June 27, 2025 • 27 mins
More than 100 new laws go into effect Friday in Kentucky, lawmakers provide a tour of the new temporary chambers, Gov. Beshear explains what he's waiting for before deciding if a special session is needed, a cybersecurity expert discusses a troubling trend, and working to prevent adult loneliness among the elderly.
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>> T appliance products are are
just as Kentucky as our
bourbon.
>> A big general electric
investment means more jobs in
Kentucky.
>> We want to see people living
their lives. The best lives.
Until then no longer alive.
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>> How to help senior citizens
fight the problem of being
lonely. If you are just curious
about what a piano is come and
sit down clock on it and figure
out what kind of sounds that
makes.
And then Louisville piano
lovers are taking it to the
streets.
>> Production of Kentucky
Edition is made possible in
part by the KET Millennium
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Fund.
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Good Evening and welcome to
Kentucky. Addition for
Thursday, June 26th, I'm Krista
gotten in our Louisville studio
filling in tonight for Renee
Shaw. Thank you so much for
joining us.
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>> More than 100 new laws go
into effect tomorrow here in
Kentucky, they were all passed
during the 2025 General
Assembly, Republican leaders in
the state Senate explained some
of the new laws during a press
conference yesterday. Emily
Sisk was there in Frankfort
and has more on what you need
to know in tonight's
legislative update.
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More than 100 new state laws
take effect this week ranging
from protections in schools to
housing and spending cuts.
>> Senate bill to prohibit
gender reassignment surgery or
treatment for inmates. Senator
Mike Wilson said funding had
been ongoing without the
public's knowledge.
>> Let me be clear.
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Kentucky taxpayers should not
be required to fund elective
transgender surgeries. Well
home all their piece for
inmates, procedures that are
medically unnecessary,
ideologically driven and
unsupported by most
correctional health experts,
this bill and the secretive
policy that allowed these
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procedures to proceed without
public or legislative
knowledge.
>> Another bill taking effect
restricts how teachers contacts
students outside the classroom.
Senate Bill. 181 requires all
communication between school
staff and students to be
traceable, not over social
media or text.
>> The intent of Senate Bill,
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181 is about child protection.
It's about student safety.
It's about communication
between in school employees and
parents. If parents want
teachers to be able to contact
their child in a different way,
they could fill out a waiver.
>> Some teachers have
complained this law puts up
unnecessary barriers and pushes
the rule instead of the
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exception. Wise said saving
children from online predators
is worth the inconvenience.
>> Inconveniences about waivers
and getting permission form
sign. That's nothing compared
to what that family had to deal
with.
>> Housing or the lack thereof
was another point of discussion
on Wednesday.
>> Where some 200,000 housing
units short in the state of
Kentucky.
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>> Bills related to housing
are taking effect this week.
Senate Bill. 25 which Mills
sponsored says that only
property owners can challenge a
planning and zoning appeal.
We think this is going to help
housing units go up in our
urban areas. And Kentuckians
are paying less in taxes.
State treasurer Mark Metcalf
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crunch the numbers on
Kentuckians tax liability.
>> When the Senate and House
majorities takeover in 2017.
Each Kentucky taxpayer mode.
$39,000. Each Kentucky taxpayer
today owes only $13,000.
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So from 39,000 to $13,000, I
call that progress and I call
it the right path for Kentucky.
>> After a tornado struck parts
of South Central Kentucky last
month. Governor Andy Beshear
said the recovery could cost
hundreds of millions of dollars
this year said he might need to
call a special legislative
session to allocate more
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disaster relief. Money
lawmakers were asked about the
possibility of a special
session.
>> There was quite a
substantial amount of storm
damage. It does take time to
recover. And, you know, we've
got a few months and we're back
in session. So I think we're
just in a wait and see mode.
See the numbers that the
governor gives us and says,
and I think I need X amount
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and we probably have a response
back to that. We had
200 million dollars that's
accessible to him over the next
6 months
>> and if he needs more.
We can do a one-day session
wave. Second readings and I
have something to him. Within
days if needed.
>> Senator Milne said for now,
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the governor should have all
the money he needs, but do KET
a close eye on any further
requests for Kentucky edition.
I'm Emily says.
Thanks, Emily. Other notable
bills that will become law
tomorrow include House Bill One
which cuts the state's income
tax.
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>> To 3.5% beginning January
1st, lawmakers project the
reduction will leave more than
700 million dollars in the
pockets of Kentucky taxpayers
during the first year House
Bill. 38 makes violating a
protective order 3 times in
5 years. A Class D felony and
House bill 208, requires school
districts to adopt a policy
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for cell phone use during
instructional time.
House Bill 240, requires a
reading proficiency screener
for every kindergarten and
first grade student. Those who
are falling behind will be held
back a year and Senate bill, 73
which makes sexual extortion.
A felony provides legal
remedies to victims and
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prioritizes prevention
education for students. Well,
yesterday, lawmakers also
debuted the new temporary
chambers where they'll meet
while the state capital is
under construction. The new
building is next to the Capitol
Annex with chambers for the
House and Senate. And speaking
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of the possibility for a
special session, reporters,
Acid and Senate President
Robert Stivers. If the new
building will be ready.
