March 31, 2025 • 26 mins
Journalists from around the state discuss the news of the week with host Bill Bryant, including activity in the General Assembly as the session winds down. Guests: Alex Acquisto, Lexington Herald-Leader; Hannah Pinski, Louisville Courier Journal; and Sarah Ladd, Kentucky Lantern.
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>> Bill (00:08):
A VETO OVERRIDE FRENZY
IN FRANKS FOR THE.
A SHAKE-UP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
LOUISVILLE ONE PRESIDENT STEPS
DOWN AND A NEW LEADER TAKES
CHARGE.
THE LEGISLATURE GAVE ANNIVERSARY
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UNIVERSITIES A CLEAR PATH.
[INAUDIBLE] $20 MILLION
DISTRIBUTED TO EFFORTS TO FIGHT
DRUG ABUSE HERE IN THE STATE.
HEADING FOR APRIL, COMMENT IS
NEXT ON KET.
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GOOD EVENING, I'M BILL BRYANT.
AND WE WELCOME YOU TO "COMMENT
ON KENTUCKY" A LOOK BACK AT AND
SOME ANALYSIS OF THE WEEK'S NEWS
IN THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE
GUESTS ON OUR PANEL OF WORKING
KENTUCKY JOURNALISTS TONIGHT
ARE, HANNAH PINSKI POLITICS
REPORTER FOR THE COURIER
JOURNAL.
ALEX ACQUISTO POLITICS AND
HEALTH REPORTER FOR THE
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LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER AND
SARAH LADD POLICY REPORTER NOT
THE KENTUCKY LANTERN.
THE LEGISLATURE WORKED HARD ON
THE LAST TWO DAYS TO OVERRIDE
THE DOZENS OF BILLS THAT
GOVERNOR BESHEAR FULLY OR
PARTIALLY VETOED.
MORE THAN A THOUSAND BILLS WERE
PROPOSED IN THE SESSION AND
SENATE PRESIDENT ROBERT STIVERS
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WAS A LOT AND
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OFFERED A SOLUTION.
>> I THINK IT VERY MUCH IS AND
THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHEN
WE MEET WITH OUR CAUCUS BEFORE
THE SESSION, PEOPLE ARE SAYING
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO
DISCUSS THIS.
WELL, IF YOU DON'T THINK WE HAVE
ENOUGH TIME TO DISCUSS THEM,
THEN RESTRAIN FROM FILING SO
MANY BILLS.
SO, ALEX, LEGISLATIVE
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LEADERS SAY THEY ARE GENERALLY
PLEASED WITH WHOOFS ACCOMPLISHED
AND SOME CRITICISM OF THE
SESSION IT WAS RUSHED THAT
TRANSPARENCY MAY HAVE BEEN
COMPROMISED IN THAT RUSH, AND
SOME CASES.
STIVERS ACKNOWLEDGED HE WANTED
TO DEAL WITH FAR FEW ERBILS.
>> RIGHT.
I MEAN IT IS A SHORT SESSION
THERE WERE MORE BILLS FILED THIS
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SESSION THAN LAST SESSION, WHICH
IS DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF TIME.
UNOFFICIAL RULES I HEARD FROM
SENATORS SAYING FILE FIVE BILLS.
OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE DON'T LISTEN TO
THAT.
THERE IS NO HARD RULE LAWMAKERS
CAN FILE AS MANY AS THEY WANT
BUT PRACTICALLY ONLY A MARGIN
WILL GET TRACTION AND FEWER WILL
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GET PASSED COMPLETELY.
I DOUBT THAT THAT IS A THING
THAT IS GOING TO IMPROVE
OVERTIMED.
IT IS A REALITY.
STIVERS REQUESTING THAT
RESTRAINT AND 200 BILLS OUT OF
THE SENATE AND 800 FROM THE
HOUSE.
HE WAS EFFECTIVE WITH HIS
CHAMBER.
SARAH, HOUSE MEMBERS SEEM TO
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WANT A LOT OF CHANGES IN
KENTUCKY?
>> AND THERE ARE MORE MEMBERS
YOU DO EXPECT MORE AND YOU ALSO
THEY HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS.
WE SEE THE WHOLE CONVERSATION
AROUND FLUORIDE.
THEY HAD THAT IN THE HOUSE.
THE HOUSE'S WERE THE INCOME TAX
REDUCTION ORIGINATED.
AND YOU HAVE SOME BILLS THAT ARE
FILED WITH NO INTENTION OF THEM
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GOING ANYWHERE.
I THINK OF LEXINGTON DEMOCRAT
LINDSEY BURKE SHE FILES A PAIR
OF BILLS EVERY YEAR.
FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, SEEKING
TO ROLLBACK THE ABORTION BAN IN
KENTUCKY AND SHE KNOWS IT'S NOT
GOING TO PASS.
YOU HAVE MORE MEMBERS AND MORE
IDEAS YOU EXPECT MORE FOR SURE.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO, NOTE, TOO,
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PLENTY OF LAWMAKERS FILE BILLS
THAT THEY KNOW WILL NOT GO
ANYWHERE.
BUT THEY CAN LOOK AT THAT AND
POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND POINT
AND TELL THEIR CONSTITUENTINGS I
FILED THIS FOR YOU.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF FRESHMEN
THAT FILED DOZENS OF BILLS.
THEY KNEW THEY WOULD NOT PASS
BUT THEY COULD POST ON SOCIAL
MEDIA AND GET RILED UP THAT WAY.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO STAY IN
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OFFICE AND YOU THINK ABOUT
REELECTION IT IS ALL A STRATEGY.
AGAIN I THINK IT WAS
1080 BILLS CONSIDERED.
KENTUCKY HAS ONE OF THE WEAKEN
FERREST VETO VOTES.
NOBODY HAS TROUBLE TURNING BACK
THE GOVERNOR'S OBJECTIONS.
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THEY STOPPED D.E.I. IN PUBLIC
UNIVERSITIES.
SUPPORTERS SAID THE PROGRAMS ARE
OUT OF DATE.
>> HOUSE BILL 4 PROBABLY ONE OF
THE MORE CONTROVERSIAL PIECES OF
LEGISLATION ONE OF THE FIRST
VETOES THAT GOVERNOR BESHEAR
ISSUED.
AND HIS MESSAGE HE SAID THIS
BILL IS GOING TO PREVENT
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES FROM
FULLY EMBRACING STUDENTS OF
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DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.
OPPONENTS A LOT ON THE
DEMOCRATIC SIDE SAID YOU KNOW,
THIS BILL IS GOING TO BAN
EFFORTS TO BE INCLUSIVE HURTING
THE EFFORTS TO RECRUIT AND
RETAIN TALENTED STUDENTS.
SUPPORTERS UP FOR THIS BILL, ON
THE OTHER HAND, THEY REALLY SAID
THAT D.E.I. OFFICES AND
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INITIATIVES THEY ARE
DISCRIMINATORY THEMSELVES AND
THIS BILL IS TO MAKE SURE WE
EVEN THE PLAYING FIELD AND
EVERYONE HAS AN EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT
THE POLICIES DON'T DIVIDE
STUDENTS INTO COMPETING GROUPS.
WHAT CHANGES WOULD WE
BE LOOKING FOR ON CAMPUSES AS A
RESULT OF THIS LEGISLATION?
>> THE BAN AND THE DISMANTLING
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IS BROAD.
BUT I MEAN, TO START, YOU KNOW,
MOST HIGHER EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS HAVE D.E.I. OFFICES
OR AT LEAST OFFICES THAT ARE
MOSTLY GEARED AT D.E.I.
MEASURES.
THOSE OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE CLOSED.
UNCLEAR TO SAY FOR SERB BUT
PROBABLY THERE ARE STAFF MEMBERS
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RELATED TO D.E.I. I WOULD
IMAGINE THE ROLES WILL BE
CHANGED OR THEY WOULD LOSE THEIR
JOBS.
THE TRICKLE EFFECTS WILL GO FROM
THERE.
BUT THOSE ARE THE IMMEDIATE
CHANGES.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL BE WATCHING ON THAT.
HANNAH, THE GOVERNOR ALSO
OBJECTED TO THE MOMENT OF
SILENCE IN SCHOOLS BILL.
>> YEAH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
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TO POINT OUT THERE WERE TWO
PARTS OF BILL.
THE FIRST MANDATES THAT SCHOOLS
HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AT THE
START OF THE SCHOOL DAY AND THE
SECOND PART ADDED THE LAST WEEK
BEFORE THE VETO PERIOD BEGAN
ALLOWS SCHOOL BOARDS TO LET
STUDENTS BE EXCUSED FOR ONE HOUR
FOR MORAL INSTRUCTION IN THE
BILL.
IT WAS NOT DEFINED WHAT THAT
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COULD BE.
GOVERNOR BESHEAR POINTED OUT IN
HIS VETO MESSAGE THAT SCHOOL
TIME IS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL AND
THAT TIME AND THAT'S WHY HE
ISSUED A VETO FOR THE BILL.
