April 15, 2025 • 26 mins
Journalists from around the state discuss the news of the week with host Bill Bryant, including the statewide response to severe weather and flooding. Guests: Mario Anderson, Spectrum News 1; Laura Cullen Glasscock, The Kentucky Gazette; and Wes Swietek, Bowling Green Daily News.
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>> Bill (00:08):
KENTUCKY DEALS WITH
DEADLY AND DESTRUCTIVE FLOODING.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE
ORDERS DESIGNED TO CLEAR THE WAY
FOR MORE COAL USE AND MINING.
NATIONAL DEMOCRATS EYEING
KENTUCKY'S 6TH DISTRICT
CONGRESSIONAL SEAT IF ANDY BARR
JUMPS INTO THE SENATE RACE.
BOWLING GREEN AND WARREN COUNTY
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ON THE TOP OF THE LIST OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
BETTER WEATHER HERE IN THE
COMMONWEALTH.
AND COMMENT IS NEXT ON KET.
[♪♪]
GOOD EVENING I'M BILL BRYANT.
AND WE WELCOME YOU TO "COMMENT
ON KENTUCKY" ON LOOK BACK AT AND
(00:51):
SOME ANALYSIS OF THE WEEK'S NEWS
IN THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE
GUESTS ON OUR PANEL OF WORKING
KENTUCKY JOURNALISTS TONIGHT ARE
WES SWIETEK MANAGING EDITOR OF
THE BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS.
LAURA GLASSCOCK, EDITOR AND
PUBLISHER OF THE KENTUCKY
GAZETTE.
AND MARIO ANDERSON ANCHOR AND
HOST OF IN FOCUS KENTUCKY ON
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SPECTRUM NEWS ONE.
AND TONIGHT GOVERNOR BESHEAR
LAUNCHES A PODCAST AS A POLL
SHOWS HIM WITH HIGH APPROVAL.
LET'S GET TO KENTUCKY'S RECOVERY
FROM TOUGH FLOODING.
THERE WERE SEVERAL FATALITIES
BLAMED ON THE SWOLLEN WATERS AND
ALSO SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE
THE ESTIMATES CONTINUE TO CLIMB
AND IN THE BRIEFING BESHEAR
(01:33):
NOTED THE RIVERS AND THE CREEKS
HAVE GONE DOWN BUT DANGERS
REMAIN.
>> Gov. Andy Beshear (01:39):
THE OHIO
RIVER DID CREST IN LOUISVILLE
YESTERDAY.
BUT IT'S ONLY DIAGNOSE TO CREST
IN OWENSBORO ON SATURDAY OR
SUNDAY.
IN HENDERSON ON SUNDAY.
AND THEN IN PADUCAH SOMETIME
NEXT WEEK, MAYBE EVEN A FULL
WEEK FROM NOW.
IT IS STILL DANGEROUS OUT THERE.
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER.
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DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES.
DO NOT THINK THAT YOU CAN DRIVE
AROUND WHERE THE MUDSLIDES OR
THE LANDSLIDES ARE.
PLEASE BE CAREFUL.
>> Bill (02:14):
MARROW HERE WE ARE
AGAIN A NATURAL DISASTER IN
KENTUCKY AND THE SCOPE OF
FLOODING IS WIDESPREAD BUT
ANOTHER MAJOR CHALLENGE FOR OUR
PEOPLE.
>> IT SURE IS ACROSS THE ENTIRE
STATE AND THE GOVERNOR CONFIRMED
THERE WERE SEVEN DEATHS ACROSS
OUR COMMONWEALTH INCLUDING IN
BULLITT, CARROLL, FRANKLIN,
MCCRACKEN, NELSON, PENDLETON AND
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TRIGG COUNTIES AND THE GOVERNOR
MENTIONED THERE ARE 70 COUNTIES
THAT DECLARED A STATE OF
EMERGENCY RELATED TO THE
FLOODING.
BUT THE GOVERNOR DID MENTION
SEVERAL TIMES THAT HE WAS
CONCERNED THAT THE AVAILABLE
MONEY BUDGETED TO RESPOND TO
THESE NATURAL DISASTERS COULD BE
MAXED OUT BEFORE LAWMAKERS
RETURN IN JANUARY OF 2026 TO
(02:58):
CRAFT THE NEXT BUDGET.
HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO
POTENTIALLY FEMA AND THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO GET INVOLVED TO
HELP OUT WITH SOME OF THE
ASSISTANCE TO KENTUCKIANS.
FEMA THERE'S NEWS FROM
THEM TODAY.
>> THIS AFTERNOON FEMA SAID IT
RELEASED $32 MILLION FOR HOUSING
AND OTHER EXPENDITURES FOR 5700
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KENTUCKY FAMILIES.
THE GOVERNOR IS
APPLYING FOR INDIVIDUAL
ASSISTANCE WHICH WOULD HELP
PEOPLE WITH THEIR IN EACH CASE.
KENTUCKY'S CAPITAL CITY OF
FRANKFORT WAS HARD HIT.
THE MAYOR ENACTED A CURFEW AND
TALKED WITH ME THIS WEEK ABOUT
THE FLOODING.
>> WE ARE A RIVER TOWN.
WE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AT
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CERTAIN WATER LEVELS AND PEOPLE
THAT LIVE IN THOSE AFFECTED
AREAS WHETHER YOU HAVE A HOUSE
OR PISS, I THINK MOST PEOPLE
WOULD KNOW WHAT WATER LEVEL IT
NEEDS TO RISE BEFORE THEY NEED
TO EVACUATE.
BUT THIS SITUATION WAS A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT, BECAUSE OF THE
PROJECTED CREST AND OVER THE
WEEKEND, IT JUST INCREASING AND
WE WERE REALLY CONCERNED IT WAS
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GOING TO GET TO A LEVEL WHERE IT
WOULD BREACH THE FLOOD WALL.
WATER JUST KEPT COMING.
IN FRANKFORT THE KENTUCKY RIVER
RAGED INTO THE STREETS THE
COURTHOUSE, BUFFALO TRACE
DISTILLERY, SOME HISTORIC HOMES
ALL HAVE SUBSTANTIAL FLOOD
DAMAGE.
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
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>> IN AND OUT I LIVE IN
LEXINGTON.
BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS ON
MAIN STREET AND WHAT WAS
INTERESTING IS A LOT OF TEAMWORK
THAT PEOPLE SAW.
THE DEVASTATION WAS REAL.
AND IT'S FORTUNATE THERE WERE
NOT MORE DEATHS, OF COURSE.
BUT FRANKFORT PEOPLE REALLY
PULLED TOGETHER THERE IN THE
CAPITAL CITY.
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THERE WERE COMPLIMENTS ON
FACEBOOK IN PLACES FOR THE
FRANKFORT PLANT BOARD FOR CITY
WORKERS.
PEOPLE HELPING OTHERS MUCK OUT
RESTAURANTS AND A LOT OF BUSY
FOLKS DOWN THERE.
THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
DOWNTOWN ON CLINTON STREET
OPENED THEIR DOORS TO FEED
PEOPLE FLOOD VICTIM OR NOT.
ON TUESDAY I POPPED IN TO MEET A
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FRIEND AND WAS TOLD THEY FED 400
PEOPLE ON TUESDAY.
AND WE KNOW THAT THERE
WILL BE RESIDUAL EFFECTS YOU
DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH WATER AS TO
ISSUES WHAT IS LEFT BEHIND?
>> I TELL YOU ONE THING I
NOTICED I NEVER KNEW THIS I WENT
TO THE POST OFFICE IN FRANKFORT
YESTERDAY AND IT'S ACROSS THE
ROAD FROM BUFFALO TRACE AND I
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WAS AMAZED AT THE SMELL.
IT'S TERRIBLE.
AS WES NOTED BEFORE THE SHOW THE
SEWAGE COMES UP THERE'S RIVER
WATER, AND THERE'S PROBABLY
BOURBON MIXED IN WITH SOME OF
THAT WHO KNOWS.
BUT IT WAS VERY PUNGENT.
THE COURTHOUSE THEY HAD
TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, THEY HAD TO
SCURRY WITH RECORDS.
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>> THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
AND THE COURTS WERE CLOSED FOR A
FEW DAYS.
AOC, THE SUPREME COURT AND OTHER
COURTS THERE AS WELL.
WES, THE BOWLING GREEN
AREA GOT MORE THAN 10 INCHES OF
RAIN IN FOUR DAYS.
THAT IS AMAZING.
WHAT WERE THE RESULTS THERE?
>> WELL, JUST LIKE WE SAW
EVERYWHERE ELSE AROUND THE STATE
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A LOT OF FLOODED ROADS A LOT OF
DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
THE INITIAL ESTIMATES AND I'M
SURE THE NUMBERS WILL GO UP AS
OF YESTERDAY THERE WERE 200
STRUCTURES THAT WERE DAMAGED.
AND PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE IS $7
MILLION IN DAMAGE.
THAT IS CERTAINLY GOING TO GO
UP.
A LOT OF SHELTERS HAVE BEEN
OPENED AND WILL STAY OPEN
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THROUGH NEXT WEEK FOR FOLKS WHO
HAD TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES.