>> It will be ready. July one,
flip the switch and have
anything that sonseeahray done
it that we need to do. And you
know.
>> Stivers gave a tour of the
temporary space. Unlike the
capital, it doesn't have a
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gallery to see members of the
public. He said that addition
would have added millions of
dollars to project visitors can
instead sitting conference
rooms to watch a livestream of
legislative coverage. The
Senate president also explain
how long they expect to be in
the new building.
>> We hope that this will be
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about a three-year run here.
We hope you've got 115 year-old
building sit there, which sits
across the street, which comic
in nature rated one of the 10
best capitals in the United
States is on the historic
register until you get into
that style of structure, you do
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not know until you're actually
in it, whether you like to do
more or less.
>> The capital renovation is
expected to cost 300 million
dollars. We just heard
lawmakers talking about a
possible special session to
deal with the fallout from this
spring. Severe weather. What
does Governor Andy Beshear have
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to say about it? Well, he says
it depends on how much help we
get from the federal
government.
>> So what we're doing is
pulling together a final set
of numbers that I want to talk
about. And then we're meeting
with legislators. I think
leadership early this next
month to talk about it. We are
having to put together 2 sets
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of numbers because if the
federal government were to
grant public assistance for
April where we don't have a
safe act or tornadoes. If they
were to grant that we be
talking about tens of millions
of dollars that are needed,
especially to help counties.
I think Laurel County and
Pulaski County are looking at
over 20 million dollars of of
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of damage. They can absorb that
if we're not going to get
public assistance, we're
talking about hundreds of
millions of dollars between the
state and the city that throws
all of
our budgets out of whack and is
just a a major blow that would
require some more significant
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action.
>> Also today, during his news
conference, the governor
announced new general electric
jobs in Kentucky. GE will
invest 490 million dollars to
create 800 new jobs at its
global headquarters in
Jefferson County has some
washer and dryer production
moves from China to Kentucky.
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This comes 4 years after a
similar GE investment in
Kentucky to build dishwashers.
>> 4 years ago we stood here
together, announced what you
just heard, which was the
largest appliance park
investment in our company
history. It was 40 to
50 million dollars to create
good Kentucky jobs in open the
most advanced dishwasher
manufacturing plant in America.
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We delivered on that promise.
And today I'm excited to say
we're going to do it again.
We're making this 490 million
dollar investment that will
replay will reshape the future
of laundry imposition. GE
appliances, to become the
largest manufacturer in
America. This move creates 800
full-time jobs. Bring
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productions back from China.
Inputs RG profile combo ultra
friends. Front loader assembly
lines right here in Louisville.
It builds on thousands of
watchers and dryers that we
already make an appliance park
and it reaffirms our belief
that the best place to build
appliances for American
families is right here in
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America.
Our roots run deep. Today's
announcement coincides with the
release of the latest economic
report. A snapshot of how far
we've come.
Over the last decade. We've
invested more than 3 and a half
billion dollars in U.S.
operations. That's more than
any other appliance company
in the country.
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>> Governor Beshear says with
the new investment, GE will
have a total of 8 1000 jobs
in Kentucky.
Well, every year the child
fatality and near fatality,
External review panel produces
a report on all the state's
child fatalities in near
fatalities. Suspected to be
the result of abuse or neglect.
This week, the interim Joint
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Committee on Families and
Children reviewed the data from
2024. Report. Our McKenzie
Spring breaks down the
information and lawmakers
reaction.
>> This year's child fatality
and near Fatality report
illustrated that overdose and
ingestion cases remains the
leading cause of child deaths
in the state. The number of
cases has been steadily rising
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since 2019.
>> More than half of all the
cases reviewed by the panel
involve an opiate exposure.
Even more alarming. 93%.
of the opiate ingestions
indicated the presence of
fentanyl.
>> The report also covered
incidents involving children
and firearms.
>> The panel review 12 cases
involving injuries by farms
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all but one resulted in death
and a handgun we found was used
in every child suicide case
reviewed by the panel.
And with the panel's
identified, 75% of these cases
were noted to be potentially
preventable.
>> Regarding these deaths, the
panel recommends that the
General Assembly passed safe
storage laws and provide gun
locks with every firearms sold
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preventing you. Suicide is a
more complicated issue. The
report does highlight the link
between youth suicide and
educational issues which have
risen steeply in Kentucky.
>> When examining suicide
cases, 80% of those children
had an educational issue.
Children with mental health
issues in medically fragile
children also had higher rates
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of educational issues at 40%.
42%.
>> Following the report,
lawmakers discussed the issues
that they think should be
addressed in the next
legislative session.
Louisville, Democrat senator
cut her hair and felt that
there was a strong link between
financial well-being and child
safety in our state.
>> If you looked at very bottom
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line is financial issues.
And so when we talk about the
root causes, what is happening
to our in our communities?
And to me, it is just very
alarming that its financial
issues, we still have one of
the low 80's minimum wage is we
don't have living wages.
So obviously that then goes
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into housing issues. And so
it's like the shoes domino
effect.
>> This year's report also
revealed that 75% of child
fatality or near fatality cases
involved children 4 and under
several lawmakers brought up
the fact that these children
are often not in school and
therefore have fewer adults
watching over them. Republican
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Senator Danny Carroll suggested
universal Pre-K could be an
answer to this problem.
