY ONLY SERVE UP

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TO 22 YOUTH IN THIS PROGRAM,
THAT WOULD BE UP TO 22 YOUTHS
THAT WOULD BE HOMELESS.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WOULD
GO.
I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE MOST OF THE
SUPPORTS FOR THEM ARE BECAUSE OF
THEIR DISABILITIES.
AND ARE PAID FOR BY MEDICAID.
>> THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET
OFFICE ESTIMATES THAT ONE BIG

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BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT WOULD LEAD TO
ALMOST 11 MILLION PEOPLE BEING
UNINSURED BY 2034.
MIKE JOHNSON SAID THE AMERICANS
AFFECTED ARE THOSE ENTWINED IN
OUR WORK TO ELIMINATE FRAUD,
WASTE AND ABUSE END QUOTE.
AND THAT VULNERABLE GROUPS
INCLUDING THE DISABLED WILL BE
PROTECTED.
FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M

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MACKENZIE SPINK.
THANK YOU.
KEY ASSETS KENTUCKY'S COMMUNITY
SUPPORT PROGRAM SERVES 700 YOUNG
PEOPLE IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY
PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH AND CASE
MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
HALL SAYS NEARLY ALL OF THOSE
CLIENTS ARE COVERED BY MEDICAID.
>>> TWO INFANTS DIED OF
PERTUSSIS OR WHOOPING COUGH

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WITHIN THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
THOSE ARE THE FIRST DEATHS
RELATED TO WHOOPING COUGH IN
KENTUCKY SINCE 2018.
SO WHY THE INCREASE IN CASES?
A LOOK MORE IN TONIGHT'S MEDICAL
NEWS.
>> WE KNOW THAT PERTUSSIS CAN BE
VERY SEVERE IN YOUNG INFANTS.

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ABOUT A THIRD OF YOUNG INFANTS
SO THOSE LESS THAN A YEAR OF
AGE.
OF WHEN THEY GET PERTUSSIS THEY
GET HOSPITALIZED.
AND YOUNG INFANTS ARE AT RISK
FOR SEVERE COMPLICATIONS OF
PERTUSSIS.
INCLUDING PNEUMONIA AND
SEIZURES.
CASES OF PERTUSSIS HAVE REALLY

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SKYROCKETED IN KENTUCKY.
SO AND NATIONWIDE.
SO IF WE JUST LOOK AT PERTUSSIS
CASES LAST YEAR IN THE U.S.
RCHTION THERE WERE MORE THAN
35,000 CASES OF PERTUSSIS.
THAT IS A LOT.
ACCORDING TO THE KENTUCKY
DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, WE
HAD, I THINK, 543 CASES OF

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PERTUSSIS IN KENTUCKY.
PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS THINK
THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS THAT
THE CASES ARE GOING UP.
ONE IS THAT IMMUNIZATION RATES
ARE FALLING.
WE TALKED ABOUT VACCINATIONS.
AND PERTUSSIS IS A VACCINE
PREVENTIBLE DISEASE.
BUT IMMUNIZATION RATES ARE DOWN.

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SO THAT'S CERTAINLY CONTRIBUTES
TO INCREASED CASES.
PERTUSSIS VACCINE IS GOOD.
BUT IMMUNITY DOESN'T LAST
FOREVER.
IMMUNITY WANES OVER TIME.
SO AS YOU GET FURTHER OUT FROM
YOUR VACCINE, YOUR PROTECTION
DECLINES.
AND THAT CAN ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO

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INCREASED CASES.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT THE
VACCINE ISN'T PERFECT.
IT CAN PREVENT SOME OF THE MOST
SEVERE COMPLICATIONS OF
PERTUSSIS T MIGHT NOT PREVENT
WHAT WE KNOW IT DOESN'T PREVENT
EVERY MILD CASE.
AND SO PEOPLE WITH MILD
PERTUSSIS CAN SPREAD THE
DISEASE.
ONE WAY WE PROTECT YOUNG INFANTS

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AGAINST WHOOPING COUGH IS TO
GIVE THEIR MOTHERS PERTUSSIS
VACCINE DURING PREGNANCY.
AND THE MOM MAKES ANTIBODIES
THOSE CROSS THE PLACENTA AND
WILL PROTECT THE YOUNG INFANT.
WHAT WE KNOW FROM THE PRESS
RELEASE THAT KDPH RELEASED LAST

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WEEK IS THAT THE INFANTS WHO
DIED HAD NOT BEEN IMMUNIZED
AGAINST PERTUSSIS AND IT SOUNDS
LIKE THEIR MOTHERS HAD NOT BEEN
IMMUNIZED AGAINST PERTUSSIS.
Dr. BRYANT
ENCOURAGES ADULTS TO GET THE T
DAP SHOT WHICH COVERS TETANUS,
DIPTHERIA AND PERTUSSIS IF THEY
ARE AROUND INFANTS.