WHAT IS ALSO INTERESTING IN OUR
REGION IS WE HAVE A LOT OF CAR
STRAIN, HOME OF MAMMOTH CAVE AND
OTHERS SO THAT WHEN THERE IS A
FLOODING EVENT THAT UNDERMINES
THE EARTH UNDER THE ROADS, WE
HAD A SMALL SINK HOLES OPEN UP
SO THE CITY HAS BEEN BUSY TRYING
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TO REPAIR THOSE AS WELL.
YEAH, SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE NOT AS
BAD AS SOME PLACES.
BUT DEFINITELY HAVE FELT THE
FRONT OF IT.
YOU HAD WATER COMING UP
FROM THE GROUND?
>> THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS.
EVERYTHING PERCOLATES UNDERWATER
AND YOU CAN NEVER TELL WHERE
IT'S GOING TO COME UP.
THERE WERE CONFIRMED
TORNADOES AN EF2, INJURIES
(07:10):
MINIMAL THERE.
>> JUST ONE REPORTED INJURY AND
A FEW BARNS WERE DAMAGED BY THE
TORNADO THAT CAME THROUGH BARON
COUNTY.
AND IT WAS A VERY RURAL AREA BUT
THE DEVASTATION CAME AFTERWARDS
WITH THE TORRENTIAL RAIN WE SAW.
AND BOONSBORO STATE
PARKS CAMPGROUNDS WILL BE CLOSED
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UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH SO THE
SUMMER CAMPING SEASON IS GOING
TO BE LOST.
AND THIS WEEKEND'S "THUNDER
ONEVER LOUISVILLE" WAS CANCELED
A HUGE EVENT, A MAJOR
CANCELLATION AND FOR THE ECONOMY
BUT THEY INTEND TO GO FORWARD
WITH OTHER KENTUCKY DERBY
EVENTS.
THUNDER OVER LOUISVILLE WAS THE
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KICKOFF TO THE DERBY SEASON
ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH.
AND IT'S FULL OF AIRSHOWS AND
FIREWORKS.
500,000 PEOPLE COME INTO THE
LOUISVILLE AREA JUST FOR
THUNDER.
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE EVER,
DUE TO WEATHER IT'S BEEN
CANCELED.
IT WAS NOT HAPPENING BACK IN
2020 WHEN THE PANDEMIC WAS GOING
ON.
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BUT THEY ARE SAYING NOW THERE'S
126 MILLION DOLLAR ECONOMIC
IMPACT THAT IS BEING LOST DUE TO
THUNDER NOT HAPPENING.
AND THAT IS AGAIN AFFECTING THE
CITY, LOCAL BUSINESSES, FOOD
TRUCKS THAT BANK THEIR SCHEDULES
AROUND THE THUNDER.
BUT THE DERBY FESTIVAL SEASON
WILL CONTINUE AND IT'S GOT A
SCHEDULE APRIL 24-MAY 2 LEADING
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UP TO DERBY DAY.
ROUGH SCENES IN
LOUISVILLE NOT ONLY SOME TORNADO
DAMAGE IN THE JEFFERSONTOWN AREA
BUT A LOT OF WATER FROM THE
FLOODING.
>> THEY HAVE THE WATERFRONT LAWN
THAT IS RIGHT IN THE HEART OF
THE DOWNTOWN.
A LOT OF THAT WATER HAS COME UP
AND GONE STRAIGHT INTO THE CITY.
AND A LOT OF THOSE DOWNTOWN
BUSINESSES AFFECTED.
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AND IT'S CAUSING A NIGHTMARE FOR
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT AREA.
A LOT OF WORK AHEAD FOR
FOLKS AND WE'LL SEE THE DAMAGE
TOTALS AS THEY COME IN AND UP.
THIS WEEK PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED
EXECUTIVE ORDERS DESIGNED TO
BRING BACK COAL.
HIS ACTIONS WOULD REMOVE SOME
MINING RESTRICTIONS AND
ENCOURAGE UTILITY COMPANIES TO
ONCE AGAIN TURN TO COAL.
>> IN ADDITION I'M INSTRUCTING
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THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO
IDENTIFY AND FIGHT EVERY SINGLE
UNCONSTITUTIONAL STATE OR LOCAL
REGULATION THAT IS PUTTING OUR
COAL MINERS OUT OF BUSINESS.
AND WE ARE WITHDRAWING ALL OF
THOSE OBJECTIONS FROM OUR
GOVERNMENT TODAY.
IT'S ALL BEING WITHDRAWN SO ALL
OF YOU PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN
FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIVES, WE ARE
WITHDRAWING ALL OF THAT TODAY.
(09:43):
LAURA, THE PRESIDENT
NOTED THAT CONGRESSMAN ANDY BARR
AND HAL ROGERS WERE AT THE EVENT
AS WAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
EXECUTIVE TONY CAMPBELL WHO
HEADS UP EAST KENTUCKY POWER AND
HE SPOKE AT THE EVENT.
THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF
KENTUCKY INTEREST IN THIS
ANNOUNCE MANY.
>> THERE WAS.
EAST KENTUCKY POWER HAS PLANTS
(10:04):
THAT CURRENT COAL AND SOME
CO-FIRE, I THINK IS THE WORD
THEY USE.
GAS AND COAL.
AND THEY ALSO HAVE SOLAR AS
WELL.
IT'S BENEFICIAL TO THEM, OF
COURSE, TO STAY IN FRONT OF
THIS.
ONE THING THAT KENTUCKY COAL IS
ALSO GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH
COMING UP IS NUCLEAR ENERGY.
THAT IS MAKING GAINS HERE IN THE
(10:25):
STATE.
LAST YEAR, THE LEGISLATURE
PASSED APPROPRIATED $40 MILLION
FOR THE KENTUCKY NUCLEAR ENERGY
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
A MOUTHFUL.
AND THIS YEAR THEY CREATED THE
GRANTING AUTHORITY TO END THAT
$40 MILLION.
NUCLEAR IS GOING TO COME THIS
WAY AS WELL AND WE WILL BE
(10:47):
LOOKING AT HOW DOES THAT AFFECT
COAL?
BECAUSE THE MARKET HAS A LOT OF
BEARING ON HOW THESE COMPANIES
DETERMINE WHAT FUEL THEY ARE
LOOKING FOR.
MARIO?
A LOT OF COMPETITION FOR COAL?
>> IT SURE IS AND THE ELECTRIC
CO-OPS THEY WERE PRAISING
(11:07):
TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDERS TO
PRESERVE THE COAL PLANTS NEEDED
FOR RELIABILITY AND DURING THAT
SAME WHITE HOUSE EVENTS THE
PRESIDENT MENTIONED HAL ROGERS
BY NAME, CONGRESSMAN FROM
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN KENTUCKY.
BUT ALSO REFERENCED ANDY BARR
FROM LEXINGTON CONGRESSMAN AND
SPECIFICALLY SAID TO HIM GOOD
LUCK WITH EVERYTHING I HEAR GOOD
(11:28):
THINGS.
WE'LL SEE WHAT THAT MEANS IN THE
FUTURE.
THAT MAYBE A WINK AND A
NOD.
WES, I THINK THERE WAS ONE A
THRIVING COAL MINING IN EASTERN
AND IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.
BUT THE DECLINE IN JOBS AND IN
MINING HAS BEEN VERY STEEP.
YOU'VE LOOKED AT SOME NUMBERS IT
(11:49):
WOULD BE A LOT TO COME BACK?
>> IT SURE WOULD.
IN 1948, IT SEEMED TO BE THE
PEAK FOR EMPLOYMENT IN THE COAL
INDUSTRY WITH 75,000 JOBS DIRECT
JOBS IN THE COAL INDUSTRY.
AND THEN NOW IT'S LESS THAN
10,000.
PROBABLY CLOSER TO 6,000 OR
7,000.
PRODUCTION PEAKED IN THE 90s.
(12:11):
AND BECAUSE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES.
BUT EVEN IF YOU LOOK AT THAT
THAT HAS BEEN A DECLINE OF 35
YEARS IN THE MAKING.
AND YOU KNOW, THE ENVIRONMENTAL
CONCERNS ARE STILL THERE AND OF
COURSE, THE RETURN OF COAL OR
BRINGING BACK COAL IS SOMETHING
THAT WE'RE NOT NEW TO AND IT
HASN'T HAPPENED.
AS LAURA MENTIONED THERE'S NEAR
(12:32):
AND THESE OTHER CLEANER ENERGIES
WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN SOUTH
CENTRAL KENTUCKY A LOT OF SOLAR
FARMS ARE BEING BUILT ON
AGRICULTURAL LAND.
THERE'S TOUGH HEADWINDS FOR THE
COAL INDUSTRY TO RETURN NEAR
WHERE IT WAS.
IT WAS A HEADLINE THIS
WEEK.
>> NICE TO BE IN THE NEWS.
(12:53):
THIS WEEK FORMER
ATTORNEY GENERAL DANIEL CAMERON
NAMED HIS CAMPAIGN TEAM FOR HIS
2026 U.S. SENATE RUN.
LAURA, CAMERON WAS FIRST IN THE
RACE HE IS SETTING UP A FORMAL
CAMPAIGN.