>> We're spending a lot of time
talking about universal Pre-K
these days.
That conversation is political.
If we want to do something,
let's do it for all of the
kids. Enlist fixed childcare
completely.
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Last week within our facility.
3 different reports to the CBS.
What else could we prevent?
What else could all the other
centers throughout the state
prevent if more kids were
within their facilities.
>> Overall, the child fatality
and near fatality. External
review panel made 11
recommendations to agencies
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across the state on how to
improve child safety. The panel
for Kentucky edition. I'm
McKenzie spent.
>> The child fatality and near
Fatality review panel is made
up of 20 members from the field
including social services,
medicine and law enforcement.
The 2 co-chairs of the Families
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and Children Joint Committee
representative. Some are have
run. And Senator Danny Carroll
also serve on the panel.
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>> In parts of town and the
surrounding Nelson County area
are greatly expanding their
water supply.
>> Thanks to a new partnership.
Louisville water has joined
the North Nelson Water District
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and the city of Bardstown to
build new water mains alongside
the I-65 corridor and highway
2.45? This will connect the
area to Louisville's water
supply, giving it access to an
additional 15 million gallons
of water per day. Meaning clean
water for Nelson County
residents and the distilleries
that call it home.
>> We're going to be spending
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about 29 million dollars.
2 run pipelines down. What we
call 65 corridor down at 65
and then a highway to 45.
And then that allow us to
supply up to 7 million gallons
a day to Nelson County with a
big chunk of that being able to
go to the city of our stand
when they need it. So its
15 million gallons to the
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region because the work they
were going to a 65 help serve
as both candidates service me,
Candy, Hardin County, that kind
of thing. It's 7 million
gallons to Nelson County with,
again, a big portion of being
able to go see bars, the first
and most important thing is
providing good water to year.
>> Now scanning in Boston
residents and like I said, the
no, we're looking and looking
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and searching for industrial.
and then we're working on some
al that and then it's going to
take water, then recruit these
industries that's coming in,
which provides jobs 4, the
local citizens, the Kentucky
Public Service Commission
approved.
>> 2 contracts, one between the
city of our Stan and the North.
Now, some are district and
another between the Northwest
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and water district in the
Louisville water company.
This took the 3 of us coming
together figuring out what the
issues were. We're solving
those issues so that we could
come up with something that
east mutually beneficial to not
only the organizations, but
more importantly to the
communities that we serve.
We've done in these 3 water
studies during that time
period. To try their talents.
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>> How much water we're going
to need and where that source
of water come from. In each one
of those water studies identify
know the water company is one
of those sources.
>> That we can possibly partner
with. And about 5 years ago
as the distillery industry
really, we're going to a major
expansion mode. And you all
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know that Marciano is in
Birmingham, real world. It's a
it's it's a time to read it for
a reason. We have 6
distilleries in the city of
ours down.
In 2 out in the county. They
consume about 25% of our daily
water for now action in sales
and with the growth and they've
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got planned. They can grow by
100% when they get to 100% of
their capacity. This is going
to last for decades and decades
and decades for the future.
Mills, County and city of bars.
>> And it really working on
some in the industrial parks
and things as we speak. There's
always a need for the for the
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water.
>> Construction for the project
is currently underway and
expected to be completed in
2026.
Cyber security continues to be
a challenge that many people
are faced with. Recently,
researchers at the
cybersecurity outlet Cybernews
discovered 30 exposed data sets
amounting to 16 billion log-in
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credentials have been leaked.
This includes passwords from
popular sites such as Google,
Facebook and Apple. We spoke
with an expert of cybersecurity
from the University of
Louisville who shed some light
on recent development and gives
tips on how to best text your
information.
>> Security researchers
discovered to publicly
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available dataset. They don't
know specifically where it came
from. It's obviously not a
single hacked because of a size
is not a single Singo a
computer. It's probably
accumulation compilation of
many patients in the this data
set. It is very common to have
password leaks is uncommon to
see that. That scale been
talking about billions of
records. Usually we're talking
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about thousands, maybe
millions.
>> I don't know of actual.
>> That much is bigger than
we anticipated. Haven't seen
a pandemic of has been
reported. So even though a lot
of data is available for
whatever reason and that is
not proportionate to
vaccinated, those older
credentials. Maybe people are
smart enough to have two-factor
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authentication and given the
amount of passwords leaked,
it's like 2 per person. You
would anticipate a complete
pandemic of hacks. Bank
accounts cryptocurrency.
But we don't see that. So it's
not obvious what is going on if
it was actually deployed by bad
guys. If it's something
cybersecurity experts
accumulated in their research
process and manage to somehow
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failed to secure it as well.
Well, there are services which
would monitor dark wet for you
and let you know if your
information has started to show
up. But in general, there are
some goods, cybersecurity
practices you can employ.
One is doing that. He was a
past words.
Also make sure the passports
and not something you come up
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with based a new name or
address if you like a generator
and investments using proper
tools have a factor in Decatur,
whatever it is, your hardware
device.
Also, it's good to close some
sort of biometric security
feature ever face recognition
or fingerprint. And what isn't
it was starting to see past.
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He's become
more. Well, I live. I don't
know that excellent. You don't
have to memorize anything.