IT WAS OVERRIDDEN.
>> IT WAS OVERRIDDEN.
AND AS HANNAH WAS SAYING THE
MOMENT OF SILENCE IS MORE CLEAR
AND I REMEMBER THERE WAS A
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DEBATE ON THE HOUSE FLOOR ABOUT
SOME DISTRICTS IN KENTUCKY HAVE
THIS CARVE OUT TIME AND HOUSE
MEMBERS SAYS OUR DISTRICTS ALLOW
FOR MORAL INSTRUCTION.
PINNING WHAT MORAL INSTRUCTION
IS, IT WAS NEVER OFFERED AN
EXPLANATION.
THE DEMOCRATS THEY IT IS
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REPUBLICANS' ATTEMPT TO INFUSE
RELIGION INTO SCHOOL TIME.
IT WILL GO INTO LAW.
GOVERNOR BESHEAR VETOED
A BILL THAT REPUBLICANS SAID
ADDED CLARITY TO KENTUCKY'S VERY
NARROW ABORTION BAN EXCEPTIONS.
THOUGH SOME SAID THE
CLARIFICATION MIGHT MAKE THINGS
MORE CONFUSING.
>> WE KNOW THAT THE ANTIABORTION
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PLAYBOOK IS TO REDEFINE MEDICAL
TERMS AND MANIPULATE LANGUAGE
AND ERODE WOMEN'S RIGHTS SLOWLY.
THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT KENTUCKY
IT IS A NATIONAL BATTLE AND
EVERY STATE THAT CODIFIES THIS
LANGUAGE, EVERY STATE THAT
ACCEPTS THIS LIE BRINGS US
CLOSER TO A NATIONAL BAN ON
LIFE-SAVING ABORTIONS.
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>> I STRONGLY FEEL WE SHOULD
INEQUIVOCALLY BE PROTECTING THE
LIFE OF THE MOTHER IN THESE
SITUATIONS.
WHILE VERY LEGITIMATE CONCERNS
HAVE BEEN RAISED BY BOTH
KNOWLEDGEABLE AND COMPASSIONATE
PEOPLE, I DO GENUINELY FEEL THAT
THIS LEGISLATION WILL HELP TO
SAVE LIVES.
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>> DOCTORS, PROVIDED TREMENDOUS
INPUT INTO HOUSE BILL 90.
GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK WE'VE
DONE.
WE'VE BEEN QUESTIONED AS A
MAJORITY PARTY OF WHAT IS OUR
POSITION ON THE LIFE OF A
MOTHER.
IT IS SO CLEARLY ARTICULATED.
SO ANOTHER BILL VETOED
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AND OVERRIDDEN BY LAWMAKERS.
SO ALEX, MORE CONFUSION OR MORE
CLARITY?
>> I HONESTLY WOULD SAY BOTH AT
THE SAME TIME.
WHICH I THINK IS POTENTIALLY ONE
OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS BILL.
IN KENTUCKY RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S
BEEN THE CASE SINCE 2022 YOU CAN
ONLY LEGALLY GET AN ABORTION
PROVIDED BY A DOCTOR IF YOU YOUR
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HEALTH IS BASICALLY AT IMMINENT
RISK.
AND SO REPUBLICANS WERE
APPROACHED BY Dr. JEFFREY
GOLDBERG, THE LEGISLATIVE
LIAISON WITH THE AMERICAN
COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND
GYNECOLOGISTS AND I'VE REPORTED
ON THIS DOCTOR'S HANDS ARE TIED
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WHEN TRYING TO TREAT PATIENTS
WITH PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS.
WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
IT.
REPUBLICANS' PROPOSAL IS TO TRY
AND CLARIFY THAT AND IN SOME
WAYS IT DOES.
IT LISTS PARTICULARLY CONDITIONS
LIKE AN ECTOPIC PREGNANCY THAT
DOCTORS CAN TREAT AND ADDS
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AMBIGUOUS LANGUAGE AND IT
INCLUDES NOT MEDICAL JARGON THAT
IS USED BY ANTIABORTION GROUPS.
IT IS A FUSION, IT IS A
COMPROMISE.
YOU HAVE DEMOCRATS LIKE
REPRESENTATIVE LAUGH FERITY WHO
BRIEF IT IS WILL SAVE LIVES.
AND IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE
STANDARD IT TRIES TO CLARIFY IT.
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BUT WILL IT MOVE THE NEEDLE?
MAYBE.
BUT IF IT WILL IT WILL BE VERY
SLIGHT.
>> I TALKED TO A LOT OF DOCTORS
ON THIS, TOO.
JUST FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF
WHAT IS THEIR PROCESS LOOK LIKE
NOW AND THEY TREAT THE COMPLEX
PREGNANCIES AND WILL THIS CHANGE
ANYTHING AND THEY TOLD ME THEY
FELT MORE CONFUSED.
AND WHAT ALEX MENTIONED ABOUT
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THE JARGON WE HAVE A TERM, FEET
TALL SEPARATION OF SEPARATING AN
UNBORN CHILD FROM HISSER MOTHER.
THAT BESHEAR HINTED AT THAT
LANGUAGE IN THE VETO MESSAGE
WHEN HE SAID HE FELT LIKE SOME
OF THE LANGUAGE LAID THE GROUND
WORK FOR LITIGATION AGAINST IVF
WHICH HAS BEEN A CONVERSATION
FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS IS IVF
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PROTECTED IN KEN OR NOT.
THAT DEPENDS WHO YOU ASK.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE
DOCTORS I'VE TALKED TO FEEL LIKE
THE BILL THIS CLARIFICATION
LANGUAGE STILL DOESN'T ADDRESS
THE FACT THAT THEY COULD MAKE A
CALL IN HER MEDICAL JUDGMENT AND
SAY AN ABORTION NEEDS TO HAPPEN
AND SOMEONE ELSE COULD COME IN
AND HOLD THEM RESPONSIBLE TO A
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STANDARD AND THEY WEREN'T IN THE
ROOM WHEN IT HAPPENED.
THEY CAN SAY IT WASN'T GOOD
MEDICAL JUDGMENT.
THEY APPRECIATE THE SPECIFICS AS
ALEX MENTIONED ECTOPIC
PREGNANCIES BUT HEMORRHAGE WHICH
IS MENTIONED IN THE LANGUAGE HOW
MUCH HEMORRHAGE BEFORE YOU CAN
STEP IN?
AND THEN THE ISSUE OF HOW BROAD
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IS THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER?
BECAUSE FUTURE FERTILITY IS
SOMETHING NOT ADDRESSED AND
DOCTORS TOOK ISSUE WITH THAT,
TOO.
IF YOU LET A COMPLICATION GO SO
LONG THAT YOU NEED A
HYSTERECTOMY, YOU CAN'T HAVE
BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN IN THE
FUTURE.
FUTURE FERTILITY BEING PART OF
THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER NOT
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ADDRESSED IN THE VETO.
>> AND ALSO WE CAN CLOSE IT BY
SAYING THIS IT HIGHLIGHTS THIS
FRICTION.
I TALKEDDED TO A HANDFUL OF CLEL
SCHOLARS WHO STUDY ABORTION
POLICY ACROSS STATES AND THIS
FETAL [SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL
LANGUAGE] IN THIS IT BEGS THE
QUESTION IS A COMPROMISE THAT
ALLOWS DOCTORS THE ADEQUATE
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FREEDOM TO TREAT PATIENTS
POSSIBLE UNDER A BAN ON ABORTION
THAT STILL INCLUDES A CLASS D
FELONY.
THEY DON'T THINK IT EXISTS.
ONE TOLD ME IT WAS AN UNWORKABLE
SOLUTION.
REPUBLICANS HAVE TRIED TO SOLVE
IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THIS
BILL DOESN'T COVER IS NONVIABLE
PREGNANCIES NOT IMMEDIATELY
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THREATENING TO THE LIFE OF THE
PREGNANT PERSON.
THAT IS NOT COVERED.
DOCTORS' HANDS ARE TIED, IT'S
SLIGHT.
MORE TO BE HASHED OUT
IN FUTURE SESSIONS OR IN LEGAL
ACTION.
THE GOVERNOR ALSO VETOED A
MEDICAID BILL.
AND THAT HANNAH, WAS SOMETHING
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THAT HAD A LOT OF DEBATE, IT HAD
REQUIREMENTS.
>> SO THAT BILL HAD A LOT OF
CHANGES TO THE STATE'S MEDICAID
PROGRAM.
ONE EXAMPLE THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
CAN NOT MAKE CHANGES TO THE
PROGRAM UNLESS THEY HAVE
APPROVAL FROM THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY UNLESS IT IS A FEDERAL
LAW REQUIREMENT.
