1 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:15,633 >> Bill: MEDICAL MARIJUANA 2 00:00:14,900 --> 00:00:17,733 GETS CLOSER THAN IT EVER HAS HAD 3 00:00:15,633 --> 00:00:19,233 TO BECOMING LEGAL IN KENTUCKY. 4 00:00:17,733 --> 00:00:20,600 MORE TEACHERS SICK-OUTS AS 5 00:00:19,233 --> 00:00:22,166 PUBLIC EDUCATORS RAIL AGAINST 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,466 THE SCHOLARSHIP TAX CREDIT FOR 7 00:00:22,166 --> 00:00:25,300 PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND WATCH 8 00:00:23,466 --> 00:00:27,700 FRANKFORT FOR ANY SURPRISES. 9 00:00:25,300 --> 00:00:30,833 A PROPOSAL TO BAN TOBACCO 10 00:00:27,700 --> 00:00:31,866 PRODUCTS ON SCHOOL CAMPUSES 11 00:00:30,833 --> 00:00:33,466 STALLS. 12 00:00:31,866 --> 00:00:34,866 AND COULD CANCELLED RACES AT A 13 00:00:33,466 --> 00:00:36,300 CALIFORNIA RACETRACK HAVE AN 14 00:00:34,866 --> 00:00:38,500 IMPACT ON THE KENTUCKY DERBY? 15 00:00:36,300 --> 00:00:39,800 A WARM-UP AND A TIME CHANGE FOR 16 00:00:38,500 --> 00:00:41,066 THE WEEKEND, AND "COMMENT" IS 17 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:41,066 NEXT ON KET. 18 00:00:51,366 --> 00:00:53,566 GOOD EVENING. 19 00:00:51,666 --> 00:00:55,666 I'M BILL BRYANT, AND WE WELCOME 20 00:00:53,566 --> 00:00:56,466 YOU TO "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY," A 21 00:00:55,666 --> 00:00:58,066 LOOK BACK AT THE WEEK'S NEWS IN 22 00:00:56,466 --> 00:00:59,133 THE COMMONWEALTH. 23 00:00:58,066 --> 00:01:00,066 AND THE GUESTS ON OUR PANEL OF 24 00:00:59,133 --> 00:01:03,000 WORKING KENTUCKY JOURNALISTS 25 00:01:00,066 --> 00:01:05,433 TONIGHT ARE: 26 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:06,833 LAWRENCE SMITH, REPORTER FOR 27 00:01:05,433 --> 00:01:10,200 WDRB IN LOUISVILLE. 28 00:01:06,833 --> 00:01:10,666 MORGAN WATKINS, REPORTER FOR THE 29 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:11,600 COURIER-JOURNAL 30 00:01:10,666 --> 00:01:12,566 AND JACK BRAMMER, FRANKFORT 31 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:15,366 BUREAU CHIEF FOR THE LEXINGTON 32 00:01:12,566 --> 00:01:16,733 HERALD-LEADER. 33 00:01:15,366 --> 00:01:19,466 ALSO TONIGHT, VICE PRESIDENT 34 00:01:16,733 --> 00:01:20,433 PENCE COMES TO KENTUCKY TO RAISE 35 00:01:19,466 --> 00:01:22,100 MONEY FOR GOVERNOR BEVIN AHEAD 36 00:01:20,433 --> 00:01:24,233 OF THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. 37 00:01:22,100 --> 00:01:26,100 AND THE LOUISVILLE ZOO CLOSES 38 00:01:24,233 --> 00:01:29,633 AFTER A HUGE SINKHOLE OPENS UP 39 00:01:26,100 --> 00:01:30,600 ON ITS PROPERTY. 40 00:01:29,633 --> 00:01:32,300 LET'S BEGIN WITH THE LOUD CLOCK 41 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:33,900 THAT'S TICKING ON THE 2019 42 00:01:32,300 --> 00:01:34,866 LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND HOW 43 00:01:33,900 --> 00:01:38,733 CLOSELY TEACHERS ARE WATCHING 44 00:01:34,866 --> 00:01:40,300 FOR ANY SURPRISES. 45 00:01:38,733 --> 00:01:40,833 JACK, THERE HAVE BEEN MORE OF 46 00:01:40,300 --> 00:01:42,166 THESE SICKOUTS. 