The hardware device going takes
care of that for you. It helps
to have a private password with
your family. So something they
cannot possibly Hack only your
family members have to be
agreed
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upon on and in general, don't
the U.S. passports of something
Israel, Italy valuable. Just
don't forget online. Find a
good password manager and there
are quite a few of those.
Do some of these are see what
works for you in terms of
available offline? Is it
something for your phone on
multiple devices? That's that's
the best way to do it.
>> Other tips. Don't think
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anything you didn't solicit and
don't answer phone calls from
numbers. You don't recognize.
♪
Researchers are addressing the
causes of loneliness in the
elderly population in
Louisville, in partnership with
the Humana Foundation. The
group will engage with seniors
and 3 of the city's
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neighborhoods. More tonight in
our next chapter initiative
focused on the issues facing
Kentucky's aging population
and their loved ones.
Loneliness is is a disconnect
between what you want your
social life to be and what your
social life is. And so you need
something to bridge those to
bring those closer together.
>> On the flip side, one of
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the other things that we're
concerned about is social
isolation. And so that is when
you lack the social
companionship of other people.
And so this specifically social
isolation can be very risky
for seniors. It puts you at
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increased risk for stress
mortality, heart disease, other
chronic diseases and eventually
can lead to things like
weakened immune systems reduced
physical activity and loss of
independence. This project was
rooted in former project that
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we had done. It was Robert
Woods Johnson funded project.
We were looking at.
>> The concept of a universal
basic neighborhood and that is
what are the minimum qualities
are the minimum things that
need to be in the neighborhood
for the residents to experience
health and longevity. What can
we find in neighborhoods now
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that promote?
Social cohesion that promotes
people being coming engaged
and addressing loneliness,
especially among seniors.
>> So one of the things that we
know, for instance, that
contributes to loneliness is
the ability to get around town
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to go to the grocery, to go see
your friends. We also need to
know what the lived experiences
and all of these different
places. So starting in the 2nd
half of this year in July, we
will be visiting different
neighborhoods. We will be
conducting asset mapping there
to see what is already in these
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neighborhoods, these assets
that we can tap into our lean
into. So that they can use
those as a site for the social
inclusion to begin to address
loneliness in seniors. Once we
have those surveys and no on
their lived experience, we want
to go back next year and the
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year after 2 chai to conduct
interventions. So we understand
the lived experience. How
can we help program these
locations at the neighborhood
level. How can we advocate for
policy that makes it easier
for seniors to get out? How
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can we reduce the burdens that
are perceived between someone
leaving their house and making
a new friend.
>> The biggest thing is that
we want to see people living
their lives, their best lives.
>> Until they're no longer
alive.
>> Over the summer, they plan
to connect with seniors to
collect information. Those who
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complete the 15 minute survey
will receive $15 and be sure to
check out K T DOT Org. Slash
next chapter there. You'll find
a collection of local and
national programs, articles and
other helpful resources
addressing a variety of aging
related topics.
♪
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>> Okay. If you're walking in
downtown Louisville up, come
across some pianos. Well, they
are there for you downtown
tunes. That public art project
encouraging people.
>> To create music and decorate
the sounds of downtown more on
these public pianos in this
week's Tapestry segment.
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>> Downtown Two's is a public
piano program. We have 4 pianos
and public spaces and it really
is a chance to activate the
streets.
So we were offered up. Yeah.
Now as a as a donation and we
didn't know what to do with
that. And so I started looking
around. We found other cities
that do this. We've got 3 more
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donations. And so we took the
man and then decided to put
them out to downtown middle and
high schools and what the
students work on the design and
painting them. We KET we wanted
them to be artistically treated
and we wanted there to be.
>> Some ownership and pride of
what they looked like. And we
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thought art students with that
could make a very fun project
for art students. And what you
see are for completely
different, beautiful renditions
of these students, ideas of
what they wanted to see
represented on piano as
>> this is not a piece of art
that you look at it and observe
from afar. We did not have to
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be trained pianist to play.
If you are just curious about
what a piano is come and sit
down clock on it and figure
out what kind of sounds that
makes. If you are good and sit
down and create music for other
people to really enjoy and just
have the beauty of the moment
as they walk by.
People send us videos as
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they're walking by and see
somebody playing the piano,
which is really fun. And it's
heartening that people are
enjoying them. Now we are
learning things we have trying
to work with. The weather in
Louisville is difficult.
We had a very rainy spring.
It's been very hot, humid right
now. We're learning how to
treat them a little bit
differently and what will do
going forward when you're
walking around downtown, what
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you see how you feel has
everything to do with your
experience in downtown. So with
double edition of something
else to experience where this
really hopeful and heartened
already that people are having
really good experiences with
these.
>> How cool is that? More
pianos have already been
donated in downtown Louisville.
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A partnership plans to expand
the downtown 10's program next
year with up to 08:00PM knows.
Thank you so much for joining
us tonight for this Kentucky
edition. We'll see you again
tomorrow night.
♪
♪
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>> T appliance products are are
just as Kentucky as our
bourbon.
>> A big general electric
investment means more jobs in
Kentucky.
>> We want to see people living
their lives. The best lives.
Until then no longer alive.
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>> How to help senior citizens
fight the problem of being
lonely. If you are just curious
about what a piano is come and
sit down clock on it and figure
out what kind of sounds that
makes.