I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST
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CRITICISMS WE HEAR ABOUT IS THE
MANDATE OF WORK REQUIREMENT THAT
SAYS ADULTS BETWEEN 18-60 YEARS
OLD WHO DON'T HAVE DEPENDENTS
MUST WORK IN ORDER TO RECEIVE
THEIR MEDICAID BENEFITS.
WE'VE SEEN OTHER STATES TRY THIS
WITH GEORGIA AND A LOT OF
CONCERNS IS THIS WORK
REQUIREMENT COULD LEAD TO PEOPLE
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LOSING THEIR COVERAGE
POTENTIALLY.
AND THERE ARE OTHER
OPTIONS.
THERE IS A PUBLIC SERVICE
COMPONENT AS WELL?
>> I THINK CHILDCARE
VOLUNTEERING, THERE IS A FEW
THERE.
IT'S INTERESTING ON --
TO GO OFF WHAT HANNAH WAS SAYING
ABOUT THE WORK REQUIREMENT,
BESHEAR'S ADMINISTRATION,
CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY
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SERVICES WILL WRITE THE
APPLICATION FOR THIS WORK WAIVER
HOW THEY DO IT IN THE DETAILS
AND HOW MUCH RED TAPE IS IN THAT
IT'S UP TO THEM.
SO IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU
HAVE A REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED
LEGISLATURE WHO IS SOMETHING A
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO
THEN APPLY TO THE REPUBLICAN
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THERE IS A LOT OF MOVING PARTS
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POLITICALLY THERE, TOO.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING WHAT THE
DETAILS ARE.
AND PEOPLE ARE SEEING
THINGS THROUGH DIFFERENT LENSES
OFTEN.
A LOT OF SUBJECTS WE ARE TAKING
UP A VETO OVERRIDE FOR SENATE
BILL 89 BY ALLOWING STATE
REGULATIONS WITH FEDERAL ONES
THAT ARE WEAKER.
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AND OPPONENTS ARE WORRIED ABOUT
THE IMPACT IT WILL HAVE ON
KENTUCKIANS WHO REPLY ON GROUND
WATER.
>> JUST WE SHOULD BE HAVING
CONVERSATIONS DURING THE
INTERIM.
ON WHAT THIS IS ACTUALLY DONE
AND WHAT THE COMPROMISE DOES AND
DOES NOT DO.
BECAUSE IT DOES NOT PROTECT
GROUND WATER IN THE WAY WE NEED
TO DO IT.
AND WE CAN DO IT IN A RATIONAL,
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RESPONSIBLE MANNER THAT IS NOT
ONEROUS TO FARMERS, INDUSTRY, OR
INDIVIDUALS OR MUNICIPALITIES.
SO I DON'T SUPPORT THIS MEASURE
NOW AND I HOPE TO CONTINUE THE
DISCUSSION AND I'M WILLING TO BE
PART OF THAT.
>> YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR AND
OTHERS HAVE LED EVERYONE TO
BELIEVE THAT WE'RE NOT --
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THAT WE'RE DOING AWAY WITH
ANYTHING ANY OVERSIGHT OF THIS
BILL.
AND WE'RE NOT.
THAT IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE.
THERE'S FIVE STATUTES THAT STILL
GOVERNS THE WATER.
THE SAFE DRINK WATER ACT IS
STILL PART OF THIS.
WE'VE NOT GUTTED THIS BILL AT
ALL.
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WE JUST BROUGHT IT BACK TO ALIGN
IT WITH THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES.
THAT SENATOR MAIDEN
THERE.
WHO HE WAS OPEN ABOUT AND TRYING
TO BENEFIT THE COAL INDUSTRY AND
ALSO BELIEVE IT IS MAY HELP THE
HOUSING INDUSTRY AND OTHERS BY
LOOSENING THE STANDARDS.
>> DEVELOPERS.
IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE, YOU
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KNOW, AS SENATOR WEBB WAS SAYING
AND SHE IS FROM EASTERN
KENTUCKY, AS MAIDEN IS, THIS
IDEA COAL COMPANIES ARE FOR THIS
BILL, ENVIRONMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS ALMOST UNIFORM
NATIONALLY AND STATE OFFICIALS
WHO WORK FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL
CABINET ARE ALL AGAINST IT.
AS HE SAID, YOU KNOW, DRINKING
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WATER IS STILL REGULATED AND
IT'S TRUE.
BUT ALSO THIS BILL IS A
DEREGULATION ESSENTIALLY OF SOME
OF THE RUNOFF WHICH
ENVIRONMENTALISTS WARN HAS A
MUCH HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF
SATURATING GROUND WATER IN A
STATE LIKE KENTUCKY PARTICULARLY
IN RURAL PARTS OF THE STATE
WHERE THERE'S NOT RELIABLE
DRINKING WATER, PEOPLE
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REASONABLY WERE SOUNDING THE
ALARM.
BUT THEY OVERRODE THE VETO.
ALL RIGHT.
AND THE GOVERNOR RAISED HIS
OBJECTIONS TO THAT AHEAD OF
THAT.
THE LEGISLATURE ALSO OVERRODE
THE GOVERNOR'S VETO ON A BILL
THAT WILL PROTECT CONVERSION
THERAPY AND BESHEAR CALL TO DO
DANGEROUS AND DISCRIMINATORY.
HE ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
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BANNING AGAINST USING MEDICAID
FOR THAT OR HE WOULD HAVE
ALLOWED THE USE OF MEDICAID
FUNDS AND --
>> HE ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
IN 2024 TRYING TO LIMIT THE USE
OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR CONVERSION
THERAPY ON MINORS IN KENTUCKY.
AND HE DECIDED RESEARCH AND SEEN
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THAT MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS
AND CHILD ADVOCATE ORGANIZATIONS
TAKE ISSUE WITH CONVERSION
THERAPY IT HAS DEVASTATING
MENTAL HEALTH EFFECTS ON LGBTQ
PEOPLE.
HE DID VETO THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER
AND THAT REALLY DIDN'T SIT RIGHT
WITH A LOT OF LEGISLATORS AND
SOME WHO HAVE WANTED TO BAN
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CONVERSION THERAPY IN KENTUCKY
IN THE PAST THEY DIDN'T LIKE
THAT BESHEAR WENT ABOUT IT THAT
WAY.
THEY WANTED THE LEGISLATURE TO
DO IT IF IT GOT DONE.
THIS BILL BASICALLY AS IT
STARTED OUT, IT WOULD MAKE NEWLY
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IN A WAY TO
PROTECT CONVERSION THERAPY AND
IT GOT MORE EDITS.
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BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT HIM TO DO
IT THAT WAY.
I WANT TO CLARIFY.
HE WANTED TO PREEMPT THE USE OF
MEDICAID FUNDS.
>> HE DID NOT WANT CONVERSION
THERAPY TO HAPPEN.
SOME NEW LAWS ARE
COMING AND THE GOVERNOR LET SOME
BILLS BECOMING LAW WITHOUT HIS
SIGNATURE THAT INCLUDED DENYING
HORMONE THERAPY AND MEDICAL
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TREATMENTS FOR TRANSGENDER STATE
INMATES.
>> THIS IS ANOTHER ONE WHERE
REPUBLICANS CLAIMED IT WAS A
PROCESS ISSUE.
GOVERNOR BESHEAR BASICALLY
PROMULGATED THESE ADMINISTRATIVE
REGULATIONS THAT ALLOWED THE
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO
PROVIDE DOCTOR RECOMMENDED
HORMONE THERAPY TO TRANSGENDER
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INMATES.
THE WAY THEY DO FOR ANY OTHER
INMATE WHO NEEDS A MEDICATION.
REPUBLICANS FOUND OUT ABOUT IT.
IT BECAME A BIG DEAL PREVIOUSLY
BEFORE THEY GAVELED IN FOR THE
SESSION AND IT WAS A PRIORITY
BILL SENATE BILL 2, THE GOVERNOR
LET IT BECOME LAW WITHOUT
VETOING IT.
AND HE HAD SAID-THAT THAT
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PARTIALLY HE DOESN'T THINK THAT
PEOPLE WHO ARE INCARCERATED
SHOULD HAVE MORE RIGHTS TRANS
PEOPLE INCARCERATED SHOULD HAVE
MORE RIGHTS THAN PEOPLE WHO
AREN'T.
GOVERNOR BESHEAR HAS BEEN A
LITTLE BIT SLIPPERY WHEN IT
COMES TO COMMENTING ON THESE
ISSUES.
BUT THIS WAS ONE WHERE THEY SAID
YOU WERE OUTSIDE OF YOUR LANE
WHEN YOU ALLOWED THIS TO BECOME
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POLICY.
WE'RE GOING TO REIN IT IN AND
TAKE IT BACK.
THE GOVERNOR SIGNED A
BILL INTO LAW DECIDING TO
CRACKDOWN ON DOMESTIC ABUSE.
RUSSELL COLEMAN PUSHED FOR
STRONGER PENALTIES FOR THOSE WHO
DEFY PROTECTIVE ORDERS.