47 00:01:40,833 --> 00:01:43,833 THE JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC 48 00:01:42,166 --> 00:01:45,800 SCHOOL SYSTEM, THE LARGEST IN 49 00:01:43,833 --> 00:01:47,500 THE STATE AND SOME OTHERS 50 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:49,200 CLOSED, THE KENTUCKY EDUCATION 51 00:01:47,500 --> 00:01:50,666 ASSOCIATION HAS SAID THIS IS NOT 52 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:51,966 THE APPROACH THEY PREFER, BUT 53 00:01:50,666 --> 00:01:54,800 THERE ARE OTHERS WHO SAY THAT'S 54 00:01:51,966 --> 00:01:56,833 THE ONLY WAY TO GET ATTENTION. 55 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:58,633 >> Jack: WELL, A LOT OF 56 00:01:56,833 --> 00:02:00,133 TEACHERS FEEL THAT LAST YEAR 57 00:01:58,633 --> 00:02:01,466 THEY WERE REACTING TO WHAT THE 58 00:02:00,133 --> 00:02:02,466 LEGISLATURE DID WHEN THEY TOOK 59 00:02:01,466 --> 00:02:04,466 UP THE CONTROVERSIAL PENSION 60 00:02:02,466 --> 00:02:06,633 BILL, AND THIS YEAR THEY WANT TO 61 00:02:04,466 --> 00:02:08,466 BE PROACTIVE, SO THEY WANTED TO 62 00:02:06,633 --> 00:02:10,033 BE THERE WHEN BILLS WERE BEING 63 00:02:08,466 --> 00:02:11,233 INTRODUCED IN COMMITTEE. 64 00:02:10,033 --> 00:02:11,533 TEACHERS WANTED THEIR VOICES 65 00:02:11,233 --> 00:02:13,866 HEARD. 66 00:02:11,533 --> 00:02:15,966 SO I THINK WE'VE HAD THREE 67 00:02:13,866 --> 00:02:20,366 SICK-OUTS SO FAR, TWO THIS WEEK, 68 00:02:15,966 --> 00:02:21,066 ONE THE PREVIOUS WEEK, NOT AS 69 00:02:20,366 --> 00:02:22,733 BIG IN NUMBERS BUT STILL BEING 70 00:02:21,066 --> 00:02:26,400 VERY VOCAL, AND I THINK THEY'VE 71 00:02:22,733 --> 00:02:26,800 HAD AN IMPACT ON THE FLOW OF THE 72 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:27,966 LEGISLATION. 73 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,266 WE STILL COMPONENT WHAT'S GOING 74 00:02:27,966 --> 00:02:31,600 TO GET PASSED OR NOT. 75 00:02:29,266 --> 00:02:32,600 , STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING 76 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:35,066 TO GET PARRED OR NOT BUT IT HAS 77 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:36,666 STALLED THE ACTION ON SOME BILLS 78 00:02:35,066 --> 00:02:39,666 THAT THEY OPPOSE. 79 00:02:36,666 --> 00:02:41,066 >> Bill: IS IT A MATTER OF 80 00:02:39,666 --> 00:02:42,166 TRUST, LAWRENCE, REALLY AFTER 81 00:02:41,066 --> 00:02:43,200 WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR? 82 00:02:42,166 --> 00:02:44,700 >> Lawrence: I THINK THAT'S 83 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,900 EXACTLY RIGHT. 84 00:02:44,700 --> 00:02:47,033 MANY TEACHERS HAVE TALKED TO ME 85 00:02:45,900 --> 00:02:50,133 AND SAID, YOU KNOW, AFTER WHAT 86 00:02:47,033 --> 00:02:51,200 HAPPENED LAST YEAR AT THE LAST 87 00:02:50,133 --> 00:02:52,466 MINUTE INSERTION OF THAT PENSION 88 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:56,500 BILL INTO THE SEWER BILL AND THE 89 00:02:52,466 --> 00:02:57,966 WAY THAT WAS RUSH THROUGH, 90 00:02:56,500 --> 00:02:59,100 ULTIMATELY OVERTURNED BY THE 91 00:02:57,966 --> 00:03:00,066 QUOTE, BUT THE WAY THAT WAS DONE 92 00:02:59,100 --> 00:03:01,700 THEY'RE GUN SHY. 93 00:03:00,066 --> 00:03:03,700 THEY'RE ON HAD A HAIR TRIGGER. 94 00:03:01,700 --> 00:03:05,333 SO I THINK THEY'RE READY TO ACT 95 00:03:03,700 --> 00:03:06,433 WHENEVER -- AND SOMETIMES 96 00:03:05,333 --> 00:03:07,400 THEY'RE HEARING MISINFORMATION. 