And then Louisville piano
lovers are taking it to the
streets.
>> Production of Kentucky
Edition is made possible in
part by the KET Millennium
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Fund.
♪
♪
Good Evening and welcome to
Kentucky. Addition for
Thursday, June 26th, I'm Krista
gotten in our Louisville studio
filling in tonight for Renee
Shaw. Thank you so much for
joining us.
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>> More than 100 new laws go
into effect tomorrow here in
Kentucky, they were all passed
during the 2025 General
Assembly, Republican leaders in
the state Senate explained some
of the new laws during a press
conference yesterday. Emily
Sisk was there in Frankfort
and has more on what you need
to know in tonight's
legislative update.
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More than 100 new state laws
take effect this week ranging
from protections in schools to
housing and spending cuts.
>> Senate bill to prohibit
gender reassignment surgery or
treatment for inmates. Senator
Mike Wilson said funding had
been ongoing without the
public's knowledge.
>> Let me be clear.
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Kentucky taxpayers should not
be required to fund elective
transgender surgeries. Well
home all their piece for
inmates, procedures that are
medically unnecessary,
ideologically driven and
unsupported by most
correctional health experts,
this bill and the secretive
policy that allowed these
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procedures to proceed without
public or legislative
knowledge.
>> Another bill taking effect
restricts how teachers contacts
students outside the classroom.
Senate Bill. 181 requires all
communication between school
staff and students to be
traceable, not over social
media or text.
>> The intent of Senate Bill,
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181 is about child protection.
It's about student safety.
It's about communication
between in school employees and
parents. If parents want
teachers to be able to contact
their child in a different way,
they could fill out a waiver.
>> Some teachers have
complained this law puts up
unnecessary barriers and pushes
the rule instead of the
(02:59):
exception. Wise said saving
children from online predators
is worth the inconvenience.
>> Inconveniences about waivers
and getting permission form
sign. That's nothing compared
to what that family had to deal
with.
>> Housing or the lack thereof
was another point of discussion
on Wednesday.
>> Where some 200,000 housing
units short in the state of
Kentucky.
(03:20):
>> Bills related to housing
are taking effect this week.
Senate Bill. 25 which Mills
sponsored says that only
property owners can challenge a
planning and zoning appeal.
We think this is going to help
housing units go up in our
urban areas. And Kentuckians
are paying less in taxes.
State treasurer Mark Metcalf
(03:41):
crunch the numbers on
Kentuckians tax liability.
>> When the Senate and House
majorities takeover in 2017.
Each Kentucky taxpayer mode.
$39,000. Each Kentucky taxpayer
today owes only $13,000.
(04:03):
So from 39,000 to $13,000, I
call that progress and I call
it the right path for Kentucky.
>> After a tornado struck parts
of South Central Kentucky last
month. Governor Andy Beshear
said the recovery could cost
hundreds of millions of dollars
this year said he might need to
call a special legislative
session to allocate more
(04:24):
disaster relief. Money
lawmakers were asked about the
possibility of a special
session.
>> There was quite a
substantial amount of storm
damage. It does take time to
recover. And, you know, we've
got a few months and we're back
in session. So I think we're
just in a wait and see mode.
See the numbers that the
governor gives us and says,
and I think I need X amount
(04:45):
and we probably have a response
back to that. We had
200 million dollars that's
accessible to him over the next
6 months
>> and if he needs more.
We can do a one-day session
wave. Second readings and I
have something to him. Within
days if needed.
>> Senator Milne said for now,
(05:06):
the governor should have all
the money he needs, but do KET
a close eye on any further
requests for Kentucky edition.
I'm Emily says.
Thanks, Emily. Other notable
bills that will become law
tomorrow include House Bill One
which cuts the state's income
tax.
(05:27):
>> To 3.5% beginning January
1st, lawmakers project the
reduction will leave more than
700 million dollars in the
pockets of Kentucky taxpayers
during the first year House
Bill. 38 makes violating a
protective order 3 times in
5 years. A Class D felony and
House bill 208, requires school
districts to adopt a policy
(05:48):
for cell phone use during
instructional time.
House Bill 240, requires a
reading proficiency screener
for every kindergarten and
first grade student. Those who
are falling behind will be held
back a year and Senate bill, 73
which makes sexual extortion.
A felony provides legal
remedies to victims and
(06:08):
prioritizes prevention
education for students. Well,
yesterday, lawmakers also
debuted the new temporary
chambers where they'll meet
while the state capital is
under construction. The new
building is next to the Capitol
Annex with chambers for the
House and Senate. And speaking
(06:29):
of the possibility for a
special session, reporters,
Acid and Senate President
Robert Stivers. If the new
building will be ready.
>> It will be ready. July one,
flip the switch and have
anything that sonseeahray done
it that we need to do. And you
know.
>> Stivers gave a tour of the
temporary space. Unlike the
capital, it doesn't have a
(06:50):
gallery to see members of the
public. He said that addition
would have added millions of
dollars to project visitors can
instead sitting conference
rooms to watch a livestream of
legislative coverage. The
Senate president also explain
how long they expect to be in
the new building.
>> We hope that this will be
(07:12):
about a three-year run here.