>> IT WAS ONE OF THE BILLS THAT
RUSSELL COLEMAN WHEN HE OUTLINED
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PRIORITIES THAT WOUND UP WITH
THAT.
I BELIEVE IT WAS HOUSE BILL --
I CAN'T REMEMBER.
>> THERE WERE SO MANY.
>> BUT IT WAS REPRESENTATIVE
TIPTON'S BILL AND IT INCREASED
PENALTIES FOR PEOPLE WHO VIOLATE
PROTECTIVE ORDERS AS A
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DISINCENTIVE TO NOT VIOLATE
PROTECTIVE ORDERS.
>> AND I THINK AT THE SAME TIME
IT'S INTERESTING THIS PASSED AND
A BILL FROM NORTHERN KENTUCKY
REPUBLICAN, REPRESENTATIVE DEETS
FAILED TO PASS AND HER BILL
WOULD HAVE MADE IT A POSSIBLE
FOR A A KENTUCKIAN WHO IS THE
VICTIM OF COERCIVE CONTROL BUT
AN EMERGENCY CONTROL AND THAT
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BEING SOMEONE'S MENTALLY
THREATENING YOU.
MAYBE YOU ARE NOT IN IMMEDIATE
DANGER BUT SOMEONE IS
CONTROLLING YOUR LIFE AND
FINANCES.
AND THAT BILL DIDN'T GO
ANYWHERE.
THE SENATE PRESIDENT
TOLD ME HE DOESN'T KEEP UP WITH
THE BILL NUMBERS.
HE SAID HE HAS TO DO IT BY
SUBJECT MATTER.
THE GOVERNOR DID SIGN A BILL
THAT WILL LOWER THE AGE AT WHICH
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KENTUCKIANS CAN GET A DRIVERS
PERMIT TO 15.
>> SO, THAT NEW LAW TAKES EFFECT
RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE IT HAS AN
EMERGENCY CLAUSE.
BESHEAR DID SAY 15-YEAR-OLDS
WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR A LITTLE
TIME BECAUSE THE SYSTEM IS SO
OUTDATED THEY HAVE TO REPROGRAM
IT.
HE GAVE AN ESTIMATE OF APRIL 2
THAT 15-YEAR-OLDS CAN START
APPLYING FOR PERMITS.
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RETAILORS WHO SELL
VAPING PRODUCTS WILL BE MORE
REGULATED?
>> THEY WILL BE LICENSED.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
ADMINISTRATION CONTROL CAN COME
IN AND INVESTIGATE PROPERTIES.
ALSO, CLERKS WHO SELL TO MINORS
WILL BE FINED.
THIS IS WAS AN EFFORT THAT CAME
OUT OF THE SENATE TO TRY TO
PROTECT MINORS FROM HAVING
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ACCESS TO NICOTINE PRODUCTS.
WE KNOW THERE ARE HIGH RATES OF
SMOKING IN KENTUCKY IN ADULTS
AND MINORS.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING CHILD
ADVOCATES WERE HAPPY ABOUT AND
IT PASSED.
KENTUCKY IS INVESTING
$300,000 INTO SPACE RESEARCH
THAT IS DESIGNED TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF MICRO GRAVITY.
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>> KENTUCKY IS ALLOCATED
$THREE00,000, 10% MATCH FOR
ROUGHLY $3 MILLION NASA GRANT.
THE MONEY IS GOING TO HELP A
LOUISVILLE NONPROFIT SEND. ORG
KNOWEDS INTO SPACE THE ISS
LABORATORY AND STUDY CURES AND
TREATMENTS WITH THE HOPE OF
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CURES FOR ALZHEIMER'S,
PARKINSON'S AND MS.
YEAH, LAWMAKERS ARE EXCITED
ABOUT THAT.
IT APPEARS EKU MIGHT
HAVE A CLEARER PATH TO START A
COLLEGE OF OS PATHIC MEDICINE.
AND MURRAY STATE WANTS TO
ESTABLISH A VETERINARY COLLEGE.
THE COUPLE ON POST-SECONDARY
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EDUCATION NOW HAS THE CHARGE TO
APPROVE THE DOCTORAL PROGRAMS.
>> AND THIS IS ALL GETTING AT
EKU IS CHAMPIONING THIS PROGRAM
IT IS A SOLUTION TO SHORTAGE OF
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS.
SO OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD BE A BIG
DEAL ONCE THE SCHOOL IS
ESTABLISHED AT EKU.
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THERE WAS A CHANGE AT
AND THE U OF L BOARD NAMED JERRY
BRADLEY AS THE PRESIDENT.
QUICK EXIT AND THE BOARD OF
TRUCE TRUSTEES MADE NO COMMENT
ABOUT HER DEPARTING THEY
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ACCEPTED HER RESIGNATION.
>> IT WAS A QUICK PROCESS AS
SOON AS SHE HANDED IN THE
RESIGNATION, THE NEW PRESIDENT
WAS ACCEPTED AS THE NEW
PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
LOUISVILLE.
THE ONLY ILLUSION WE HAVE TO WHY
SHE LEFT IS BECAUSE THE BOARD
HAD SAID THEIR GOALS AND HER
GOALS SHIFTED.
TYPICALLY THERE IS A NATIONAL
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SEARCH CONDUCTED FOR THE NEXT
PRESIDENT BUT BRADLEY WAS
APPOINTED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE BY
THE BOARD.
WHICH IS INTERESTING.
IT WAS QUICK, NO INTERIM PERIOD
HE IS THE PRESIDENT.
THE 20TH PRESIDENT OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE.
>> AND GOVERNOR BESHEAR SAID
THIS WEEK HE WAS NOT CONCERNED
WITH THE CHOICE BUT HE WOULD
HAVE PREFERRED TO SEE A NATIONAL
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SEARCH BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT
TYPICALLY HAPPENS AND THE BOARD
CALLED THIS A LOGISTICAL
DECISION AND DEFENDING
APPOINTING HIM BECAUSE THEY WANT
STABILITY FOR THE UNIVERSITY.
BRADLEY IS THE FIRST
GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT AND
SAID HIGHER EDUCATION CHANGED
HIS LIFE HE WAS A DENTIST BEFORE
BECOMING A PROVOST.
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RUSSELL COLEMAN ANNOUNCED $20
MILLION IS GOING TO 75 KENTUCKY
ORGANIZATIONS TO FIGHT OPIOID
AND OTHER DRUG ABUSE.
>> THIS IS NOT ME WITH A LARGE
CHECK PRESENTATION.
THIS IS NOT THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S MONEY.
THIS MONEY PASSED THROUGH THE
COMMISSION IS BLOOD MONEY.
THIS IS BLOOD MONEY.
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THIS IS MONEY CLAW BACK FROM
THOSE THAT BROUGHT THIS CRISIS
AND BROUGHT THIS DEVASTATION TO
OUR COMMONWEALTH.
WE MUST TREAT THIS MONEY AS
STEWARDS.
ALEX THOSE WILL BE
SPLIT INTO TREATMENT, RECOVERY
AND PREVENTION AND THE PROGRAMS
ARE STATE-WIDE BUT TAKE LOCAL
APPROACHES.
>> A LOT OF THEM ARE LOCAL.
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AND, AGAIN, ATTORNEY GENERAL
COLEMAN MENTIONED BLOOD MONEY A
COUPLE YEARS AGO THEY
ESTABLISHED THE OPIOID ABATEMENT
ADVISORY COMMISSION AND WE GOT
$900 MILLION SETTLEMENT FROM THE
LAWSUITS TO COMBAT THE EPIDEMIC.
THIS COMMISSION CHOOSES
ORGANIZATIONS WHO APPLY TO DIVVY
THIS UP.
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A LOT OF THEM ARE HYPER LOCAL.
HE INVITED THEM TO BE
CREATIVE.
>> HE TALKS ABOUT THIS THREE
LEGGED STOOL OF PREVENTION.
HE INVITES NEW IDEAS AND I THINK
HE IS EXCITED ABOUT IT.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THE LEGISLATURE DID GO
TODAY AND ADJOURN, THE
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LEGISLATURE IS ALSO NAMING A
PORTION OF KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 2221
THE JOHNNY L. TURN ARE MEMORIAL
HIGHWAY HE DIED AFTER A LAWN
MOWER ACCIDENT HE WAS A FORMER
SENATOR AND STATE
REPRESENTATIVE.
AND ALBERT ROBINSON HONORED WITH
A PORTION OF HIGHWAY 30 NAMED
FOR HIM.
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MIDWAY UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCED A $2
MILLION GIFT FROM A DONOR IT
WILL BE USED FOR A NEW LIBRARY.
THE SCHOOL IS CLOSING IN ON A
$10 MILLION GOAL FOR THAT
PROJECT.
MIDWAY HOPES TO OPEN THE LIBRARY
LATE NEXT YEAR.
THAT IS "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY"
HAVE A GOOD WEEK AHEAD.
[♪♪]
>> Bill (00:08):
A VETO OVERRIDE FRENZY
IN FRANKS FOR THE.