97 00:03:06,433 --> 00:03:08,466 THAT'S OUT THERE AS WELL TO BE 98 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:09,833 DEALT WITH. 99 00:03:08,466 --> 00:03:12,400 BUT THEY'REY READY TO ACT 100 00:03:09,833 --> 00:03:13,466 WHENEVER THEY HEAR THAT 101 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:14,133 SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN. 102 00:03:13,466 --> 00:03:15,066 >> Bill: AND SOMETIMES THESE 103 00:03:14,133 --> 00:03:17,000 ARE COMING LATE, MORGAN, ONE OF 104 00:03:15,066 --> 00:03:18,200 THE FIRST ONES, IT WAS VERY LATE 105 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:21,333 WHEN IT WAS FOUND OUT, AND IN 106 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:23,066 FACT EVEN THE LATTER ONES IN 107 00:03:21,333 --> 00:03:25,600 JEFFERSON COUNTY, PARENTS HAVE 108 00:03:23,066 --> 00:03:26,633 THE HAVE HAVE HAD TO SCRAMBLES 109 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,100 AND MAKE ARRANGEMENTS. 110 00:03:26,633 --> 00:03:29,400 THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL 111 00:03:28,100 --> 00:03:33,733 SUPERINTENDENT MARTY POLIO 112 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:36,066 INDICATED THAT HE REALLY DOES 113 00:03:33,733 --> 00:03:37,466 NOT KNOW WHO IS LEADING THE. 114 00:03:36,066 --> 00:03:38,166 >> Morgan: IF SCHICK SIC-OUT 115 00:03:37,466 --> 00:03:39,766 WAS A BIG SURPRISE THE 116 00:03:38,166 --> 00:03:40,900 SUPERINTENDENT SAID SHE WENT TO 117 00:03:39,766 --> 00:03:41,733 BED AND ABSENCES LOOKED NORMAL 118 00:03:40,900 --> 00:03:42,933 AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 119 00:03:41,733 --> 00:03:44,433 NIGHT WAKES UP AND REALIZES 120 00:03:42,933 --> 00:03:44,733 WE'VE GOT A SICK-OUT ON OUR 121 00:03:44,433 --> 00:03:45,833 HANDS. 122 00:03:44,733 --> 00:03:46,733 WHEN I TALKED TO HIM THAT 123 00:03:45,833 --> 00:03:47,800 AFTERNOON HE SAID, YOU KNOW, 124 00:03:46,733 --> 00:03:49,366 WHEN THESE THINGS START ON 125 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,966 SOCIAL MEDIA AND BUILD ON SOCIAL 126 00:03:49,366 --> 00:03:52,933 MEDIA, IT CAN BE AT THE TIME IT 127 00:03:50,966 --> 00:03:54,800 WAS UNCLEAR WHAT WAS REALLY -- 128 00:03:52,933 --> 00:03:56,800 WHO REALLY LED THAT CHARGE. 129 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:58,233 THERE'S BEEN TALK AND 130 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:00,100 INDICATIONS A NEW KIND OF 131 00:03:58,233 --> 00:04:02,533 GRASSROOTS GROUP JCPS LEADS WAS 132 00:04:00,100 --> 00:04:04,033 KEY TO ARRANGING THE SICK-OUTS 133 00:04:02,533 --> 00:04:04,800 THIS WEEK BUT ULTIMATELY IT 134 00:04:04,033 --> 00:04:06,900 COMES DOWN TO THE TEACHERS. 135 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:08,166 DO NOT HAVE A SICK-OUT UNLESS 136 00:04:06,900 --> 00:04:08,966 YOU HAVE ENOUGH TEACHERS OR 137 00:04:08,166 --> 00:04:10,466 CONCERNED ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT'S 138 00:04:08,966 --> 00:04:12,066 HAPPENING IN FRANKFORT TO SAY I 139 00:04:10,466 --> 00:04:13,266 CAN'T GO TO SCHOOL TOM. 140 00:04:12,066 --> 00:04:16,066 I'VE TO GET THERE AND ADVOCATE 141 00:04:13,266 --> 00:04:18,033 FOR MYSELF AND FOR MY SCHOOL. 142 00:04:16,066 --> 00:04:20,300 >> Jack: BESIDES THE LACK OF 143 00:04:18,033 --> 00:04:21,566 U.S. TRUST, THOUGH, I THINK A 144 00:04:20,300 --> 00:04:23,566 LOT OF TEACHERS FEARFUL. 