We hope you've got 115 year-old
building sit there, which sits
across the street, which comic
in nature rated one of the 10
best capitals in the United
States is on the historic
register until you get into
that style of structure, you do
(07:33):
not know until you're actually
in it, whether you like to do
more or less.
>> The capital renovation is
expected to cost 300 million
dollars. We just heard
lawmakers talking about a
possible special session to
deal with the fallout from this
spring. Severe weather. What
does Governor Andy Beshear have
(07:53):
to say about it? Well, he says
it depends on how much help we
get from the federal
government.
>> So what we're doing is
pulling together a final set
of numbers that I want to talk
about. And then we're meeting
with legislators. I think
leadership early this next
month to talk about it. We are
having to put together 2 sets
(08:14):
of numbers because if the
federal government were to
grant public assistance for
April where we don't have a
safe act or tornadoes. If they
were to grant that we be
talking about tens of millions
of dollars that are needed,
especially to help counties.
I think Laurel County and
Pulaski County are looking at
over 20 million dollars of of
(08:37):
of damage. They can absorb that
if we're not going to get
public assistance, we're
talking about hundreds of
millions of dollars between the
state and the city that throws
all of
our budgets out of whack and is
just a a major blow that would
require some more significant
(08:57):
action.
>> Also today, during his news
conference, the governor
announced new general electric
jobs in Kentucky. GE will
invest 490 million dollars to
create 800 new jobs at its
global headquarters in
Jefferson County has some
washer and dryer production
moves from China to Kentucky.
(09:20):
This comes 4 years after a
similar GE investment in
Kentucky to build dishwashers.
>> 4 years ago we stood here
together, announced what you
just heard, which was the
largest appliance park
investment in our company
history. It was 40 to
50 million dollars to create
good Kentucky jobs in open the
most advanced dishwasher
manufacturing plant in America.
(09:42):
We delivered on that promise.
And today I'm excited to say
we're going to do it again.
We're making this 490 million
dollar investment that will
replay will reshape the future
of laundry imposition. GE
appliances, to become the
largest manufacturer in
America. This move creates 800
full-time jobs. Bring
(10:02):
productions back from China.
Inputs RG profile combo ultra
friends. Front loader assembly
lines right here in Louisville.
It builds on thousands of
watchers and dryers that we
already make an appliance park
and it reaffirms our belief
that the best place to build
appliances for American
families is right here in
(10:22):
America.
Our roots run deep. Today's
announcement coincides with the
release of the latest economic
report. A snapshot of how far
we've come.
Over the last decade. We've
invested more than 3 and a half
billion dollars in U.S.
operations. That's more than
any other appliance company
in the country.
(10:43):
>> Governor Beshear says with
the new investment, GE will
have a total of 8 1000 jobs
in Kentucky.
Well, every year the child
fatality and near fatality,
External review panel produces
a report on all the state's
child fatalities in near
fatalities. Suspected to be
the result of abuse or neglect.
This week, the interim Joint
(11:05):
Committee on Families and
Children reviewed the data from
2024. Report. Our McKenzie
Spring breaks down the
information and lawmakers
reaction.
>> This year's child fatality
and near Fatality report
illustrated that overdose and
ingestion cases remains the
leading cause of child deaths
in the state. The number of
cases has been steadily rising
(11:27):
since 2019.
>> More than half of all the
cases reviewed by the panel
involve an opiate exposure.
Even more alarming. 93%.
of the opiate ingestions
indicated the presence of
fentanyl.
>> The report also covered
incidents involving children
and firearms.
>> The panel review 12 cases
involving injuries by farms
(11:48):
all but one resulted in death
and a handgun we found was used
in every child suicide case
reviewed by the panel.
And with the panel's
identified, 75% of these cases
were noted to be potentially
preventable.
>> Regarding these deaths, the
panel recommends that the
General Assembly passed safe
storage laws and provide gun
locks with every firearms sold
(12:09):
preventing you. Suicide is a
more complicated issue. The
report does highlight the link
between youth suicide and
educational issues which have
risen steeply in Kentucky.
>> When examining suicide
cases, 80% of those children
had an educational issue.
Children with mental health
issues in medically fragile
children also had higher rates
(12:30):
of educational issues at 40%.
42%.
>> Following the report,
lawmakers discussed the issues
that they think should be
addressed in the next
legislative session.
Louisville, Democrat senator
cut her hair and felt that
there was a strong link between
financial well-being and child
safety in our state.
>> If you looked at very bottom
(12:51):
line is financial issues.
And so when we talk about the
root causes, what is happening
to our in our communities?
And to me, it is just very
alarming that its financial
issues, we still have one of
the low 80's minimum wage is we
don't have living wages.
So obviously that then goes
(13:11):
into housing issues. And so
it's like the shoes domino
effect.
>> This year's report also
revealed that 75% of child
fatality or near fatality cases
involved children 4 and under
several lawmakers brought up
the fact that these children
are often not in school and
therefore have fewer adults
watching over them. Republican
(13:33):
Senator Danny Carroll suggested
universal Pre-K could be an
answer to this problem.
>> We're spending a lot of time
talking about universal Pre-K
these days.
That conversation is political.
If we want to do something,
let's do it for all of the
kids. Enlist fixed childcare
completely.