IS THAT HEADSTART AN ADVANTAGE?
>> IT DEPENDS.
IT IS A HEADSTART IN LOCKING
(13:13):
DOWN CONSULTING FIRMS.
ONCE A POLLSTER SIGNS WITH
CAMERON HE IS NOT OR SHE IS NOT
GOING TO SIGN WITH BARR OR
ANYONE ELSE.
BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, TOO,
CONGRESSMAN BARR AS ALMOST $5
MILLION IN THE BANK.
NEXT WEEK IS THE REPORTING
DEADLINE FOR THIS QUARTER'S
(13:34):
FINANCE FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN
FINANCE FUNDRAISING BUT HE CAN
ROLL THAT OVER INTO A SENATE
CAMPAIGN.
SO BARR, IS ALSO PLANNING TO
RUN, I THINK.
I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT IN SAYING
THAT.
HE HAS THREE WEB DOMAIN NAMES
THAT HE HAS RESERVED ONE IS ANDY
(13:55):
BARR FOR SENATE.
ONE IS ANDY BARR 4 SENATE AND
BARR FOR SENATE.
I THINK HESITATE, I HESITATED TO
SAY FOR SURE HE'S GOING TO RUN
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS GOING
TO.
AND THAT $5 MILLION THAT IS THE
HEADSTART IN THIS RACE.
THERE IS ANOTHER
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE IN?
(14:15):
>> THERE IS A GUY MICHAEL
FARRIS.
HE IS A UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
VETERAN AND HE RUNS A HELICOPTER
MAINTENANCE COMPANY.
AND HE IS RUNNING A BIT TO THE
RIGHT OF CAMERON.
HE SAYS THAT A PROTEGE OF MITCH
McCONNELL CAMERON IS
ADVOCATING A LEGACY THAT
KENTUCKIANS ARE PUSHING ASIDE.
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REPUBLICANS ARE PUSHING ASIDE.
>> AND THAT CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISING
DEADLINE IS COMING UP MANY EYES
WILL BE ON DANIEL CAMERON TO SEE
HOW MUCH MONEY HE HAS RAISED
SINCE HE ANNOUNCED HIS CANDIDACY
AND DEPENDING ON THAT NUMBER
WILL PROBABLY DEPEND ON THE LAY
OF THE LAND AND WHO DECIDES TO
GET IN OR DECIDES TO STAY IN
(14:57):
NOW.
BUT, AGAIN, WE ARE TALKING IN
APRIL OF 2025 AND THE FOLLOWING
DEADLINE IS NOT UNTIL JANUARY OF
2026 AND THE PRIMARY IS NOT
UNTIL MAY NEXT YEAR.
WE'LL SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN
THERE.
WHAT DID THE PRESIDENT
MEAN BY I'VE HEARD GOOD THINGS?
>> THE FROM PRESIDENT MEANS A
LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS
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DEPENDING ON THE DAY.
HE CAMPAIGNED IN 2018
FOR BARR.
HE ENDORSED CAMERON IN 2023 IN
THE GOVERNOR'S RACE.
>> HE DID AND IN A PREVIOUS
PRIMARY HE ENDORSED TWO
REPUBLICANS WHO ARE RUNNING IN A
THREE-WAY PRIMARY SAYING I
SUPPORT BOTH OF THOSE REPUBLICAN
PRIMARY CANDIDATES.
(15:38):
SO, AGAIN, WE'LL SEE WHAT
HAPPENS THIS TIME AROUND.
THE DEMOCRATS ALREADY
HAVE A PRIMARY?
>> YES.
STATE REPRESENTATIVE PAMELA
STEVENSON AS WE KNOW IS IN.
AND THEN A MAN NAMED JARED
RANDALL WHO CALLS HIMSELF A
SOCIALIST DEMOCRAT.
HE HAS A FACEBOOK PAGE
ANNOUNCING HIS CAMPAIGN AND HE
ALSO HAS REGISTERED AN ACCOUNT
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WITH THE FEC.
THEY WILL POP-UP IT'S SO EARLY.
BUT PEOPLE HAVE TO GET IN EARLY
TO START RAISING MONEY.
WHEN YOU HAVE A PRIMARY LIKE
LOOKING AT CAMERON AND BARR
RUNNING AGAINST EACH OTHER YOU
HAVE TO LOCKDOWN YOUR DONORS AS
WELL.
THE CONSULTANTS.
NATIONAL DEMOCRATS MADE
(16:21):
SEE AN OPENING IN THIS KENTUCKY
HOUSE SEAT.
AUSTIN HORN REPORTS FOR THE
LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER THE
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN CONDUCT
CAUCUS COMMITTEE SAYS THE SIXTH
HOUSE SEAT WILL BE IN PLAY.
ANDY BARR SEEMS TO BE
POSITIONING HIMSELF FOR THAT
SENATE RUN.
AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
(16:42):
MOST OF KENTUCKY'S SIXTH
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS ARE NOT
COMPETITIVE.
DO DEMOCRATS TRULY SEE AN
OPPORTUNITY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY?
>> TIME WILL TELL SINCE CHANDLER
WAS THE LAST DEMOCRAT TO HOLD
THAT SEAT HE HAD IT FOR SEVERAL
YEARS AND ANDY BARR LOST TO BEN
CHANDLER THE FIRST TIME WHEN HE
RAN AGAINST HIM IN THE EARLY
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2010'S.
AND BARR WAS ABLE TO BEAT HIM.
THE BENCH IS LOW RIGHT NOW FOR
DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE AT LEAST HIGH
NAME RECOGNITION IN THE
POLITICAL CIRCLES.
THERE'S CHERYL LYNN STEVENSON
WAS IN LEADERSHIP IN THE
DEMOCRATIC SIDE.
SHE LOST HER ELECTION FOR THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY BUT SHE MAYBE
(17:28):
CONSIDERING LOOKING TO GO TO
CONGRESS OUT OF LEXINGTON.
BUT, AGAIN, TIME WILL TELL TO
SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
>> ALSO, THE HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
THE NATIONAL PAC THEY ARE
TARGETING THAT DISTRICT AS WELL.
THE DEMOCRATS WILL HAVE MORE
INTEREST IN THE RACE THAN WE'RE
SEEING RIGHT NOW.
I'M TOLD THAT MORGAN McGARVEY
IS RECRUITING A CANDIDATE FOR
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THAT RACE TO RUN IN THE SIXTH.
AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE LOOKING AT
SOME PEOPLE.
I'VE BEEN TOLD A NAME BUT I
CAN'T SAY IT NOW.
YOU WILL HAVE TO READ IT IN IN
THE KENTUCKY GAZETTE BUT THEY
ARE RECRUITING FOR THAT RACE AND
HOPING TO USE NATIONAL MONEY TO
WIN IT.
ALL RIGHT INTERESTING
THERE.
IN WASHINGTON KENTUCKY
CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE WAS
(18:09):
ONE OF TWO REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED
AGAINST THE BUDGET BILL BACKED
BY THE PRESIDENT.
WHAT TRUMP CALLED THE BIG
BEAUTIFUL BILL.
MARIO, CONSERVATIVE REVOLT
MOSTLY FOLDED BUT MASSIE VOTED
NO.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
INITIALLY EVERYTHING STALLED
WHEN SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON
BROUGHT IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND
SHARING THAT THEY WERE READY TO
(18:29):
MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE IN
NORTHERN KENTUCKY HE HAS BEEN
STANDING FIRM ON HIS BELIEFS AND
ALSO STANDING FIRM ON HIS TITLE
OF Mr. NO LABELED IN CONGRESS
AND REFUSES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
THAT.
AND AGAIN, THERE'S SOME CONCERNS
IN THE SENATE AS WELL EVEN RAND
PAUL WHO ALSO ALIGNS SAYING HE
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IS NOT FOR SURE IF HE IS GOING
TO APPROVE THIS AS WELL.
GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR
LAUNCHED A PODCAST A BILLIONAIRE
ATTORNEY JOHN MORGAN WAS THE
FIRST GUEST AND HIS SON WILL
JOINED AND THEY TALKED ABOUT
GENERATION Z SLANG BESHEAR SAID
HE WANTED TO BE AUTHENTIC
INCLUDING WORDS USED IN THE
(19:13):
DISCUSSIONS.
>> SO NO THIS IS NOT JUST A
POLITICS SHOW.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT PARENTING,
WE'LL TALK WITH FAITH, WE'LL
TALK ABOUT SPORTS AND
ENTERTAINMENT THE WAY YOU TALK
WITH YOUR FRIENDS.
WE'LL COVER A LOT OF DIFFERENT
THINGS.
MY GOAL IS THAT OUR LISTENERS
LEAVE EACH EPISODE REFRESHED AND
READY TO FACE THIS COMPLICATED
(19:34):
WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN.
MY GOAL IS ALSO THIS
CONVERSATION IS REAL.
OKAY.
LAURA WHAT IS THE GOVERNOR
ATTEMPTING TO DO HERE?