A SHAKE-UP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
LOUISVILLE ONE PRESIDENT STEPS
DOWN AND A NEW LEADER TAKES
CHARGE.
THE LEGISLATURE GAVE ANNIVERSARY
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UNIVERSITIES A CLEAR PATH.
[INAUDIBLE] $20 MILLION
DISTRIBUTED TO EFFORTS TO FIGHT
DRUG ABUSE HERE IN THE STATE.
HEADING FOR APRIL, COMMENT IS
NEXT ON KET.
[♪♪]
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GOOD EVENING, I'M BILL BRYANT.
AND WE WELCOME YOU TO "COMMENT
ON KENTUCKY" A LOOK BACK AT AND
SOME ANALYSIS OF THE WEEK'S NEWS
IN THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE
GUESTS ON OUR PANEL OF WORKING
KENTUCKY JOURNALISTS TONIGHT
ARE, HANNAH PINSKI POLITICS
REPORTER FOR THE COURIER
JOURNAL.
ALEX ACQUISTO POLITICS AND
HEALTH REPORTER FOR THE
(01:15):
LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER AND
SARAH LADD POLICY REPORTER NOT
THE KENTUCKY LANTERN.
THE LEGISLATURE WORKED HARD ON
THE LAST TWO DAYS TO OVERRIDE
THE DOZENS OF BILLS THAT
GOVERNOR BESHEAR FULLY OR
PARTIALLY VETOED.
MORE THAN A THOUSAND BILLS WERE
PROPOSED IN THE SESSION AND
SENATE PRESIDENT ROBERT STIVERS
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WAS A LOT AND
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OFFERED A SOLUTION.
>> I THINK IT VERY MUCH IS AND
THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHEN
WE MEET WITH OUR CAUCUS BEFORE
THE SESSION, PEOPLE ARE SAYING
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO
DISCUSS THIS.
WELL, IF YOU DON'T THINK WE HAVE
ENOUGH TIME TO DISCUSS THEM,
THEN RESTRAIN FROM FILING SO
MANY BILLS.
SO, ALEX, LEGISLATIVE
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LEADERS SAY THEY ARE GENERALLY
PLEASED WITH WHOOFS ACCOMPLISHED
AND SOME CRITICISM OF THE
SESSION IT WAS RUSHED THAT
TRANSPARENCY MAY HAVE BEEN
COMPROMISED IN THAT RUSH, AND
SOME CASES.
STIVERS ACKNOWLEDGED HE WANTED
TO DEAL WITH FAR FEW ERBILS.
>> RIGHT.
I MEAN IT IS A SHORT SESSION
THERE WERE MORE BILLS FILED THIS
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SESSION THAN LAST SESSION, WHICH
IS DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF TIME.
UNOFFICIAL RULES I HEARD FROM
SENATORS SAYING FILE FIVE BILLS.
OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE DON'T LISTEN TO
THAT.
THERE IS NO HARD RULE LAWMAKERS
CAN FILE AS MANY AS THEY WANT
BUT PRACTICALLY ONLY A MARGIN
WILL GET TRACTION AND FEWER WILL
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GET PASSED COMPLETELY.
I DOUBT THAT THAT IS A THING
THAT IS GOING TO IMPROVE
OVERTIMED.
IT IS A REALITY.
STIVERS REQUESTING THAT
RESTRAINT AND 200 BILLS OUT OF
THE SENATE AND 800 FROM THE
HOUSE.
HE WAS EFFECTIVE WITH HIS
CHAMBER.
SARAH, HOUSE MEMBERS SEEM TO
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WANT A LOT OF CHANGES IN
KENTUCKY?
>> AND THERE ARE MORE MEMBERS
YOU DO EXPECT MORE AND YOU ALSO
THEY HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS.
WE SEE THE WHOLE CONVERSATION
AROUND FLUORIDE.
THEY HAD THAT IN THE HOUSE.
THE HOUSE'S WERE THE INCOME TAX
REDUCTION ORIGINATED.
AND YOU HAVE SOME BILLS THAT ARE
FILED WITH NO INTENTION OF THEM
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GOING ANYWHERE.
I THINK OF LEXINGTON DEMOCRAT
LINDSEY BURKE SHE FILES A PAIR
OF BILLS EVERY YEAR.
FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, SEEKING
TO ROLLBACK THE ABORTION BAN IN
KENTUCKY AND SHE KNOWS IT'S NOT
GOING TO PASS.
YOU HAVE MORE MEMBERS AND MORE
IDEAS YOU EXPECT MORE FOR SURE.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO, NOTE, TOO,
(03:40):
PLENTY OF LAWMAKERS FILE BILLS
THAT THEY KNOW WILL NOT GO
ANYWHERE.
BUT THEY CAN LOOK AT THAT AND
POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND POINT
AND TELL THEIR CONSTITUENTINGS I
FILED THIS FOR YOU.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF FRESHMEN
THAT FILED DOZENS OF BILLS.
THEY KNEW THEY WOULD NOT PASS
BUT THEY COULD POST ON SOCIAL
MEDIA AND GET RILED UP THAT WAY.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO STAY IN
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OFFICE AND YOU THINK ABOUT
REELECTION IT IS ALL A STRATEGY.
AGAIN I THINK IT WAS
1080 BILLS CONSIDERED.
KENTUCKY HAS ONE OF THE WEAKEN
FERREST VETO VOTES.
NOBODY HAS TROUBLE TURNING BACK
THE GOVERNOR'S OBJECTIONS.
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THEY STOPPED D.E.I. IN PUBLIC
UNIVERSITIES.
SUPPORTERS SAID THE PROGRAMS ARE
OUT OF DATE.
>> HOUSE BILL 4 PROBABLY ONE OF
THE MORE CONTROVERSIAL PIECES OF
LEGISLATION ONE OF THE FIRST
VETOES THAT GOVERNOR BESHEAR
ISSUED.
AND HIS MESSAGE HE SAID THIS
BILL IS GOING TO PREVENT
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES FROM
FULLY EMBRACING STUDENTS OF
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DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.
OPPONENTS A LOT ON THE
DEMOCRATIC SIDE SAID YOU KNOW,
THIS BILL IS GOING TO BAN
EFFORTS TO BE INCLUSIVE HURTING
THE EFFORTS TO RECRUIT AND
RETAIN TALENTED STUDENTS.
SUPPORTERS UP FOR THIS BILL, ON
THE OTHER HAND, THEY REALLY SAID
THAT D.E.I. OFFICES AND
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INITIATIVES THEY ARE
DISCRIMINATORY THEMSELVES AND
THIS BILL IS TO MAKE SURE WE
EVEN THE PLAYING FIELD AND
EVERYONE HAS AN EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT
THE POLICIES DON'T DIVIDE
STUDENTS INTO COMPETING GROUPS.
WHAT CHANGES WOULD WE
BE LOOKING FOR ON CAMPUSES AS A
RESULT OF THIS LEGISLATION?
>> THE BAN AND THE DISMANTLING
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IS BROAD.
BUT I MEAN, TO START, YOU KNOW,
MOST HIGHER EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS HAVE D.E.I. OFFICES
OR AT LEAST OFFICES THAT ARE
MOSTLY GEARED AT D.E.I.
MEASURES.
THOSE OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE CLOSED.
UNCLEAR TO SAY FOR SERB BUT
PROBABLY THERE ARE STAFF MEMBERS
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RELATED TO D.E.I. I WOULD
IMAGINE THE ROLES WILL BE
CHANGED OR THEY WOULD LOSE THEIR
JOBS.
THE TRICKLE EFFECTS WILL GO FROM
THERE.
BUT THOSE ARE THE IMMEDIATE
CHANGES.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL BE WATCHING ON THAT.
HANNAH, THE GOVERNOR ALSO
OBJECTED TO THE MOMENT OF
SILENCE IN SCHOOLS BILL.
>> YEAH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
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TO POINT OUT THERE WERE TWO
PARTS OF BILL.
THE FIRST MANDATES THAT SCHOOLS
HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AT THE
START OF THE SCHOOL DAY AND THE
SECOND PART ADDED THE LAST WEEK
BEFORE THE VETO PERIOD BEGAN
ALLOWS SCHOOL BOARDS TO LET
STUDENTS BE EXCUSED FOR ONE HOUR
FOR MORAL INSTRUCTION IN THE
BILL.
IT WAS NOT DEFINED WHAT THAT
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COULD BE.
GOVERNOR BESHEAR POINTED OUT IN
HIS VETO MESSAGE THAT SCHOOL
TIME IS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL AND
THAT TIME AND THAT'S WHY HE
ISSUED A VETO FOR THE BILL.
IT WAS OVERRIDDEN.
>> IT WAS OVERRIDDEN.