(13:54):
Last week within our facility.
3 different reports to the CBS.
What else could we prevent?
What else could all the other
centers throughout the state
prevent if more kids were
within their facilities.
>> Overall, the child fatality
and near fatality. External
review panel made 11
recommendations to agencies
(14:15):
across the state on how to
improve child safety. The panel
for Kentucky edition. I'm
McKenzie spent.
>> The child fatality and near
Fatality review panel is made
up of 20 members from the field
including social services,
medicine and law enforcement.
The 2 co-chairs of the Families
(14:36):
and Children Joint Committee
representative. Some are have
run. And Senator Danny Carroll
also serve on the panel.
♪
>> In parts of town and the
surrounding Nelson County area
are greatly expanding their
water supply.
>> Thanks to a new partnership.
Louisville water has joined
the North Nelson Water District
(14:56):
and the city of Bardstown to
build new water mains alongside
the I-65 corridor and highway
2.45? This will connect the
area to Louisville's water
supply, giving it access to an
additional 15 million gallons
of water per day. Meaning clean
water for Nelson County
residents and the distilleries
that call it home.
>> We're going to be spending
(15:19):
about 29 million dollars.
2 run pipelines down. What we
call 65 corridor down at 65
and then a highway to 45.
And then that allow us to
supply up to 7 million gallons
a day to Nelson County with a
big chunk of that being able to
go to the city of our stand
when they need it. So its
15 million gallons to the
(15:39):
region because the work they
were going to a 65 help serve
as both candidates service me,
Candy, Hardin County, that kind
of thing. It's 7 million
gallons to Nelson County with,
again, a big portion of being
able to go see bars, the first
and most important thing is
providing good water to year.
>> Now scanning in Boston
residents and like I said, the
no, we're looking and looking
(16:02):
and searching for industrial.
and then we're working on some
al that and then it's going to
take water, then recruit these
industries that's coming in,
which provides jobs 4, the
local citizens, the Kentucky
Public Service Commission
approved.
>> 2 contracts, one between the
city of our Stan and the North.
Now, some are district and
another between the Northwest
(16:22):
and water district in the
Louisville water company.
This took the 3 of us coming
together figuring out what the
issues were. We're solving
those issues so that we could
come up with something that
east mutually beneficial to not
only the organizations, but
more importantly to the
communities that we serve.
We've done in these 3 water
studies during that time
period. To try their talents.
(16:43):
>> How much water we're going
to need and where that source
of water come from. In each one
of those water studies identify
know the water company is one
of those sources.
>> That we can possibly partner
with. And about 5 years ago
as the distillery industry
really, we're going to a major
expansion mode. And you all
(17:05):
know that Marciano is in
Birmingham, real world. It's a
it's it's a time to read it for
a reason. We have 6
distilleries in the city of
ours down.
In 2 out in the county. They
consume about 25% of our daily
water for now action in sales
and with the growth and they've
(17:26):
got planned. They can grow by
100% when they get to 100% of
their capacity. This is going
to last for decades and decades
and decades for the future.
Mills, County and city of bars.
>> And it really working on
some in the industrial parks
and things as we speak. There's
always a need for the for the
(17:46):
water.
>> Construction for the project
is currently underway and
expected to be completed in
2026.
Cyber security continues to be
a challenge that many people
are faced with. Recently,
researchers at the
cybersecurity outlet Cybernews
discovered 30 exposed data sets
amounting to 16 billion log-in
(18:08):
credentials have been leaked.
This includes passwords from
popular sites such as Google,
Facebook and Apple. We spoke
with an expert of cybersecurity
from the University of
Louisville who shed some light
on recent development and gives
tips on how to best text your
information.
>> Security researchers
discovered to publicly
(18:28):
available dataset. They don't
know specifically where it came
from. It's obviously not a
single hacked because of a size
is not a single Singo a
computer. It's probably
accumulation compilation of
many patients in the this data
set. It is very common to have
password leaks is uncommon to
see that. That scale been
talking about billions of
records. Usually we're talking
(18:50):
about thousands, maybe
millions.
>> I don't know of actual.
>> That much is bigger than
we anticipated. Haven't seen
a pandemic of has been
reported. So even though a lot
of data is available for
whatever reason and that is
not proportionate to
vaccinated, those older
credentials. Maybe people are
smart enough to have two-factor
(19:10):
authentication and given the
amount of passwords leaked,
it's like 2 per person. You
would anticipate a complete
pandemic of hacks. Bank
accounts cryptocurrency.
But we don't see that. So it's
not obvious what is going on if
it was actually deployed by bad
guys. If it's something
cybersecurity experts
accumulated in their research
process and manage to somehow
(19:32):
failed to secure it as well.
Well, there are services which
would monitor dark wet for you
and let you know if your
information has started to show
up. But in general, there are
some goods, cybersecurity
practices you can employ.
One is doing that. He was a
past words.
Also make sure the passports
and not something you come up
(19:52):
with based a new name or
address if you like a generator
and investments using proper
tools have a factor in Decatur,
whatever it is, your hardware
device.
Also, it's good to close some
sort of biometric security
feature ever face recognition
or fingerprint. And what isn't
it was starting to see past.
(20:14):
He's become
more. Well, I live. I don't
know that excellent. You don't
have to memorize anything.