SPEAK TO A NATIONAL AUDIENCE
GIVEN HIS APPARENT INTEREST IN
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT?
>> I THINK SO.
MAYBE HE'S FOLKSY DISPLAYING HIS
(19:54):
PERSONALITY BUT IT'S INTERESTING
TO HAVE JOHN MORGAN ON HE IS A
BILLIONAIRE AND MEGA DON FOR FOR
THE DEMOCRATS AND TALKED ABOUT
FORMING A THIRD PARTY.
HE HAS THE MONEY TO DO IT.
AND "POLITICO" REPORTED IN
JANUARY OR FEBRUARY, THAT HE'S
CONSIDERING STARTING A PARTY
THAT WOULD COMPETE WITH THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
(20:15):
IT WOULD BE MORE CENTRIST AND
THE WORKING NAME IS CAPITALIST
PARTY.
INTERESTING.
REPUBLICANS WERE QUICK TO PICK
THE PODCAST APART THEY WERE
CRITICAL SAYING IT WON'T AMOUNT
TO MUCH.
>> AGAIN, IN THE PARTICULAR
PODCAST THE GOVERNOR SPENT TIME
TALKING WITH HIS SON WILL ABOUT
THE POPULAR WORDS THAT TEENAGERS
USE INCLUDING A BIG DEBATE ABOUT
(20:36):
SKIPDY AND FIRE.
I'M SURE BILL YOU MAY HAVE USED
THE WORDS TALKING.
A LOT OF WIDE RANGING
DISCUSSIONS MORE IN LIGHT
HEARTED AND TALKING ABOUT
POLITICAL ISSUES.
A POLL SHOWS BESHEAR'S
APPROVAL AT 68%, ONLY 25%
DISAPPROVAL OF JOB THE DEMOCRAT
IS DOING IN A REPUBLICAN STATE.
(20:58):
SO THAT IS SIMULTANEOUS WITH THE
RELEASE OF THIS PODCAST.
>> AND THE GOVERNOR IS STILL
HAVING A HIGH APPROVAL RATINGS
IN OUR STATE.
THEN, AGAIN HE IS ACTIVE ON
SOCIAL MEDIA DOING ALMOST DAILY
A SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEOS UPENDING
PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY ABOUT
HIS THOUGHTS ON NATIONAL
POLITICS.
APPEARING ON THE THAT NETWORKS
(21:19):
AS WELL.
WES, BRING US
UP-TO-DATE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
THE BOWLING GREEN AREA.
RIGHT NOW WE KNOW THAT GROWTH
AND PLANNING FOR DEVELOPMENT HAS
TO BE ONGOING.
AND RECENTLY BOWLING GREEN
WARREN COUNTY NAMED ONE ONE IN
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR U.S.
CITIES SMALLER THAN 200,000.
>> LESS THAN 200,000.
AND THERE IS A LOT OF METRICS
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INVOLVED.
THIS IS THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS
AND JOBS BROUGHT IN.
THE MONETARY WORTH OF THE
PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING IN.
AND SO WHEN THEY LOOK AT THOSE
METRICS BOWLING GREEN HAS BEEN
NUMBER ONE FOR A COUPLE YEARS IN
A ROW.
HAS BEEN IN THE TOP 10 FOR MANY,
MANY YEARS.
A LOT OF THIS IS A PLACE CALLED
THE KENTUCKY TRANS PARK BUT WE
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HAVE MAJOR PROJECTS ANNOUNCED IN
THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
BALL JAR COMPANY, TYSON BACON
PLANT COMING IN THE BIG ONE IS
THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY
PLANT THAT IS GOING TO BE A $2
BILLION INVESTMENT WITH 2,000
HIGH PAYING JOBS.
YEAH, IT'S PRETTY MUCH NOT A
MONTH GOES BY WITHOUT AN
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
(22:23):
ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE CITY.
>> Renee (22:27):
LAURA --
>> Bill (22:27):
LAURA TOLD US TO READ
THE GAZETTE FOR NEWS AND READ
THE BOWLING GREEN NEWS.
>> THIS HAS BEEN A PROJECT THAT
HAS PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S BASICALLY TRYING TO THINK
OF NOT BE PROACTIVE RATHER THAN
REACTIVE TO THE GROWTH THAT IS
COMING.
SO IT'S INVOLVED A LOT OF
PARTNERS, THE DAILY NEWS HAS
(22:47):
BEEN INVOLVED WITH THAT.
BUT IT'S TRYING TO PLAN FOR THE
FUTURE AND GET A LOT OF
COMMUNITY INPUT.
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF
RESPONSES TO AN ON-LINE SURVEY.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THOSE
RESULTS COMING OUT IN THE NEXT
WEEK OR SO IN TERMS WHAT PEOPLE
WANT, THEIR CONCERNS AND WHAT
THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD IN THE
FUTURE IN THE COMMUNITY.
A NEW LAW PASSED IN THE
2025 SESSION MAKES IT EASIER FOR
(23:11):
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY TO
RERATE DOCTORAL PROGRAMS A PH.D.
IN DATA SCIENCE RESEARCH?
>> THEY ARE LOOKING AT THINGS
THAT ARE POPULAR NOW THAT WOULD
BE WELL RECEIVED.
BUT IT'S I THINK PART OF A
BIGGER PUSH WESTERN IS AIMING TO
BE THE FIRST R2, RESEARCH 2
UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE.
YOU HAVE KENTUCKY AND LOUISVILLE
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THAT ARE RESEARCH ONE
UNIVERSITIES BUT WE WOULD BE THE
FIRST R2 UNIVERSITY IN THE
STATE.
AND TO DO THAT YOU NEED TO DO A
LOT OF THINGS LIKE OFFER
ADVANCED DEGREES.
SO THERE'S BEEN A CONCERTED
EFFORT LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO
PUSH WESTERN TOWARD THAT R2
DESIGNATION THIS WOULD HELP WITH
THAT FOR SURE.
AND THE BENEFIT OF THAT IS
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THEORETICALLY TO GET FEDERAL
GRANTS, STATE GRANTINGS AND SO
FORTH.
ALL OF THAT IS NOW UP IN THE
AIR.
BUT THE PUSH CONTINUES FOR R2
STATUS.
TELL US ABOUT THE THEFT
OF SEVERAL BRAND NUCOR VETS AT
THE GM PLANT.
>> IT IS A WILD STORY.
THE CORVETTE PLANT IS IN BOWLING
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GREEN AND APPARENTLY SOME GUYS
FROM MICHIGAN FIGURED OUT A WAY
TO BREAK INTO THE LOT AND CUT
THROUGH A FENCE AND DROVE OFF
WITH EIGHT NUCOR VETS FROM THE
PLANT.
AND THEY HAD A PLAN TO GET THEM
BACK TO MICHIGAN BUT THEY WOUND
UPTAKING THEM TEMPORARILY TO AN
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APARTMENT COMPLEX.
SO THE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING OUT
THEIR WINDOWS AND THERE'S EIGHT
NEW CORVETTES WITH STICKER ON
THE WINDOWS THERE'S SOMETHING
FISHY HERE.
USUALLY NOT GOING TO HAVE NEW
CORVETTES IN THE APARTMENT
COMPLEX AND THEY CALLED THE
POLICE AND THE CHARGES ARE
PENDING.
FACTS ARE STRANGER THAN
FICTION.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL COLEMAN WANTS
PEOPLE TO DELETE THEIR GENETIC
DATA FROM 23 AND ME.
>> 23 AND ME IS FILING
BANKRUPTCY.
AND IF PEOPLE WANT THEIR
INFORMATION DELETED, THEY NEED
TO BE PROACTIVE AND REQUEST THAT
IT DEDESTROYED OR DELETED.
HE IS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO DO
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THAT TO KEEP INFORMATION OUT OF
THE HANDS OF OTHERS WHOEVER
THOSE OTHERS COULD BE.
MARIO YOUR WORK WAS TO
LOOK INTO THE HAMPTON FUSED --
HEMP INFUSED DRINKS ISSUE.
>> SENATE BILL 202 CAPS THE
AMOUNT OF THC AT 5 MILLIGRAMS
(25:36):
PER 12 OUNCE CAN THERE WAS
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT BUT THOSE IN
THE HEMP INDUSTRY SAYS THEY WERE
NOT INCLUDED IN THE DISCUSSION
HOW TO DRAFT THIS LEGISLATION.
SO THEY WERE NOT HAPPY WITH THAT
PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, TELEVISION PIONEER AND
FORMER WKYT NEWS DIRECTOR IN THE
(25:58):
70s AND 80s CURTS GUIDE.
HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF
FAME IN TWROIN.
HE SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS BROADCASTERS OF
KENTUCKY AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FOR RADIO AND TELEVISION NEWS
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
KEN WAS A CONSISTENT SUPPORTERS
OF KET AND OF "COMMENT ON
KENTUCKY".
KEN CURTS WAS 95 YEARS OLD AND A
(26:20):
PERSONAL NOTE HE HIRED ME AT
WKYT AND TAUGHT US ALL TRY TO BE
FIRST BUT ALWAYS BE RIGHT.
THAT'S "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY".
WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK AHEAD.
[♪♪]
>> Bill (00:08):
KENTUCKY DEALS WITH
DEADLY AND DESTRUCTIVE FLOODING.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE
ORDERS DESIGNED TO CLEAR THE WAY
FOR MORE COAL USE AND MINING.
NATIONAL DEMOCRATS EYEING
KENTUCKY'S 6TH DISTRICT
CONGRESSIONAL SEAT IF ANDY BARR
JUMPS INTO THE SENATE RACE.
BOWLING GREEN AND WARREN COUNTY
(00:30):
ON THE TOP OF THE LIST OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
BETTER WEATHER HERE IN THE
COMMONWEALTH.
AND COMMENT IS NEXT ON KET.
[♪♪]
GOOD EVENING I'M BILL BRYANT.
AND WE WELCOME YOU TO "COMMENT
ON KENTUCKY" ON LOOK BACK AT AND
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SOME ANALYSIS OF THE WEEK'S NEWS
IN THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE
GUESTS ON OUR PANEL OF WORKING
KENTUCKY JOURNALISTS TONIGHT ARE
WES SWIETEK MANAGING EDITOR OF
THE BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS.
LAURA GLASSCOCK, EDITOR AND
PUBLISHER OF THE KENTUCKY
GAZETTE.
AND MARIO ANDERSON ANCHOR AND
HOST OF IN FOCUS KENTUCKY ON
(01:12):
SPECTRUM NEWS ONE.
AND TONIGHT GOVERNOR BESHEAR
LAUNCHES A PODCAST AS A POLL
SHOWS HIM WITH HIGH APPROVAL.
LET'S GET TO KENTUCKY'S RECOVERY
FROM TOUGH FLOODING.
THERE WERE SEVERAL FATALITIES
BLAMED ON THE SWOLLEN WATERS AND
ALSO SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE
THE ESTIMATES CONTINUE TO CLIMB
AND IN THE BRIEFING BESHEAR
(01:33):
NOTED THE RIVERS AND THE CREEKS
HAVE GONE DOWN BUT DANGERS
REMAIN.
>> Gov. Andy Beshear (01:39):
THE OHIO
RIVER DID CREST IN LOUISVILLE
YESTERDAY.
BUT IT'S ONLY DIAGNOSE TO CREST
IN OWENSBORO ON SATURDAY OR
SUNDAY.
IN HENDERSON ON SUNDAY.
AND THEN IN PADUCAH SOMETIME
NEXT WEEK, MAYBE EVEN A FULL
WEEK FROM NOW.
IT IS STILL DANGEROUS OUT THERE.
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER.
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DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES.
DO NOT THINK THAT YOU CAN DRIVE
AROUND WHERE THE MUDSLIDES OR
THE LANDSLIDES ARE.
PLEASE BE CAREFUL.
>> Bill (02:14):
MARROW HERE WE ARE
AGAIN A NATURAL DISASTER IN
KENTUCKY AND THE SCOPE OF
FLOODING IS WIDESPREAD BUT
ANOTHER MAJOR CHALLENGE FOR OUR
PEOPLE.
>> IT SURE IS ACROSS THE ENTIRE
STATE AND THE GOVERNOR CONFIRMED
THERE WERE SEVEN DEATHS ACROSS
OUR COMMONWEALTH INCLUDING IN
BULLITT, CARROLL, FRANKLIN,
MCCRACKEN, NELSON, PENDLETON AND
(02:35):
TRIGG COUNTIES AND THE GOVERNOR
MENTIONED THERE ARE 70 COUNTIES
THAT DECLARED A STATE OF
EMERGENCY RELATED TO THE
FLOODING.
BUT THE GOVERNOR DID MENTION
SEVERAL TIMES THAT HE WAS
CONCERNED THAT THE AVAILABLE
MONEY BUDGETED TO RESPOND TO
THESE NATURAL DISASTERS COULD BE
MAXED OUT BEFORE LAWMAKERS
RETURN IN JANUARY OF 2026 TO
(02:58):
CRAFT THE NEXT BUDGET.
HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO
POTENTIALLY FEMA AND THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO GET INVOLVED TO
HELP OUT WITH SOME OF THE
ASSISTANCE TO KENTUCKIANS.
FEMA THERE'S NEWS FROM
THEM TODAY.
>> THIS AFTERNOON FEMA SAID IT
RELEASED $32 MILLION FOR HOUSING
AND OTHER EXPENDITURES FOR 5700
(03:20):
KENTUCKY FAMILIES.
THE GOVERNOR IS
APPLYING FOR INDIVIDUAL
ASSISTANCE WHICH WOULD HELP
PEOPLE WITH THEIR IN EACH CASE.
KENTUCKY'S CAPITAL CITY OF
FRANKFORT WAS HARD HIT.
THE MAYOR ENACTED A CURFEW AND
TALKED WITH ME THIS WEEK ABOUT
THE FLOODING.
>> WE ARE A RIVER TOWN.
WE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AT
(03:41):
CERTAIN WATER LEVELS AND PEOPLE
THAT LIVE IN THOSE AFFECTED
AREAS WHETHER YOU HAVE A HOUSE
OR PISS, I THINK MOST PEOPLE
WOULD KNOW WHAT WATER LEVEL IT
NEEDS TO RISE BEFORE THEY NEED
TO EVACUATE.
BUT THIS SITUATION WAS A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT, BECAUSE OF THE
PROJECTED CREST AND OVER THE
WEEKEND, IT JUST INCREASING AND
WE WERE REALLY CONCERNED IT WAS
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GOING TO GET TO A LEVEL WHERE IT
WOULD BREACH THE FLOOD WALL.
WATER JUST KEPT COMING.
IN FRANKFORT THE KENTUCKY RIVER
RAGED INTO THE STREETS THE
COURTHOUSE, BUFFALO TRACE
DISTILLERY, SOME HISTORIC HOMES
ALL HAVE SUBSTANTIAL FLOOD
DAMAGE.
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
(04:23):
>> IN AND OUT I LIVE IN
LEXINGTON.
BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS ON
MAIN STREET AND WHAT WAS
INTERESTING IS A LOT OF TEAMWORK
THAT PEOPLE SAW.
THE DEVASTATION WAS REAL.
AND IT'S FORTUNATE THERE WERE
NOT MORE DEATHS, OF COURSE.
BUT FRANKFORT PEOPLE REALLY
PULLED TOGETHER THERE IN THE
CAPITAL CITY.
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THERE WERE COMPLIMENTS ON
FACEBOOK IN PLACES FOR THE
FRANKFORT PLANT BOARD FOR CITY
WORKERS.
PEOPLE HELPING OTHERS MUCK OUT
RESTAURANTS AND A LOT OF BUSY
FOLKS DOWN THERE.
THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
DOWNTOWN ON CLINTON STREET
OPENED THEIR DOORS TO FEED
PEOPLE FLOOD VICTIM OR NOT.
ON TUESDAY I POPPED IN TO MEET A
(05:05):
FRIEND AND WAS TOLD THEY FED 400
PEOPLE ON TUESDAY.
AND WE KNOW THAT THERE
WILL BE RESIDUAL EFFECTS YOU
DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH WATER AS TO
ISSUES WHAT IS LEFT BEHIND?
>> I TELL YOU ONE THING I
NOTICED I NEVER KNEW THIS I WENT
TO THE POST OFFICE IN FRANKFORT
YESTERDAY AND IT'S ACROSS THE
ROAD FROM BUFFALO TRACE AND I
(05:26):
WAS AMAZED AT THE SMELL.
IT'S TERRIBLE.
AS WES NOTED BEFORE THE SHOW THE
SEWAGE COMES UP THERE'S RIVER
WATER, AND THERE'S PROBABLY
BOURBON MIXED IN WITH SOME OF
THAT WHO KNOWS.
BUT IT WAS VERY PUNGENT.
THE COURTHOUSE THEY HAD
TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, THEY HAD TO
SCURRY WITH RECORDS.
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>> THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
AND THE COURTS WERE CLOSED FOR A
FEW DAYS.
AOC, THE SUPREME COURT AND OTHER
COURTS THERE AS WELL.
WES, THE BOWLING GREEN
AREA GOT MORE THAN 10 INCHES OF
RAIN IN FOUR DAYS.
THAT IS AMAZING.
WHAT WERE THE RESULTS THERE?
>> WELL, JUST LIKE WE SAW
EVERYWHERE ELSE AROUND THE STATE
(06:06):
A LOT OF FLOODED ROADS A LOT OF
DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
THE INITIAL ESTIMATES AND I'M
SURE THE NUMBERS WILL GO UP AS
OF YESTERDAY THERE WERE 200
STRUCTURES THAT WERE DAMAGED.
AND PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE IS $7
MILLION IN DAMAGE.
THAT IS CERTAINLY GOING TO GO
UP.
A LOT OF SHELTERS HAVE BEEN
OPENED AND WILL STAY OPEN
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THROUGH NEXT WEEK FOR FOLKS WHO
HAD TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES.