145 00:04:21,566 --> 00:04:24,866 THEY FEAR WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN 146 00:04:23,566 --> 00:04:26,700 T. TO THEIR PENSIONS WITH WHAT'S 147 00:04:24,866 --> 00:04:27,933 GOING TO HAPPEN TO PUBLIC 148 00:04:26,700 --> 00:04:30,666 FUNDING FOR EDUCATION. 149 00:04:27,933 --> 00:04:31,766 THEY'VE SEEN BILLS PASS LEIKER 150 00:04:30,666 --> 00:04:33,300 CHARTER SCHOOLS THEY THOUGHT 151 00:04:31,766 --> 00:04:35,266 WOULD ERODE PUBLIC FUNDING. 152 00:04:33,300 --> 00:04:37,166 SO FAR THERE'S NO BEEN ANY POINT 153 00:04:35,266 --> 00:04:39,400 SPENT FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS. 154 00:04:37,166 --> 00:04:41,233 THEY FEAR SOME OF THESE BILLS 155 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:42,733 MIGHT LEAD TO PRIVATE SCHOOL 156 00:04:41,233 --> 00:04:44,666 VOUCHERS WHERE PEOPLE WOULD BE 157 00:04:42,733 --> 00:04:45,433 GIVEN MONEY TO SEND THEIR 158 00:04:44,666 --> 00:04:46,666 CHILDREN TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS. 159 00:04:45,433 --> 00:04:48,566 THE I THINK THERE'S A REAL FEAR 160 00:04:46,666 --> 00:04:49,900 OF THE IMPACT ON FUNDING. 161 00:04:48,566 --> 00:04:51,933 >> Lawrence: THEY PERCEIVE A 162 00:04:49,900 --> 00:04:52,566 LACK OF RESPECT BY THE GENERAL 163 00:04:51,933 --> 00:04:54,033 ASSEMBLY AND THE GOVERNOR. 164 00:04:52,566 --> 00:04:56,466 >> Jack: THEY REALLY DON'T 165 00:04:54,033 --> 00:04:56,766 HAVE A CHEERLEADER THEY FEEL 166 00:04:56,466 --> 00:04:57,500 LIKE. 167 00:04:56,766 --> 00:04:58,833 >> Bill: AND YOU ALSO NOTE, AS 168 00:04:57,500 --> 00:05:01,033 YOU MENTIONED, THE TEACHERS ARE 169 00:04:58,833 --> 00:05:03,066 TO YOU SORT OF REFRAMING THEIR 170 00:05:01,033 --> 00:05:05,600 POSITION AS PRO-PUBLIC SCHOOLS 171 00:05:03,066 --> 00:05:06,333 ARE PRO-CHILDREN AS OPPOSED TO 172 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,400 PRO-TEACHERS SO MUCH. 173 00:05:06,333 --> 00:05:10,566 I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT THE MESSAGE 174 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:11,733 THEY'RE PUTTING OUT THERE. 175 00:05:10,566 --> 00:05:12,866 >> Jack: THERE ARE SOME 176 00:05:11,733 --> 00:05:14,000 LEGISLATORS WHO KIND OF ARE 177 00:05:12,866 --> 00:05:15,366 GETTING FED UP WITH SOME OF THE 178 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,466 TEACHERS ARE SAYING THEY WON'T 179 00:05:15,366 --> 00:05:16,900 CALL THEM PUBLIC SCHOOLS 180 00:05:16,466 --> 00:05:18,400 ANYMORE. 181 00:05:16,900 --> 00:05:18,733 THEY CALL THEM GOVERNMENT 182 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:21,333 SCHOOLS. 183 00:05:18,733 --> 00:05:21,800 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S ALL 184 00:05:21,333 --> 00:05:22,400 ABOUT. 185 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:23,100 >> Bill: GOVERNOR BEVIN 186 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:23,900 OBVIOUSLY CRITICIZED TEACHERS 187 00:05:23,100 --> 00:05:25,166 FOR THE ACTIONS THAT THEY CLOSED 188 00:05:23,900 --> 00:05:27,266 THE SCHOOLS AND IN FACT IT WAS 189 00:05:25,166 --> 00:05:30,000 URGING THEM NOT TO HAVE THE 190 00:05:27,266 --> 00:05:30,700 SICK-OUT THIS WEEK. 191 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,300 RIGHT? 