The hardware device going takes
care of that for you. It helps
to have a private password with
your family. So something they
cannot possibly Hack only your
family members have to be
agreed
(20:35):
upon on and in general, don't
the U.S. passports of something
Israel, Italy valuable. Just
don't forget online. Find a
good password manager and there
are quite a few of those.
Do some of these are see what
works for you in terms of
available offline? Is it
something for your phone on
multiple devices? That's that's
the best way to do it.
>> Other tips. Don't think
(20:56):
anything you didn't solicit and
don't answer phone calls from
numbers. You don't recognize.
♪
Researchers are addressing the
causes of loneliness in the
elderly population in
Louisville, in partnership with
the Humana Foundation. The
group will engage with seniors
and 3 of the city's
(21:17):
neighborhoods. More tonight in
our next chapter initiative
focused on the issues facing
Kentucky's aging population
and their loved ones.
Loneliness is is a disconnect
between what you want your
social life to be and what your
social life is. And so you need
something to bridge those to
bring those closer together.
>> On the flip side, one of
(21:40):
the other things that we're
concerned about is social
isolation. And so that is when
you lack the social
companionship of other people.
And so this specifically social
isolation can be very risky
for seniors. It puts you at
(22:01):
increased risk for stress
mortality, heart disease, other
chronic diseases and eventually
can lead to things like
weakened immune systems reduced
physical activity and loss of
independence. This project was
rooted in former project that
(22:21):
we had done. It was Robert
Woods Johnson funded project.
We were looking at.
>> The concept of a universal
basic neighborhood and that is
what are the minimum qualities
are the minimum things that
need to be in the neighborhood
for the residents to experience
health and longevity. What can
we find in neighborhoods now
(22:44):
that promote?
Social cohesion that promotes
people being coming engaged
and addressing loneliness,
especially among seniors.
>> So one of the things that we
know, for instance, that
contributes to loneliness is
the ability to get around town
(23:06):
to go to the grocery, to go see
your friends. We also need to
know what the lived experiences
and all of these different
places. So starting in the 2nd
half of this year in July, we
will be visiting different
neighborhoods. We will be
conducting asset mapping there
to see what is already in these
(23:26):
neighborhoods, these assets
that we can tap into our lean
into. So that they can use
those as a site for the social
inclusion to begin to address
loneliness in seniors. Once we
have those surveys and no on
their lived experience, we want
to go back next year and the
(23:47):
year after 2 chai to conduct
interventions. So we understand
the lived experience. How
can we help program these
locations at the neighborhood
level. How can we advocate for
policy that makes it easier
for seniors to get out? How
(24:10):
can we reduce the burdens that
are perceived between someone
leaving their house and making
a new friend.
>> The biggest thing is that
we want to see people living
their lives, their best lives.
>> Until they're no longer
alive.
>> Over the summer, they plan
to connect with seniors to
collect information. Those who
(24:30):
complete the 15 minute survey
will receive $15 and be sure to
check out K T DOT Org. Slash
next chapter there. You'll find
a collection of local and
national programs, articles and
other helpful resources
addressing a variety of aging
related topics.
♪
(24:52):
>> Okay. If you're walking in
downtown Louisville up, come
across some pianos. Well, they
are there for you downtown
tunes. That public art project
encouraging people.
>> To create music and decorate
the sounds of downtown more on
these public pianos in this
week's Tapestry segment.
(25:13):
>> Downtown Two's is a public
piano program. We have 4 pianos
and public spaces and it really
is a chance to activate the
streets.
So we were offered up. Yeah.
Now as a as a donation and we
didn't know what to do with
that. And so I started looking
around. We found other cities
that do this. We've got 3 more
(25:34):
donations. And so we took the
man and then decided to put
them out to downtown middle and
high schools and what the
students work on the design and
painting them. We KET we wanted
them to be artistically treated
and we wanted there to be.
>> Some ownership and pride of
what they looked like. And we
(25:54):
thought art students with that
could make a very fun project
for art students. And what you
see are for completely
different, beautiful renditions
of these students, ideas of
what they wanted to see
represented on piano as
>> this is not a piece of art
that you look at it and observe
from afar. We did not have to
(26:14):
be trained pianist to play.
If you are just curious about
what a piano is come and sit
down clock on it and figure
out what kind of sounds that
makes. If you are good and sit
down and create music for other
people to really enjoy and just
have the beauty of the moment
as they walk by.
People send us videos as
(26:36):
they're walking by and see
somebody playing the piano,
which is really fun. And it's
heartening that people are
enjoying them. Now we are
learning things we have trying
to work with. The weather in
Louisville is difficult.
We had a very rainy spring.
It's been very hot, humid right
now. We're learning how to
treat them a little bit
differently and what will do
going forward when you're
walking around downtown, what
(26:57):
you see how you feel has
everything to do with your
experience in downtown. So with
double edition of something
else to experience where this
really hopeful and heartened
already that people are having
really good experiences with
these.
>> How cool is that? More
pianos have already been
donated in downtown Louisville.
(27:18):
A partnership plans to expand
the downtown 10's program next
year with up to 08:00PM knows.
Thank you so much for joining
us tonight for this Kentucky
edition. We'll see you again
tomorrow night.
♪
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