WHAT IS ALSO INTERESTING IN OUR
REGION IS WE HAVE A LOT OF CAR
STRAIN, HOME OF MAMMOTH CAVE AND
OTHERS SO THAT WHEN THERE IS A
FLOODING EVENT THAT UNDERMINES
THE EARTH UNDER THE ROADS, WE
HAD A SMALL SINK HOLES OPEN UP
SO THE CITY HAS BEEN BUSY TRYING
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TO REPAIR THOSE AS WELL.
YEAH, SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE NOT AS
BAD AS SOME PLACES.
BUT DEFINITELY HAVE FELT THE
FRONT OF IT.
YOU HAD WATER COMING UP
FROM THE GROUND?
>> THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS.
EVERYTHING PERCOLATES UNDERWATER
AND YOU CAN NEVER TELL WHERE
IT'S GOING TO COME UP.
THERE WERE CONFIRMED
TORNADOES AN EF2, INJURIES
(07:10):
MINIMAL THERE.
>> JUST ONE REPORTED INJURY AND
A FEW BARNS WERE DAMAGED BY THE
TORNADO THAT CAME THROUGH BARON
COUNTY.
AND IT WAS A VERY RURAL AREA BUT
THE DEVASTATION CAME AFTERWARDS
WITH THE TORRENTIAL RAIN WE SAW.
AND BOONSBORO STATE
PARKS CAMPGROUNDS WILL BE CLOSED
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UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH SO THE
SUMMER CAMPING SEASON IS GOING
TO BE LOST.
AND THIS WEEKEND'S "THUNDER
ONEVER LOUISVILLE" WAS CANCELED
A HUGE EVENT, A MAJOR
CANCELLATION AND FOR THE ECONOMY
BUT THEY INTEND TO GO FORWARD
WITH OTHER KENTUCKY DERBY
EVENTS.
THUNDER OVER LOUISVILLE WAS THE
(07:51):
KICKOFF TO THE DERBY SEASON
ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH.
AND IT'S FULL OF AIRSHOWS AND
FIREWORKS.
500,000 PEOPLE COME INTO THE
LOUISVILLE AREA JUST FOR
THUNDER.
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE EVER,
DUE TO WEATHER IT'S BEEN
CANCELED.
IT WAS NOT HAPPENING BACK IN
2020 WHEN THE PANDEMIC WAS GOING
ON.
(08:11):
BUT THEY ARE SAYING NOW THERE'S
126 MILLION DOLLAR ECONOMIC
IMPACT THAT IS BEING LOST DUE TO
THUNDER NOT HAPPENING.
AND THAT IS AGAIN AFFECTING THE
CITY, LOCAL BUSINESSES, FOOD
TRUCKS THAT BANK THEIR SCHEDULES
AROUND THE THUNDER.
BUT THE DERBY FESTIVAL SEASON
WILL CONTINUE AND IT'S GOT A
SCHEDULE APRIL 24-MAY 2 LEADING
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UP TO DERBY DAY.
ROUGH SCENES IN
LOUISVILLE NOT ONLY SOME TORNADO
DAMAGE IN THE JEFFERSONTOWN AREA
BUT A LOT OF WATER FROM THE
FLOODING.
>> THEY HAVE THE WATERFRONT LAWN
THAT IS RIGHT IN THE HEART OF
THE DOWNTOWN.
A LOT OF THAT WATER HAS COME UP
AND GONE STRAIGHT INTO THE CITY.
AND A LOT OF THOSE DOWNTOWN
BUSINESSES AFFECTED.
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AND IT'S CAUSING A NIGHTMARE FOR
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT AREA.
A LOT OF WORK AHEAD FOR
FOLKS AND WE'LL SEE THE DAMAGE
TOTALS AS THEY COME IN AND UP.
THIS WEEK PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED
EXECUTIVE ORDERS DESIGNED TO
BRING BACK COAL.
HIS ACTIONS WOULD REMOVE SOME
MINING RESTRICTIONS AND
ENCOURAGE UTILITY COMPANIES TO
ONCE AGAIN TURN TO COAL.
>> IN ADDITION I'M INSTRUCTING
(09:19):
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO
IDENTIFY AND FIGHT EVERY SINGLE
UNCONSTITUTIONAL STATE OR LOCAL
REGULATION THAT IS PUTTING OUR
COAL MINERS OUT OF BUSINESS.
AND WE ARE WITHDRAWING ALL OF
THOSE OBJECTIONS FROM OUR
GOVERNMENT TODAY.
IT'S ALL BEING WITHDRAWN SO ALL
OF YOU PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN
FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIVES, WE ARE
WITHDRAWING ALL OF THAT TODAY.
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LAURA, THE PRESIDENT
NOTED THAT CONGRESSMAN ANDY BARR
AND HAL ROGERS WERE AT THE EVENT
AS WAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
EXECUTIVE TONY CAMPBELL WHO
HEADS UP EAST KENTUCKY POWER AND
HE SPOKE AT THE EVENT.
THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF
KENTUCKY INTEREST IN THIS
ANNOUNCE MANY.
>> THERE WAS.
EAST KENTUCKY POWER HAS PLANTS
(10:04):
THAT CURRENT COAL AND SOME
CO-FIRE, I THINK IS THE WORD
THEY USE.
GAS AND COAL.
AND THEY ALSO HAVE SOLAR AS
WELL.
IT'S BENEFICIAL TO THEM, OF
COURSE, TO STAY IN FRONT OF
THIS.
ONE THING THAT KENTUCKY COAL IS
ALSO GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH
COMING UP IS NUCLEAR ENERGY.
THAT IS MAKING GAINS HERE IN THE
(10:25):
STATE.
LAST YEAR, THE LEGISLATURE
PASSED APPROPRIATED $40 MILLION
FOR THE KENTUCKY NUCLEAR ENERGY
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
A MOUTHFUL.
AND THIS YEAR THEY CREATED THE
GRANTING AUTHORITY TO END THAT
$40 MILLION.
NUCLEAR IS GOING TO COME THIS
WAY AS WELL AND WE WILL BE
(10:47):
LOOKING AT HOW DOES THAT AFFECT
COAL?
BECAUSE THE MARKET HAS A LOT OF
BEARING ON HOW THESE COMPANIES
DETERMINE WHAT FUEL THEY ARE
LOOKING FOR.
MARIO?
A LOT OF COMPETITION FOR COAL?
>> IT SURE IS AND THE ELECTRIC
CO-OPS THEY WERE PRAISING
(11:07):
TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDERS TO
PRESERVE THE COAL PLANTS NEEDED
FOR RELIABILITY AND DURING THAT
SAME WHITE HOUSE EVENTS THE
PRESIDENT MENTIONED HAL ROGERS
BY NAME, CONGRESSMAN FROM
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN KENTUCKY.
BUT ALSO REFERENCED ANDY BARR
FROM LEXINGTON CONGRESSMAN AND
SPECIFICALLY SAID TO HIM GOOD
LUCK WITH EVERYTHING I HEAR GOOD
(11:28):
THINGS.
WE'LL SEE WHAT THAT MEANS IN THE
FUTURE.
THAT MAYBE A WINK AND A
NOD.
WES, I THINK THERE WAS ONE A
THRIVING COAL MINING IN EASTERN
AND IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.
BUT THE DECLINE IN JOBS AND IN
MINING HAS BEEN VERY STEEP.
YOU'VE LOOKED AT SOME NUMBERS IT
(11:49):
WOULD BE A LOT TO COME BACK?
>> IT SURE WOULD.
IN 1948, IT SEEMED TO BE THE
PEAK FOR EMPLOYMENT IN THE COAL
INDUSTRY WITH 75,000 JOBS DIRECT
JOBS IN THE COAL INDUSTRY.
AND THEN NOW IT'S LESS THAN
10,000.
PROBABLY CLOSER TO 6,000 OR
7,000.
PRODUCTION PEAKED IN THE 90s.
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AND BECAUSE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES.
BUT EVEN IF YOU LOOK AT THAT
THAT HAS BEEN A DECLINE OF 35
YEARS IN THE MAKING.
AND YOU KNOW, THE ENVIRONMENTAL
CONCERNS ARE STILL THERE AND OF
COURSE, THE RETURN OF COAL OR
BRINGING BACK COAL IS SOMETHING
THAT WE'RE NOT NEW TO AND IT
HASN'T HAPPENED.
AS LAURA MENTIONED THERE'S NEAR
(12:32):
AND THESE OTHER CLEANER ENERGIES
WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN SOUTH
CENTRAL KENTUCKY A LOT OF SOLAR
FARMS ARE BEING BUILT ON
AGRICULTURAL LAND.
THERE'S TOUGH HEADWINDS FOR THE
COAL INDUSTRY TO RETURN NEAR
WHERE IT WAS.
IT WAS A HEADLINE THIS
WEEK.
>> NICE TO BE IN THE NEWS.
(12:53):
THIS WEEK FORMER
ATTORNEY GENERAL DANIEL CAMERON
NAMED HIS CAMPAIGN TEAM FOR HIS
2026 U.S. SENATE RUN.
LAURA, CAMERON WAS FIRST IN THE
RACE HE IS SETTING UP A FORMAL
CAMPAIGN.
IS THAT HEADSTART AN ADVANTAGE?