AND AS HANNAH WAS SAYING THE
MOMENT OF SILENCE IS MORE CLEAR
AND I REMEMBER THERE WAS A
(06:54):
DEBATE ON THE HOUSE FLOOR ABOUT
SOME DISTRICTS IN KENTUCKY HAVE
THIS CARVE OUT TIME AND HOUSE
MEMBERS SAYS OUR DISTRICTS ALLOW
FOR MORAL INSTRUCTION.
PINNING WHAT MORAL INSTRUCTION
IS, IT WAS NEVER OFFERED AN
EXPLANATION.
THE DEMOCRATS THEY IT IS
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REPUBLICANS' ATTEMPT TO INFUSE
RELIGION INTO SCHOOL TIME.
IT WILL GO INTO LAW.
GOVERNOR BESHEAR VETOED
A BILL THAT REPUBLICANS SAID
ADDED CLARITY TO KENTUCKY'S VERY
NARROW ABORTION BAN EXCEPTIONS.
THOUGH SOME SAID THE
CLARIFICATION MIGHT MAKE THINGS
MORE CONFUSING.
>> WE KNOW THAT THE ANTIABORTION
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PLAYBOOK IS TO REDEFINE MEDICAL
TERMS AND MANIPULATE LANGUAGE
AND ERODE WOMEN'S RIGHTS SLOWLY.
THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT KENTUCKY
IT IS A NATIONAL BATTLE AND
EVERY STATE THAT CODIFIES THIS
LANGUAGE, EVERY STATE THAT
ACCEPTS THIS LIE BRINGS US
CLOSER TO A NATIONAL BAN ON
LIFE-SAVING ABORTIONS.
(07:57):
>> I STRONGLY FEEL WE SHOULD
INEQUIVOCALLY BE PROTECTING THE
LIFE OF THE MOTHER IN THESE
SITUATIONS.
WHILE VERY LEGITIMATE CONCERNS
HAVE BEEN RAISED BY BOTH
KNOWLEDGEABLE AND COMPASSIONATE
PEOPLE, I DO GENUINELY FEEL THAT
THIS LEGISLATION WILL HELP TO
SAVE LIVES.
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>> DOCTORS, PROVIDED TREMENDOUS
INPUT INTO HOUSE BILL 90.
GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK WE'VE
DONE.
WE'VE BEEN QUESTIONED AS A
MAJORITY PARTY OF WHAT IS OUR
POSITION ON THE LIFE OF A
MOTHER.
IT IS SO CLEARLY ARTICULATED.
SO ANOTHER BILL VETOED
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AND OVERRIDDEN BY LAWMAKERS.
SO ALEX, MORE CONFUSION OR MORE
CLARITY?
>> I HONESTLY WOULD SAY BOTH AT
THE SAME TIME.
WHICH I THINK IS POTENTIALLY ONE
OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS BILL.
IN KENTUCKY RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S
BEEN THE CASE SINCE 2022 YOU CAN
ONLY LEGALLY GET AN ABORTION
PROVIDED BY A DOCTOR IF YOU YOUR
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HEALTH IS BASICALLY AT IMMINENT
RISK.
AND SO REPUBLICANS WERE
APPROACHED BY Dr. JEFFREY
GOLDBERG, THE LEGISLATIVE
LIAISON WITH THE AMERICAN
COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND
GYNECOLOGISTS AND I'VE REPORTED
ON THIS DOCTOR'S HANDS ARE TIED
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WHEN TRYING TO TREAT PATIENTS
WITH PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS.
WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
IT.
REPUBLICANS' PROPOSAL IS TO TRY
AND CLARIFY THAT AND IN SOME
WAYS IT DOES.
IT LISTS PARTICULARLY CONDITIONS
LIKE AN ECTOPIC PREGNANCY THAT
DOCTORS CAN TREAT AND ADDS
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AMBIGUOUS LANGUAGE AND IT
INCLUDES NOT MEDICAL JARGON THAT
IS USED BY ANTIABORTION GROUPS.
IT IS A FUSION, IT IS A
COMPROMISE.
YOU HAVE DEMOCRATS LIKE
REPRESENTATIVE LAUGH FERITY WHO
BRIEF IT IS WILL SAVE LIVES.
AND IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE
STANDARD IT TRIES TO CLARIFY IT.
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BUT WILL IT MOVE THE NEEDLE?
MAYBE.
BUT IF IT WILL IT WILL BE VERY
SLIGHT.
>> I TALKED TO A LOT OF DOCTORS
ON THIS, TOO.
JUST FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF
WHAT IS THEIR PROCESS LOOK LIKE
NOW AND THEY TREAT THE COMPLEX
PREGNANCIES AND WILL THIS CHANGE
ANYTHING AND THEY TOLD ME THEY
FELT MORE CONFUSED.
AND WHAT ALEX MENTIONED ABOUT
(10:22):
THE JARGON WE HAVE A TERM, FEET
TALL SEPARATION OF SEPARATING AN
UNBORN CHILD FROM HISSER MOTHER.
THAT BESHEAR HINTED AT THAT
LANGUAGE IN THE VETO MESSAGE
WHEN HE SAID HE FELT LIKE SOME
OF THE LANGUAGE LAID THE GROUND
WORK FOR LITIGATION AGAINST IVF
WHICH HAS BEEN A CONVERSATION
FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS IS IVF
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PROTECTED IN KEN OR NOT.
THAT DEPENDS WHO YOU ASK.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE
DOCTORS I'VE TALKED TO FEEL LIKE
THE BILL THIS CLARIFICATION
LANGUAGE STILL DOESN'T ADDRESS
THE FACT THAT THEY COULD MAKE A
CALL IN HER MEDICAL JUDGMENT AND
SAY AN ABORTION NEEDS TO HAPPEN
AND SOMEONE ELSE COULD COME IN
AND HOLD THEM RESPONSIBLE TO A
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STANDARD AND THEY WEREN'T IN THE
ROOM WHEN IT HAPPENED.
THEY CAN SAY IT WASN'T GOOD
MEDICAL JUDGMENT.
THEY APPRECIATE THE SPECIFICS AS
ALEX MENTIONED ECTOPIC
PREGNANCIES BUT HEMORRHAGE WHICH
IS MENTIONED IN THE LANGUAGE HOW
MUCH HEMORRHAGE BEFORE YOU CAN
STEP IN?
AND THEN THE ISSUE OF HOW BROAD
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IS THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER?
BECAUSE FUTURE FERTILITY IS
SOMETHING NOT ADDRESSED AND
DOCTORS TOOK ISSUE WITH THAT,
TOO.
IF YOU LET A COMPLICATION GO SO
LONG THAT YOU NEED A
HYSTERECTOMY, YOU CAN'T HAVE
BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN IN THE
FUTURE.
FUTURE FERTILITY BEING PART OF
THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER NOT
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ADDRESSED IN THE VETO.
>> AND ALSO WE CAN CLOSE IT BY
SAYING THIS IT HIGHLIGHTS THIS
FRICTION.
I TALKEDDED TO A HANDFUL OF CLEL
SCHOLARS WHO STUDY ABORTION
POLICY ACROSS STATES AND THIS
FETAL [SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL
LANGUAGE] IN THIS IT BEGS THE
QUESTION IS A COMPROMISE THAT
ALLOWS DOCTORS THE ADEQUATE
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FREEDOM TO TREAT PATIENTS
POSSIBLE UNDER A BAN ON ABORTION
THAT STILL INCLUDES A CLASS D
FELONY.
THEY DON'T THINK IT EXISTS.
ONE TOLD ME IT WAS AN UNWORKABLE
SOLUTION.
REPUBLICANS HAVE TRIED TO SOLVE
IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THIS
BILL DOESN'T COVER IS NONVIABLE
PREGNANCIES NOT IMMEDIATELY
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THREATENING TO THE LIFE OF THE
PREGNANT PERSON.
THAT IS NOT COVERED.
DOCTORS' HANDS ARE TIED, IT'S
SLIGHT.
MORE TO BE HASHED OUT
IN FUTURE SESSIONS OR IN LEGAL
ACTION.
THE GOVERNOR ALSO VETOED A
MEDICAID BILL.
AND THAT HANNAH, WAS SOMETHING
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THAT HAD A LOT OF DEBATE, IT HAD
REQUIREMENTS.
>> SO THAT BILL HAD A LOT OF
CHANGES TO THE STATE'S MEDICAID
PROGRAM.
ONE EXAMPLE THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
CAN NOT MAKE CHANGES TO THE
PROGRAM UNLESS THEY HAVE
APPROVAL FROM THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY UNLESS IT IS A FEDERAL
LAW REQUIREMENT.
I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST
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CRITICISMS WE HEAR ABOUT IS THE
MANDATE OF WORK REQUIREMENT THAT
SAYS ADULTS BETWEEN 18-60 YEARS
OLD WHO DON'T HAVE DEPENDENTS
MUST WORK IN ORDER TO RECEIVE
THEIR MEDICAID BENEFITS.