192 00:05:30,700 --> 00:05:34,833 >> Morgan: SOME OF THE LEAD 193 00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:35,800 ADVOCACY, THE KENTUCKY 76 WORD 194 00:05:34,833 --> 00:05:37,333 OUT A DEAL AFTER THE TWO 195 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:38,066 SICK-OUTS THAT WERE KIND OF 196 00:05:37,333 --> 00:05:38,866 UNEXPECTED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY 197 00:05:38,066 --> 00:05:40,133 THIS WEEK. 198 00:05:38,866 --> 00:05:41,233 SO THEY BASICALLY KIND OF 199 00:05:40,133 --> 00:05:43,566 ARRANGE SO THAT THIS WILL BE -- 200 00:05:41,233 --> 00:05:44,066 THEY SAID, LOOK, WE'VE PUT IT 201 00:05:43,566 --> 00:05:46,400 TEG. 202 00:05:44,066 --> 00:05:47,066 WE WILL HAVE A SANITIZABLE 203 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:48,600 DELEGATION TEACHERS WITHOUT 204 00:05:47,066 --> 00:05:48,966 NEEDING TO HAVE ANY MORE 205 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:49,700 SICK-OUT. 206 00:05:48,966 --> 00:05:51,233 I THINK THE HOPE IS THAT THEY 207 00:05:49,700 --> 00:05:52,433 DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THOSE 208 00:05:51,233 --> 00:05:54,366 DISRUPTIONS IN SCHOOL ANYMORE 209 00:05:52,433 --> 00:05:55,666 WHILE ALSO HAVING REALLY KIND OF 210 00:05:54,366 --> 00:05:57,633 TAKEN SERIOUSLY THE FACT THAT 211 00:05:55,666 --> 00:05:59,200 TEACHERS ARE UPSET, THEY ARE 212 00:05:57,633 --> 00:05:59,933 WORRIED, AND UNLESS THEY HAVE 213 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:02,600 ASSURANCES THAT THERE'S GOING TO 214 00:05:59,933 --> 00:06:05,300 BE A BIG SHOWING OF THEIR PEOPLE 215 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:06,733 IN FRANKFORT, THAT THEY WILL DO 216 00:06:05,300 --> 00:06:09,433 WHAT THEY'VE GOT TO DO TO KIND 217 00:06:06,733 --> 00:06:10,600 OF STICK UP FOR THEMSELVES. 218 00:06:09,433 --> 00:06:11,633 >> Lawrence: REPUBLICANS ARE 219 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:13,366 PUSHING BACK AGAINST THIS 220 00:06:11,633 --> 00:06:15,700 PERCEPTION AS WELL THAT THEY'RE 221 00:06:13,366 --> 00:06:16,166 SOMEHOW ANTITEACHER AND 222 00:06:15,700 --> 00:06:16,833 ANTI-EDUCATION. 223 00:06:16,166 --> 00:06:17,700 DEEP POINTING OUT THEY HAVE 224 00:06:16,833 --> 00:06:20,033 FUNDED EDUCATION AT A HIGHER 225 00:06:17,700 --> 00:06:22,433 LEVEL THAN PREVIOUS YEARS. 226 00:06:20,033 --> 00:06:23,533 THEY ARE POINTING IT OUT ALL THE 227 00:06:22,433 --> 00:06:25,266 TIME AND SAY WE'RE TRYING TO 228 00:06:23,533 --> 00:06:25,900 SAVE YOUR PENSION, NOT KILL YOUR 229 00:06:25,266 --> 00:06:28,400 PENSION. 230 00:06:25,900 --> 00:06:32,100 BUT THERE'S A BACON LACK OF 231 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:32,800 MISTRUST IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 232 00:06:32,100 --> 00:06:34,333 >> Bill: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 233 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:35,166 BASIC ISSUES THAT ARE CAUSING 234 00:06:34,333 --> 00:06:36,200 THE ANGST. 235 00:06:35,166 --> 00:06:37,366 TEACHERS HAVE CRITICIZED THIS 236 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:41,266 TAX CREDIT THAT WOULD 237 00:06:37,366 --> 00:06:42,500 POTENTIALLY GO TO THOSE WHO GIVE 238 00:06:41,266 --> 00:06:44,700 TO SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS FOR 239 00:06:42,500 --> 00:06:45,033 CHILDREN TO GO TO PRIVATE 240 00:06:44,700 --> 00:06:47,133 SCHOOLS. 