>> IT DEPENDS.
IT IS A HEADSTART IN LOCKING
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DOWN CONSULTING FIRMS.
ONCE A POLLSTER SIGNS WITH
CAMERON HE IS NOT OR SHE IS NOT
GOING TO SIGN WITH BARR OR
ANYONE ELSE.
BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, TOO,
CONGRESSMAN BARR AS ALMOST $5
MILLION IN THE BANK.
NEXT WEEK IS THE REPORTING
DEADLINE FOR THIS QUARTER'S
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FINANCE FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN
FINANCE FUNDRAISING BUT HE CAN
ROLL THAT OVER INTO A SENATE
CAMPAIGN.
SO BARR, IS ALSO PLANNING TO
RUN, I THINK.
I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT IN SAYING
THAT.
HE HAS THREE WEB DOMAIN NAMES
THAT HE HAS RESERVED ONE IS ANDY
(13:55):
BARR FOR SENATE.
ONE IS ANDY BARR 4 SENATE AND
BARR FOR SENATE.
I THINK HESITATE, I HESITATED TO
SAY FOR SURE HE'S GOING TO RUN
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS GOING
TO.
AND THAT $5 MILLION THAT IS THE
HEADSTART IN THIS RACE.
THERE IS ANOTHER
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE IN?
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>> THERE IS A GUY MICHAEL
FARRIS.
HE IS A UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
VETERAN AND HE RUNS A HELICOPTER
MAINTENANCE COMPANY.
AND HE IS RUNNING A BIT TO THE
RIGHT OF CAMERON.
HE SAYS THAT A PROTEGE OF MITCH
McCONNELL CAMERON IS
ADVOCATING A LEGACY THAT
KENTUCKIANS ARE PUSHING ASIDE.
(14:37):
REPUBLICANS ARE PUSHING ASIDE.
>> AND THAT CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISING
DEADLINE IS COMING UP MANY EYES
WILL BE ON DANIEL CAMERON TO SEE
HOW MUCH MONEY HE HAS RAISED
SINCE HE ANNOUNCED HIS CANDIDACY
AND DEPENDING ON THAT NUMBER
WILL PROBABLY DEPEND ON THE LAY
OF THE LAND AND WHO DECIDES TO
GET IN OR DECIDES TO STAY IN
(14:57):
NOW.
BUT, AGAIN, WE ARE TALKING IN
APRIL OF 2025 AND THE FOLLOWING
DEADLINE IS NOT UNTIL JANUARY OF
2026 AND THE PRIMARY IS NOT
UNTIL MAY NEXT YEAR.
WE'LL SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN
THERE.
WHAT DID THE PRESIDENT
MEAN BY I'VE HEARD GOOD THINGS?
>> THE FROM PRESIDENT MEANS A
LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS
(15:18):
DEPENDING ON THE DAY.
HE CAMPAIGNED IN 2018
FOR BARR.
HE ENDORSED CAMERON IN 2023 IN
THE GOVERNOR'S RACE.
>> HE DID AND IN A PREVIOUS
PRIMARY HE ENDORSED TWO
REPUBLICANS WHO ARE RUNNING IN A
THREE-WAY PRIMARY SAYING I
SUPPORT BOTH OF THOSE REPUBLICAN
PRIMARY CANDIDATES.
(15:38):
SO, AGAIN, WE'LL SEE WHAT
HAPPENS THIS TIME AROUND.
THE DEMOCRATS ALREADY
HAVE A PRIMARY?
>> YES.
STATE REPRESENTATIVE PAMELA
STEVENSON AS WE KNOW IS IN.
AND THEN A MAN NAMED JARED
RANDALL WHO CALLS HIMSELF A
SOCIALIST DEMOCRAT.
HE HAS A FACEBOOK PAGE
ANNOUNCING HIS CAMPAIGN AND HE
ALSO HAS REGISTERED AN ACCOUNT
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WITH THE FEC.
THEY WILL POP-UP IT'S SO EARLY.
BUT PEOPLE HAVE TO GET IN EARLY
TO START RAISING MONEY.
WHEN YOU HAVE A PRIMARY LIKE
LOOKING AT CAMERON AND BARR
RUNNING AGAINST EACH OTHER YOU
HAVE TO LOCKDOWN YOUR DONORS AS
WELL.
THE CONSULTANTS.
NATIONAL DEMOCRATS MADE
(16:21):
SEE AN OPENING IN THIS KENTUCKY
HOUSE SEAT.
AUSTIN HORN REPORTS FOR THE
LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER THE
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN CONDUCT
CAUCUS COMMITTEE SAYS THE SIXTH
HOUSE SEAT WILL BE IN PLAY.
ANDY BARR SEEMS TO BE
POSITIONING HIMSELF FOR THAT
SENATE RUN.
AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
(16:42):
MOST OF KENTUCKY'S SIXTH
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS ARE NOT
COMPETITIVE.
DO DEMOCRATS TRULY SEE AN
OPPORTUNITY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY?
>> TIME WILL TELL SINCE CHANDLER
WAS THE LAST DEMOCRAT TO HOLD
THAT SEAT HE HAD IT FOR SEVERAL
YEARS AND ANDY BARR LOST TO BEN
CHANDLER THE FIRST TIME WHEN HE
RAN AGAINST HIM IN THE EARLY
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2010'S.
AND BARR WAS ABLE TO BEAT HIM.
THE BENCH IS LOW RIGHT NOW FOR
DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE AT LEAST HIGH
NAME RECOGNITION IN THE
POLITICAL CIRCLES.
THERE'S CHERYL LYNN STEVENSON
WAS IN LEADERSHIP IN THE
DEMOCRATIC SIDE.
SHE LOST HER ELECTION FOR THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY BUT SHE MAYBE
(17:28):
CONSIDERING LOOKING TO GO TO
CONGRESS OUT OF LEXINGTON.
BUT, AGAIN, TIME WILL TELL TO
SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
>> ALSO, THE HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
THE NATIONAL PAC THEY ARE
TARGETING THAT DISTRICT AS WELL.
THE DEMOCRATS WILL HAVE MORE
INTEREST IN THE RACE THAN WE'RE
SEEING RIGHT NOW.
I'M TOLD THAT MORGAN McGARVEY
IS RECRUITING A CANDIDATE FOR
(17:49):
THAT RACE TO RUN IN THE SIXTH.
AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE LOOKING AT
SOME PEOPLE.
I'VE BEEN TOLD A NAME BUT I
CAN'T SAY IT NOW.
YOU WILL HAVE TO READ IT IN IN
THE KENTUCKY GAZETTE BUT THEY
ARE RECRUITING FOR THAT RACE AND
HOPING TO USE NATIONAL MONEY TO
WIN IT.
ALL RIGHT INTERESTING
THERE.
IN WASHINGTON KENTUCKY
CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE WAS
(18:09):
ONE OF TWO REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED
AGAINST THE BUDGET BILL BACKED
BY THE PRESIDENT.
WHAT TRUMP CALLED THE BIG
BEAUTIFUL BILL.
MARIO, CONSERVATIVE REVOLT
MOSTLY FOLDED BUT MASSIE VOTED
NO.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
INITIALLY EVERYTHING STALLED
WHEN SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON
BROUGHT IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND
SHARING THAT THEY WERE READY TO
(18:29):
MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE IN
NORTHERN KENTUCKY HE HAS BEEN
STANDING FIRM ON HIS BELIEFS AND
ALSO STANDING FIRM ON HIS TITLE
OF Mr. NO LABELED IN CONGRESS
AND REFUSES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
THAT.
AND AGAIN, THERE'S SOME CONCERNS
IN THE SENATE AS WELL EVEN RAND
PAUL WHO ALSO ALIGNS SAYING HE
(18:52):
IS NOT FOR SURE IF HE IS GOING
TO APPROVE THIS AS WELL.
GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR
LAUNCHED A PODCAST A BILLIONAIRE
ATTORNEY JOHN MORGAN WAS THE
FIRST GUEST AND HIS SON WILL
JOINED AND THEY TALKED ABOUT
GENERATION Z SLANG BESHEAR SAID
HE WANTED TO BE AUTHENTIC
INCLUDING WORDS USED IN THE
(19:13):
DISCUSSIONS.
>> SO NO THIS IS NOT JUST A
POLITICS SHOW.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT PARENTING,
WE'LL TALK WITH FAITH, WE'LL
TALK ABOUT SPORTS AND
ENTERTAINMENT THE WAY YOU TALK
WITH YOUR FRIENDS.
WE'LL COVER A LOT OF DIFFERENT
THINGS.
MY GOAL IS THAT OUR LISTENERS
LEAVE EACH EPISODE REFRESHED AND
READY TO FACE THIS COMPLICATED
(19:34):
WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN.
MY GOAL IS ALSO THIS
CONVERSATION IS REAL.
OKAY.
LAURA WHAT IS THE GOVERNOR
ATTEMPTING TO DO HERE?
SPEAK TO A NATIONAL AUDIENCE
GIVEN HIS APPARENT INTEREST IN
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT?
>> I THINK SO.