WE'VE SEEN OTHER STATES TRY THIS
WITH GEORGIA AND A LOT OF
CONCERNS IS THIS WORK
REQUIREMENT COULD LEAD TO PEOPLE
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LOSING THEIR COVERAGE
POTENTIALLY.
AND THERE ARE OTHER
OPTIONS.
THERE IS A PUBLIC SERVICE
COMPONENT AS WELL?
>> I THINK CHILDCARE
VOLUNTEERING, THERE IS A FEW
THERE.
IT'S INTERESTING ON --
TO GO OFF WHAT HANNAH WAS SAYING
ABOUT THE WORK REQUIREMENT,
BESHEAR'S ADMINISTRATION,
CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY
(13:56):
SERVICES WILL WRITE THE
APPLICATION FOR THIS WORK WAIVER
HOW THEY DO IT IN THE DETAILS
AND HOW MUCH RED TAPE IS IN THAT
IT'S UP TO THEM.
SO IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU
HAVE A REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED
LEGISLATURE WHO IS SOMETHING A
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO
THEN APPLY TO THE REPUBLICAN
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THERE IS A LOT OF MOVING PARTS
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POLITICALLY THERE, TOO.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING WHAT THE
DETAILS ARE.
AND PEOPLE ARE SEEING
THINGS THROUGH DIFFERENT LENSES
OFTEN.
A LOT OF SUBJECTS WE ARE TAKING
UP A VETO OVERRIDE FOR SENATE
BILL 89 BY ALLOWING STATE
REGULATIONS WITH FEDERAL ONES
THAT ARE WEAKER.
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AND OPPONENTS ARE WORRIED ABOUT
THE IMPACT IT WILL HAVE ON
KENTUCKIANS WHO REPLY ON GROUND
WATER.
>> JUST WE SHOULD BE HAVING
CONVERSATIONS DURING THE
INTERIM.
ON WHAT THIS IS ACTUALLY DONE
AND WHAT THE COMPROMISE DOES AND
DOES NOT DO.
BECAUSE IT DOES NOT PROTECT
GROUND WATER IN THE WAY WE NEED
TO DO IT.
AND WE CAN DO IT IN A RATIONAL,
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RESPONSIBLE MANNER THAT IS NOT
ONEROUS TO FARMERS, INDUSTRY, OR
INDIVIDUALS OR MUNICIPALITIES.
SO I DON'T SUPPORT THIS MEASURE
NOW AND I HOPE TO CONTINUE THE
DISCUSSION AND I'M WILLING TO BE
PART OF THAT.
>> YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR AND
OTHERS HAVE LED EVERYONE TO
BELIEVE THAT WE'RE NOT --
(15:21):
THAT WE'RE DOING AWAY WITH
ANYTHING ANY OVERSIGHT OF THIS
BILL.
AND WE'RE NOT.
THAT IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE.
THERE'S FIVE STATUTES THAT STILL
GOVERNS THE WATER.
THE SAFE DRINK WATER ACT IS
STILL PART OF THIS.
WE'VE NOT GUTTED THIS BILL AT
ALL.
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WE JUST BROUGHT IT BACK TO ALIGN
IT WITH THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES.
THAT SENATOR MAIDEN
THERE.
WHO HE WAS OPEN ABOUT AND TRYING
TO BENEFIT THE COAL INDUSTRY AND
ALSO BELIEVE IT IS MAY HELP THE
HOUSING INDUSTRY AND OTHERS BY
LOOSENING THE STANDARDS.
>> DEVELOPERS.
IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE, YOU
(16:03):
KNOW, AS SENATOR WEBB WAS SAYING
AND SHE IS FROM EASTERN
KENTUCKY, AS MAIDEN IS, THIS
IDEA COAL COMPANIES ARE FOR THIS
BILL, ENVIRONMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS ALMOST UNIFORM
NATIONALLY AND STATE OFFICIALS
WHO WORK FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL
CABINET ARE ALL AGAINST IT.
AS HE SAID, YOU KNOW, DRINKING
(16:26):
WATER IS STILL REGULATED AND
IT'S TRUE.
BUT ALSO THIS BILL IS A
DEREGULATION ESSENTIALLY OF SOME
OF THE RUNOFF WHICH
ENVIRONMENTALISTS WARN HAS A
MUCH HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF
SATURATING GROUND WATER IN A
STATE LIKE KENTUCKY PARTICULARLY
IN RURAL PARTS OF THE STATE
WHERE THERE'S NOT RELIABLE
DRINKING WATER, PEOPLE
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REASONABLY WERE SOUNDING THE
ALARM.
BUT THEY OVERRODE THE VETO.
ALL RIGHT.
AND THE GOVERNOR RAISED HIS
OBJECTIONS TO THAT AHEAD OF
THAT.
THE LEGISLATURE ALSO OVERRODE
THE GOVERNOR'S VETO ON A BILL
THAT WILL PROTECT CONVERSION
THERAPY AND BESHEAR CALL TO DO
DANGEROUS AND DISCRIMINATORY.
HE ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
(17:09):
BANNING AGAINST USING MEDICAID
FOR THAT OR HE WOULD HAVE
ALLOWED THE USE OF MEDICAID
FUNDS AND --
>> HE ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
IN 2024 TRYING TO LIMIT THE USE
OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR CONVERSION
THERAPY ON MINORS IN KENTUCKY.
AND HE DECIDED RESEARCH AND SEEN
(17:32):
THAT MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS
AND CHILD ADVOCATE ORGANIZATIONS
TAKE ISSUE WITH CONVERSION
THERAPY IT HAS DEVASTATING
MENTAL HEALTH EFFECTS ON LGBTQ
PEOPLE.
HE DID VETO THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER
AND THAT REALLY DIDN'T SIT RIGHT
WITH A LOT OF LEGISLATORS AND
SOME WHO HAVE WANTED TO BAN
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CONVERSION THERAPY IN KENTUCKY
IN THE PAST THEY DIDN'T LIKE
THAT BESHEAR WENT ABOUT IT THAT
WAY.
THEY WANTED THE LEGISLATURE TO
DO IT IF IT GOT DONE.
THIS BILL BASICALLY AS IT
STARTED OUT, IT WOULD MAKE NEWLY
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IN A WAY TO
PROTECT CONVERSION THERAPY AND
IT GOT MORE EDITS.
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BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT HIM TO DO
IT THAT WAY.
I WANT TO CLARIFY.
HE WANTED TO PREEMPT THE USE OF
MEDICAID FUNDS.
>> HE DID NOT WANT CONVERSION
THERAPY TO HAPPEN.
SOME NEW LAWS ARE
COMING AND THE GOVERNOR LET SOME
BILLS BECOMING LAW WITHOUT HIS
SIGNATURE THAT INCLUDED DENYING
HORMONE THERAPY AND MEDICAL
(18:34):
TREATMENTS FOR TRANSGENDER STATE
INMATES.
>> THIS IS ANOTHER ONE WHERE
REPUBLICANS CLAIMED IT WAS A
PROCESS ISSUE.
GOVERNOR BESHEAR BASICALLY
PROMULGATED THESE ADMINISTRATIVE
REGULATIONS THAT ALLOWED THE
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO
PROVIDE DOCTOR RECOMMENDED
HORMONE THERAPY TO TRANSGENDER
(18:55):
INMATES.
THE WAY THEY DO FOR ANY OTHER
INMATE WHO NEEDS A MEDICATION.
REPUBLICANS FOUND OUT ABOUT IT.
IT BECAME A BIG DEAL PREVIOUSLY
BEFORE THEY GAVELED IN FOR THE
SESSION AND IT WAS A PRIORITY
BILL SENATE BILL 2, THE GOVERNOR
LET IT BECOME LAW WITHOUT
VETOING IT.
AND HE HAD SAID-THAT THAT
(19:16):
PARTIALLY HE DOESN'T THINK THAT
PEOPLE WHO ARE INCARCERATED
SHOULD HAVE MORE RIGHTS TRANS
PEOPLE INCARCERATED SHOULD HAVE
MORE RIGHTS THAN PEOPLE WHO
AREN'T.
GOVERNOR BESHEAR HAS BEEN A
LITTLE BIT SLIPPERY WHEN IT
COMES TO COMMENTING ON THESE
ISSUES.
BUT THIS WAS ONE WHERE THEY SAID
YOU WERE OUTSIDE OF YOUR LANE
WHEN YOU ALLOWED THIS TO BECOME
(19:39):
POLICY.
WE'RE GOING TO REIN IT IN AND
TAKE IT BACK.
THE GOVERNOR SIGNED A
BILL INTO LAW DECIDING TO
CRACKDOWN ON DOMESTIC ABUSE.
RUSSELL COLEMAN PUSHED FOR
STRONGER PENALTIES FOR THOSE WHO
DEFY PROTECTIVE ORDERS.
>> IT WAS ONE OF THE BILLS THAT
RUSSELL COLEMAN WHEN HE OUTLINED
(19:59):
PRIORITIES THAT WOUND UP WITH
THAT.