241 00:06:45,033 --> 00:06:48,600 THIS COULD COST THE STATE ABOUT 242 00:06:47,133 --> 00:06:50,066 $25 MILLION IN REVENUE. 243 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:51,433 WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT WOULD 244 00:06:50,066 --> 00:06:53,100 COME FROM, BUT THEY WILL SAY 245 00:06:51,433 --> 00:06:54,066 THAT IT WOULD COME FROM 246 00:06:53,100 --> 00:06:54,433 EDUCATION, FROM PUBLIC 247 00:06:54,066 --> 00:06:57,233 EDUCATION. 248 00:06:54,433 --> 00:06:58,733 THAT IS THE MESSAGE OUT THERE. 249 00:06:57,233 --> 00:07:00,300 >> Jack: IT WOULD BE FEWER 250 00:06:58,733 --> 00:07:02,433 DOLLARS GOING INTO THE STATE 251 00:07:00,300 --> 00:07:04,000 TREASURY AND PEOPLE ARE STAYING 252 00:07:02,433 --> 00:07:06,366 FEWER DOLLARS IN THE TREASURY, 253 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,500 WE WILL GET HURT IN PUBLIC 254 00:07:06,366 --> 00:07:09,466 EDUCATION BECAUSE THERE WILL BE 255 00:07:07,500 --> 00:07:10,133 FEWER DOLLARS TO SPEND ON PUBLIC 256 00:07:09,466 --> 00:07:11,800 EDUCATION. 257 00:07:10,133 --> 00:07:13,600 SO THERE'S A CONCERN ABOUT THIS 258 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:16,833 BILL, AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IF 259 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:18,333 THAT BILL, PARTICULAR BILL IS IN 260 00:07:16,833 --> 00:07:20,500 TROUBLE NOW, EVEN THE SPONSOR OF 261 00:07:18,333 --> 00:07:21,300 IT SAID THIS WEEK IT DOESN'T 262 00:07:20,500 --> 00:07:23,866 HAVE THE 60 VOTES THAT'S NEEDED 263 00:07:21,300 --> 00:07:26,100 IN THE HOUSE TO PASS, BUT 264 00:07:23,866 --> 00:07:28,033 TEACHERS ARE FEARFUL THAT WE'RE 265 00:07:26,100 --> 00:07:30,433 GOING TO HAVE WHAT'S CALLED I 266 00:07:28,033 --> 00:07:32,333 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON A TAX 267 00:07:30,433 --> 00:07:34,466 BILL AND THAT BILL, THE 268 00:07:32,333 --> 00:07:37,700 SCHOLARSHIP TAX CREDIT MAY BE 269 00:07:34,466 --> 00:07:38,900 ATTACHED TO A TAX -- ANOTHER TAX 270 00:07:37,700 --> 00:07:39,800 BILL. 271 00:07:38,900 --> 00:07:41,833 >> Morgan: THIS ISN'T 272 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:43,600 HAPPENING IN A VACUUM PS LAST 273 00:07:41,833 --> 00:07:45,800 YEAR THE STATE PASSED NEW TAX 274 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:47,066 REFORMS AND THAT HAS SPARKED A 275 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:48,933 DISCUSSION THAT HAS CONTINUED TO 276 00:07:47,066 --> 00:07:50,800 GO ABOUT IS THE STATE GIVING UP 277 00:07:48,933 --> 00:07:52,000 TOO MANY IMPORTANT REVENUE 278 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,500 STREAMS AT A TIME NOT JUST 279 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,533 PUBLIC EDUCATION BUT PRETTY MUCH 280 00:07:53,500 --> 00:07:55,300 ACROSS THE BOARD, YOU NAME A 281 00:07:54,533 --> 00:07:56,733 GOVERNMENT AGENCY ARE ON 282 00:07:55,300 --> 00:07:58,700 GOVERNMENT PROGRAM, THEY'VE BEEN 283 00:07:56,733 --> 00:07:59,400 CUT OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, 284 00:07:58,700 --> 00:08:02,100 VEIEL