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[♪♪]
THE TURFS ARE GREEN FOR GOLFERS
OF ALL ABILITIES.
WHETHER SOMEONE WAS BORN WITH A
MISSING LIMB, SUFFERED A STROKE
OR LOST THEIR EYESIGHT THEY CAN
STILL PLAY GOLF.
TONIGHT WE INTRODUCE YOU TO
ATHLETES WHO ARE HITTING THE
GREEN, INCLUDING ONE KENTUCKY
LAWMAKER.

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>> AT A SHELBYVILLE GOLF COURSE,
THAI THOMPSON TAKES A SWING HE
HAPPENS TO BE BLIND.
>> I DIDN'T PICK IT UP UNTIL
AFTER I LOST MY VISION I STARTED
PLAYING COMPETITIVELY AFTER I
LOST MY VISION BECAUSE MY WIFE
SAID YOU NEED TO KEEP UP SPORTS.
I WAS VERY ACTIVE IN SPORTS.

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AND SHE SAID YOU HAVE A CHANCE
TO HIT A NONMOVING BALL.
>> HOW DO YOU DO IT?
WITH HELP FROM A COACH.
>> THEY CAN DO EVERYTHING A
CADDY CANNOT DO THEY CAN
DESCRIBE THE HOLE WHERE TROUBLE
IS WHERE YOU WANT TO TRY AND HIT
VERSUS NOT.
SECOND RULE THEY CAN STAND
BEHIND YOU.
BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE

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DID.
>> THOMPSON IS NOT ALONE.
PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES PLAY
GOLF WHAT IS KNOWN AS ADAPTIVE
GOLF AS SEEN AT THE KENTUCKY
AMPUTEE TOURNAMENT WHICH AL
GENTRY STARTED IN THE 1990s.
HE LOST HIS RIGHT ARM IN A
WORKPLACE ACCIDENT MORE THAN 30
YEARS AGO.

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BUT HE WAS PLAYING GOLF AGAIN
WITH HELP FROM DON, AN
INTERNATIONAL ONE-ARMED GOLF
CHAMPION FROM LOUISVILLE.
>> I NEVER MET DON, I KNEW WHO
HE WAS.
SO WHEN MY ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN
1993, AND WHEN I WAS 28 YEARS
OLD, AND THEY WERE WHEELING ME
INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND I

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SAID LOOK OUT DON I'M COMING
AFTER YOU.
I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING TO LOSE
MY ARM.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY I SAID IT.
I JUST HAPPENED TO SAY IT.
AND WORD GOT OUT AND DON WAS
NOTIFIED AND DON CAME TO MY
HOSPITAL BED AND INTRODUCED
HIMSELF AND INTRODUCED ME TO THE

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WORLD OF AMPUTEE GOLF WHICH
CHANGED MY LIFE.
>> GENTRY REMEMBERS HIS FIRST
TOURNAMENT AFTER THE ACCIDENT.
>> IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL FOR ME
BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST
REALIZATION I WAS GOING TO BE
OKAY.
THAT I COULD DO BIG THINGS.
>> GENTRY HAS A DECADE'S LONG
LOVE FOR THE SPORT AND THE
PEOPLE WHO PLAY IT.

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HE, HIS MENTOR, AND TWO OTHER
KENTUCKIANS FOUNDED THE NORTH
AMERICAN ONE ARM GOLFER
ASSOCIATION IN 2000.
DAN ARLEDGE IS THE CURRENT
PRESIDENT.
>> WE CAN SHOW PEOPLE NEWLY
INJURED OR ALWAYS INJURED AND
NEVER SEEN THAT I CAN DO THAT.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.

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WE CAN SHOW PEOPLE LET'S GET YOU
OFF THE COUCH AND GET YOU BACK
INTO LIFE.
IF WE CAN GET YOU INTO THE GAME
OF GOLF, THEN FOR SOME IT'S CAN
WE GET YOU INTO THE GAME OF
LIFE.
>> THE ONE ARMED GROUP HELD A
TOURNAMENT IN SOUTHERN INDIANA
AND WROUGHT OUT SKILLED
COMPETITIVE GOLFERS FROM ACROSS
THE NATION.
>> HITTING GOLF SHOTS IS ONE OF

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THE BEST FEELINGS IN THE WORLD
KNOWING YOU CAN DO SOMETHING
REALLY HARD.
>> ANYTIME THERE IS A DISABILITY
ESPECIALLY WITH ONE ARM FOR GOLF
YOU HAVE MORE ROOM FOR ERROR.
YOU DON'T HAVE THAT POWER.
FOR ME I HAVE TO USE MY HIPS.
IF I DON'T HIT IT GOOD, I AM MAD
AT MYSELF.
BUT SO IS EVERYONE WITH TWO