I BELIEVE IT WAS HOUSE BILL --
I CAN'T REMEMBER.
>> THERE WERE SO MANY.
>> BUT IT WAS REPRESENTATIVE
TIPTON'S BILL AND IT INCREASED
PENALTIES FOR PEOPLE WHO VIOLATE
PROTECTIVE ORDERS AS A
(20:20):
DISINCENTIVE TO NOT VIOLATE
PROTECTIVE ORDERS.
>> AND I THINK AT THE SAME TIME
IT'S INTERESTING THIS PASSED AND
A BILL FROM NORTHERN KENTUCKY
REPUBLICAN, REPRESENTATIVE DEETS
FAILED TO PASS AND HER BILL
WOULD HAVE MADE IT A POSSIBLE
FOR A A KENTUCKIAN WHO IS THE
VICTIM OF COERCIVE CONTROL BUT
AN EMERGENCY CONTROL AND THAT
(20:41):
BEING SOMEONE'S MENTALLY
THREATENING YOU.
MAYBE YOU ARE NOT IN IMMEDIATE
DANGER BUT SOMEONE IS
CONTROLLING YOUR LIFE AND
FINANCES.
AND THAT BILL DIDN'T GO
ANYWHERE.
THE SENATE PRESIDENT
TOLD ME HE DOESN'T KEEP UP WITH
THE BILL NUMBERS.
HE SAID HE HAS TO DO IT BY
SUBJECT MATTER.
THE GOVERNOR DID SIGN A BILL
THAT WILL LOWER THE AGE AT WHICH
(21:02):
KENTUCKIANS CAN GET A DRIVERS
PERMIT TO 15.
>> SO, THAT NEW LAW TAKES EFFECT
RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE IT HAS AN
EMERGENCY CLAUSE.
BESHEAR DID SAY 15-YEAR-OLDS
WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR A LITTLE
TIME BECAUSE THE SYSTEM IS SO
OUTDATED THEY HAVE TO REPROGRAM
IT.
HE GAVE AN ESTIMATE OF APRIL 2
THAT 15-YEAR-OLDS CAN START
APPLYING FOR PERMITS.
(21:24):
RETAILORS WHO SELL
VAPING PRODUCTS WILL BE MORE
REGULATED?
>> THEY WILL BE LICENSED.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
ADMINISTRATION CONTROL CAN COME
IN AND INVESTIGATE PROPERTIES.
ALSO, CLERKS WHO SELL TO MINORS
WILL BE FINED.
THIS IS WAS AN EFFORT THAT CAME
OUT OF THE SENATE TO TRY TO
PROTECT MINORS FROM HAVING
(21:44):
ACCESS TO NICOTINE PRODUCTS.
WE KNOW THERE ARE HIGH RATES OF
SMOKING IN KENTUCKY IN ADULTS
AND MINORS.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING CHILD
ADVOCATES WERE HAPPY ABOUT AND
IT PASSED.
KENTUCKY IS INVESTING
$300,000 INTO SPACE RESEARCH
THAT IS DESIGNED TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF MICRO GRAVITY.
(22:05):
>> KENTUCKY IS ALLOCATED
$THREE00,000, 10% MATCH FOR
ROUGHLY $3 MILLION NASA GRANT.
THE MONEY IS GOING TO HELP A
LOUISVILLE NONPROFIT SEND. ORG
KNOWEDS INTO SPACE THE ISS
LABORATORY AND STUDY CURES AND
TREATMENTS WITH THE HOPE OF
(22:27):
CURES FOR ALZHEIMER'S,
PARKINSON'S AND MS.
YEAH, LAWMAKERS ARE EXCITED
ABOUT THAT.
IT APPEARS EKU MIGHT
HAVE A CLEARER PATH TO START A
COLLEGE OF OS PATHIC MEDICINE.
AND MURRAY STATE WANTS TO
ESTABLISH A VETERINARY COLLEGE.
THE COUPLE ON POST-SECONDARY
(22:48):
EDUCATION NOW HAS THE CHARGE TO
APPROVE THE DOCTORAL PROGRAMS.
>> AND THIS IS ALL GETTING AT
EKU IS CHAMPIONING THIS PROGRAM
IT IS A SOLUTION TO SHORTAGE OF
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS.
SO OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD BE A BIG
DEAL ONCE THE SCHOOL IS
ESTABLISHED AT EKU.
(23:09):
THERE WAS A CHANGE AT
AND THE U OF L BOARD NAMED JERRY
BRADLEY AS THE PRESIDENT.
QUICK EXIT AND THE BOARD OF
TRUCE TRUSTEES MADE NO COMMENT
ABOUT HER DEPARTING THEY
(23:29):
ACCEPTED HER RESIGNATION.
>> IT WAS A QUICK PROCESS AS
SOON AS SHE HANDED IN THE
RESIGNATION, THE NEW PRESIDENT
WAS ACCEPTED AS THE NEW
PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
LOUISVILLE.
THE ONLY ILLUSION WE HAVE TO WHY
SHE LEFT IS BECAUSE THE BOARD
HAD SAID THEIR GOALS AND HER
GOALS SHIFTED.
TYPICALLY THERE IS A NATIONAL
(23:51):
SEARCH CONDUCTED FOR THE NEXT
PRESIDENT BUT BRADLEY WAS
APPOINTED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE BY
THE BOARD.
WHICH IS INTERESTING.
IT WAS QUICK, NO INTERIM PERIOD
HE IS THE PRESIDENT.
THE 20TH PRESIDENT OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE.
>> AND GOVERNOR BESHEAR SAID
THIS WEEK HE WAS NOT CONCERNED
WITH THE CHOICE BUT HE WOULD
HAVE PREFERRED TO SEE A NATIONAL
(24:11):
SEARCH BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT
TYPICALLY HAPPENS AND THE BOARD
CALLED THIS A LOGISTICAL
DECISION AND DEFENDING
APPOINTING HIM BECAUSE THEY WANT
STABILITY FOR THE UNIVERSITY.
BRADLEY IS THE FIRST
GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT AND
SAID HIGHER EDUCATION CHANGED
HIS LIFE HE WAS A DENTIST BEFORE
BECOMING A PROVOST.
(24:32):
RUSSELL COLEMAN ANNOUNCED $20
MILLION IS GOING TO 75 KENTUCKY
ORGANIZATIONS TO FIGHT OPIOID
AND OTHER DRUG ABUSE.
>> THIS IS NOT ME WITH A LARGE
CHECK PRESENTATION.
THIS IS NOT THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S MONEY.
THIS MONEY PASSED THROUGH THE
COMMISSION IS BLOOD MONEY.
THIS IS BLOOD MONEY.
(24:53):
THIS IS MONEY CLAW BACK FROM
THOSE THAT BROUGHT THIS CRISIS
AND BROUGHT THIS DEVASTATION TO
OUR COMMONWEALTH.
WE MUST TREAT THIS MONEY AS
STEWARDS.
ALEX THOSE WILL BE
SPLIT INTO TREATMENT, RECOVERY
AND PREVENTION AND THE PROGRAMS
ARE STATE-WIDE BUT TAKE LOCAL
APPROACHES.
>> A LOT OF THEM ARE LOCAL.
(25:14):
AND, AGAIN, ATTORNEY GENERAL
COLEMAN MENTIONED BLOOD MONEY A
COUPLE YEARS AGO THEY
ESTABLISHED THE OPIOID ABATEMENT
ADVISORY COMMISSION AND WE GOT
$900 MILLION SETTLEMENT FROM THE
LAWSUITS TO COMBAT THE EPIDEMIC.
THIS COMMISSION CHOOSES
ORGANIZATIONS WHO APPLY TO DIVVY
THIS UP.
(25:35):
A LOT OF THEM ARE HYPER LOCAL.
HE INVITED THEM TO BE
CREATIVE.
>> HE TALKS ABOUT THIS THREE
LEGGED STOOL OF PREVENTION.
HE INVITES NEW IDEAS AND I THINK
HE IS EXCITED ABOUT IT.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THE LEGISLATURE DID GO
TODAY AND ADJOURN, THE
(25:56):
LEGISLATURE IS ALSO NAMING A
PORTION OF KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 2221
THE JOHNNY L. TURN ARE MEMORIAL
HIGHWAY HE DIED AFTER A LAWN
MOWER ACCIDENT HE WAS A FORMER
SENATOR AND STATE
REPRESENTATIVE.
AND ALBERT ROBINSON HONORED WITH
A PORTION OF HIGHWAY 30 NAMED
FOR HIM.
(26:17):
MIDWAY UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCED A $2
MILLION GIFT FROM A DONOR IT
WILL BE USED FOR A NEW LIBRARY.
THE SCHOOL IS CLOSING IN ON A
$10 MILLION GOAL FOR THAT
PROJECT.
MIDWAY HOPES TO OPEN THE LIBRARY
LATE NEXT YEAR.
THAT IS "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY"
HAVE A GOOD WEEK AHEAD.
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