MAYBE HE'S FOLKSY DISPLAYING HIS
(19:54):
PERSONALITY BUT IT'S INTERESTING
TO HAVE JOHN MORGAN ON HE IS A
BILLIONAIRE AND MEGA DON FOR FOR
THE DEMOCRATS AND TALKED ABOUT
FORMING A THIRD PARTY.
HE HAS THE MONEY TO DO IT.
AND "POLITICO" REPORTED IN
JANUARY OR FEBRUARY, THAT HE'S
CONSIDERING STARTING A PARTY
THAT WOULD COMPETE WITH THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
(20:15):
IT WOULD BE MORE CENTRIST AND
THE WORKING NAME IS CAPITALIST
PARTY.
INTERESTING.
REPUBLICANS WERE QUICK TO PICK
THE PODCAST APART THEY WERE
CRITICAL SAYING IT WON'T AMOUNT
TO MUCH.
>> AGAIN, IN THE PARTICULAR
PODCAST THE GOVERNOR SPENT TIME
TALKING WITH HIS SON WILL ABOUT
THE POPULAR WORDS THAT TEENAGERS
USE INCLUDING A BIG DEBATE ABOUT
(20:36):
SKIPDY AND FIRE.
I'M SURE BILL YOU MAY HAVE USED
THE WORDS TALKING.
A LOT OF WIDE RANGING
DISCUSSIONS MORE IN LIGHT
HEARTED AND TALKING ABOUT
POLITICAL ISSUES.
A POLL SHOWS BESHEAR'S
APPROVAL AT 68%, ONLY 25%
DISAPPROVAL OF JOB THE DEMOCRAT
IS DOING IN A REPUBLICAN STATE.
(20:58):
SO THAT IS SIMULTANEOUS WITH THE
RELEASE OF THIS PODCAST.
>> AND THE GOVERNOR IS STILL
HAVING A HIGH APPROVAL RATINGS
IN OUR STATE.
THEN, AGAIN HE IS ACTIVE ON
SOCIAL MEDIA DOING ALMOST DAILY
A SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEOS UPENDING
PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY ABOUT
HIS THOUGHTS ON NATIONAL
POLITICS.
APPEARING ON THE THAT NETWORKS
(21:19):
AS WELL.
WES, BRING US
UP-TO-DATE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
THE BOWLING GREEN AREA.
RIGHT NOW WE KNOW THAT GROWTH
AND PLANNING FOR DEVELOPMENT HAS
TO BE ONGOING.
AND RECENTLY BOWLING GREEN
WARREN COUNTY NAMED ONE ONE IN
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR U.S.
CITIES SMALLER THAN 200,000.
>> LESS THAN 200,000.
AND THERE IS A LOT OF METRICS
(21:41):
INVOLVED.
THIS IS THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS
AND JOBS BROUGHT IN.
THE MONETARY WORTH OF THE
PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING IN.
AND SO WHEN THEY LOOK AT THOSE
METRICS BOWLING GREEN HAS BEEN
NUMBER ONE FOR A COUPLE YEARS IN
A ROW.
HAS BEEN IN THE TOP 10 FOR MANY,
MANY YEARS.
A LOT OF THIS IS A PLACE CALLED
THE KENTUCKY TRANS PARK BUT WE
(22:03):
HAVE MAJOR PROJECTS ANNOUNCED IN
THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
BALL JAR COMPANY, TYSON BACON
PLANT COMING IN THE BIG ONE IS
THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY
PLANT THAT IS GOING TO BE A $2
BILLION INVESTMENT WITH 2,000
HIGH PAYING JOBS.
YEAH, IT'S PRETTY MUCH NOT A
MONTH GOES BY WITHOUT AN
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
(22:23):
ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE CITY.
>> Renee (22:27):
LAURA --
>> Bill (22:27):
LAURA TOLD US TO READ
THE GAZETTE FOR NEWS AND READ
THE BOWLING GREEN NEWS.
>> THIS HAS BEEN A PROJECT THAT
HAS PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S BASICALLY TRYING TO THINK
OF NOT BE PROACTIVE RATHER THAN
REACTIVE TO THE GROWTH THAT IS
COMING.
SO IT'S INVOLVED A LOT OF
PARTNERS, THE DAILY NEWS HAS
(22:47):
BEEN INVOLVED WITH THAT.
BUT IT'S TRYING TO PLAN FOR THE
FUTURE AND GET A LOT OF
COMMUNITY INPUT.
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF
RESPONSES TO AN ON-LINE SURVEY.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THOSE
RESULTS COMING OUT IN THE NEXT
WEEK OR SO IN TERMS WHAT PEOPLE
WANT, THEIR CONCERNS AND WHAT
THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD IN THE
FUTURE IN THE COMMUNITY.
A NEW LAW PASSED IN THE
2025 SESSION MAKES IT EASIER FOR
(23:11):
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY TO
RERATE DOCTORAL PROGRAMS A PH.D.
IN DATA SCIENCE RESEARCH?
>> THEY ARE LOOKING AT THINGS
THAT ARE POPULAR NOW THAT WOULD
BE WELL RECEIVED.
BUT IT'S I THINK PART OF A
BIGGER PUSH WESTERN IS AIMING TO
BE THE FIRST R2, RESEARCH 2
UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE.
YOU HAVE KENTUCKY AND LOUISVILLE
(23:32):
THAT ARE RESEARCH ONE
UNIVERSITIES BUT WE WOULD BE THE
FIRST R2 UNIVERSITY IN THE
STATE.
AND TO DO THAT YOU NEED TO DO A
LOT OF THINGS LIKE OFFER
ADVANCED DEGREES.
SO THERE'S BEEN A CONCERTED
EFFORT LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO
PUSH WESTERN TOWARD THAT R2
DESIGNATION THIS WOULD HELP WITH
THAT FOR SURE.
AND THE BENEFIT OF THAT IS
(23:54):
THEORETICALLY TO GET FEDERAL
GRANTS, STATE GRANTINGS AND SO
FORTH.
ALL OF THAT IS NOW UP IN THE
AIR.
BUT THE PUSH CONTINUES FOR R2
STATUS.
TELL US ABOUT THE THEFT
OF SEVERAL BRAND NUCOR VETS AT
THE GM PLANT.
>> IT IS A WILD STORY.
THE CORVETTE PLANT IS IN BOWLING
(24:14):
GREEN AND APPARENTLY SOME GUYS
FROM MICHIGAN FIGURED OUT A WAY
TO BREAK INTO THE LOT AND CUT
THROUGH A FENCE AND DROVE OFF
WITH EIGHT NUCOR VETS FROM THE
PLANT.
AND THEY HAD A PLAN TO GET THEM
BACK TO MICHIGAN BUT THEY WOUND
UPTAKING THEM TEMPORARILY TO AN
(24:34):
APARTMENT COMPLEX.
SO THE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING OUT
THEIR WINDOWS AND THERE'S EIGHT
NEW CORVETTES WITH STICKER ON
THE WINDOWS THERE'S SOMETHING
FISHY HERE.
USUALLY NOT GOING TO HAVE NEW
CORVETTES IN THE APARTMENT
COMPLEX AND THEY CALLED THE
POLICE AND THE CHARGES ARE
PENDING.
FACTS ARE STRANGER THAN
FICTION.
(24:54):
ATTORNEY GENERAL COLEMAN WANTS
PEOPLE TO DELETE THEIR GENETIC
DATA FROM 23 AND ME.
>> 23 AND ME IS FILING
BANKRUPTCY.
AND IF PEOPLE WANT THEIR
INFORMATION DELETED, THEY NEED
TO BE PROACTIVE AND REQUEST THAT
IT DEDESTROYED OR DELETED.
HE IS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO DO
(25:15):
THAT TO KEEP INFORMATION OUT OF
THE HANDS OF OTHERS WHOEVER
THOSE OTHERS COULD BE.
MARIO YOUR WORK WAS TO
LOOK INTO THE HAMPTON FUSED --
HEMP INFUSED DRINKS ISSUE.
>> SENATE BILL 202 CAPS THE
AMOUNT OF THC AT 5 MILLIGRAMS
(25:36):
PER 12 OUNCE CAN THERE WAS
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT BUT THOSE IN
THE HEMP INDUSTRY SAYS THEY WERE
NOT INCLUDED IN THE DISCUSSION
HOW TO DRAFT THIS LEGISLATION.
SO THEY WERE NOT HAPPY WITH THAT
PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, TELEVISION PIONEER AND
FORMER WKYT NEWS DIRECTOR IN THE
(25:58):
70s AND 80s CURTS GUIDE.
HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF
FAME IN TWROIN.
HE SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS BROADCASTERS OF
KENTUCKY AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FOR RADIO AND TELEVISION NEWS
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
KEN WAS A CONSISTENT SUPPORTERS
OF KET AND OF "COMMENT ON
KENTUCKY".
KEN CURTS WAS 95 YEARS OLD AND A
(26:20):
PERSONAL NOTE HE HIRED ME AT
WKYT AND TAUGHT US ALL TRY TO BE
FIRST BUT ALWAYS BE RIGHT.
THAT'S "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY".
WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK AHEAD.
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