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HANDS.
I CAN'T GET DOWN ON MYSELF MORE
FOR A CRAPPY SHOT I HAVE TO GIVE
MYSELF MORE GRACE.
>> SOME DEVELOP THE DISABILITY
LATER IN LIFE.
HE HAD A STROKE AND BEGAN TO
RELEARN THE SPORT DURING
PHYSICAL THERAPY.
>> THAT REALLY STARTED JAZZING
ME UP.
BECAUSE I REALLY THOUGHT I WOULD

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NEVER PLAY GOLF AGAIN.
>> OTHERS WERE BORN WITH THEIR
DISABILITY AND A PASSION FOR
SPORTS.
PLAYING SPORTS AS A KID CAME
LIKE FIRST NATURE.
I GREW UP WITH SIX OTHER COUSINS
THAT PLAYED SPORTS.
I WAS ALWAYS COMPETITIVE AND IT
NEVER HELD ME BACK OR ANYTHING.
THE HARDEST THING USED TO BE
TYING MY SHOES.
TYING A SHOE IS IN SANE OR

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CUTTING A STEAK IS HARD.
THE REAL HARD STUFF LIKE PLAYING
FOOTBALL OR TACKLING SOMEONE OR
WRESTLING THOSE ARE EASY.
>> ADAPTIVE GOLF CONTINUES TO
NURTURE THE NEXT GENERATION OF
GOLFERS WITH THE MOTTO TEACH,
PLAY, COMPETE.
CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS CREATED
MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO
PLAY.
SO HAS THE U.S. ADAPTIVE GOLF

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ALLIANCE WHICH GAVE A VOICE TO
DOZENS OF REGIONAL GROUPS
STARTING IN 2014.
GENTRY SAYS THE POWERS THAT BE
OF GOLF HAVE TAKEN AN INTEREST,
TOO.
THE U.S. GOLF ASSOCIATION KNOWN
FOR HOSTING THE PROFESSIONAL
U.S. OPEN WILL HOST ITS FOURTH
ADAPTIVE OPEN THIS SUMMER.
FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M JUNE

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LEFFLER.
THANK YOU, JUNE.
YOU HEARD THE MENTION OF DON
FIGHT MASTER HE WON TWO
INTERNATIONAL AND SEVEN NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR ONE ARM GOLF
AND STARTED A CHARITY FOR KIDS
WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
GREAT STORY.
BASEBALL FANS TWO KENTUCKY TEAMS
ARE IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
DETAILS IN TONIGHT'S LOOK AT

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SPORTS NEWS.
THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE AND
MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY ARE
AMONG THE EIGHT TEAMS HEADED TO
THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES IN
NEBRASKA.
THE MURRAY STATE RACERS FIRST
TRIP AND HERE IS A BONUS, MURRAY
BEAT DUKE ON DUKE'S HOME FIELD.
LOUISVILLE BEAT MIAMI IN THE
LOUISVILLE SUPER REGIONAL THIS

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WILL BE THE SIXTH APPEARANCE IN
THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES.
THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES IS AN
18 DOUBLE ELIMINATION
TOURNAMENT.
LOUISVILLE'S FIRST OPPONENT IS
OREGON STATE MURRAY'S FIRST
OPPONENT IS UCLA.
AND BEST TO BOTH OF THOSE TEAMS.
PEOPLE OF ALL AGES ARE THRILLED

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AS COVINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD GETS
THE FIRST LIBRARY.
>> I THINK I'M GOING TO BRING MY
BABY SISTER.
AND WE CAN START READING BOOKS
TOGETHER.
THAT'S GOOD.
SHE WILL BE A GOOD BIG SIS.
A PROJECT DECADES IN THE MAKING
AND WE'LL GO THERE TOMORROW ON
"KENTUCKY EDITION" WHICH WE HOPE
YOU WILL JOIN US FOR AGAIN AT

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6:30 EASTERN AND 5:30 CENTRAL
WHERE WE INFORM CONNECT AND
INSPIRE.
HOPE YOU SUBSCRIPT TO OUR
"KENTUCKY EDITION" NEWSLETTERS
AND WATCH EPISODES AND CLIPS ON
KET.ORG AND CHECK US OUT ON
FACEBOOK, X AND INSTAGRAM TO
STAY IN THE LOOP.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US I'M
RENEE SHAW UNTIL I SEE YOU AGAIN

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TAKE REALLY GOOD CARE.
SO LONG.