I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT 285 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:03,200 COMES FROM, IS JUST TO FEAR OF 286 00:08:02,100 --> 00:08:04,666 IF WE GIVE IT MORE TAX BREAKS, I 287 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,900 THINK IS ON TOM EXTENT 288 00:08:04,666 --> 00:08:08,533 REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT IS OOH FOR 289 00:08:06,900 --> 00:08:10,300 ALTHOUGH THIS CASE WHAT IT'S FOR 290 00:08:08,533 --> 00:08:11,600 IS THE PART OF THE DISCUSSION, 291 00:08:10,300 --> 00:08:13,766 THERE'S A FEAR THAT'S MORE MONEY 292 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,433 WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET. 293 00:08:13,766 --> 00:08:15,100 >> Bill: LAWRENCE, GOVERNOR 294 00:08:14,433 --> 00:08:16,666 BEVIN AND MANY LAWMAKERS WHO 295 00:08:15,100 --> 00:08:17,866 SUPPORT THE TAX CREDIT RAISED 296 00:08:16,666 --> 00:08:19,600 THE QUESTION WHAT'S WRONG WITH 297 00:08:17,866 --> 00:08:21,500 COMPETITION AND MAKING SURE THAT 298 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,966 STUDENTS FROM LOWER-INCOME 299 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:23,933 FAMILIES HAVE SCHOOL OPTIONS? 300 00:08:22,966 --> 00:08:25,633 >> Lawrence: THAT'S THEIR 301 00:08:23,933 --> 00:08:26,333 ARGUMENT, THAT COMPETITION IS A 302 00:08:25,633 --> 00:08:28,466 GOOD THING. 303 00:08:26,333 --> 00:08:29,766 THEY HAVE OFTEN SAID AND SAID SO 304 00:08:28,466 --> 00:08:31,300 DURING THE COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON 305 00:08:29,766 --> 00:08:33,700 THIS, THAT WHEREVER THIS IS 306 00:08:31,300 --> 00:08:37,033 DONE, BOTH THE INDIVIDUAL 307 00:08:33,700 --> 00:08:37,566 STUDENTS AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS 308 00:08:37,033 --> 00:08:39,200 IMPROVE. 309 00:08:37,566 --> 00:08:41,166 I'VE NOT SEEN DATA ON THAT BUT 310 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:43,800 THAT'S THE CLAIM THAT THEY MAKE. 311 00:08:41,166 --> 00:08:45,666 AND THEY SAY THIS IS AIMED 312 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:47,333 PARTICULARLY AT LOW-INCOME 313 00:08:45,666 --> 00:08:50,133 STUDENTS AND DISABLED STUDENTS 314 00:08:47,333 --> 00:08:52,066 WHO SOMETIMES, THEY SAY, ARE NOT 315 00:08:50,133 --> 00:08:53,566 BEST SERVED IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL 316 00:08:52,066 --> 00:08:55,833 SETTING AND CAN GET A BETTER 317 00:08:53,566 --> 00:08:58,000 PRIVATE SCHOOL EDUCATION, BUT 318 00:08:55,833 --> 00:08:59,900 AGAIN THERE'S THE ISSUE OF 319 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,366 FUNDING, THE CONCERN THAT DRAINS 320 00:08:59,900 --> 00:09:02,966 FUNDS FROM GENERAL FUND AND 321 00:09:01,366 --> 00:09:03,466 ULTIMATELY THE EDUCATION, PUBLIC 322 00:09:02,966 --> 00:09:04,500 SCHOOL EDUCATION. 323 00:09:03,466 --> 00:09:08,233 >> Morgan: AND ANOTHER FLIP 324 00:09:04,500 --> 00:09:09,433 SIDE YOU HAVE A LOT OF TEACHERS 325 00:09:08,233 --> 00:09:10,233 AND PUBLIC STOOL ADMINISTRATORS 326 00:09:09,433 --> 00:09:11,033 SAYING, YEAH, THERE ARE 327 00:09:10,233 --> 00:09:14,900 PROBLEMS, THERE ARE TROUBLES IN 328 00:09:11,033 --> 00:09:15,566 OUR SCHOOL, WE DO NOT WA MAKE 329 00:09:14,900 --> 00:09:16,400 IMPROVEMENTS BUT WE CAN'T DO 330 00:09:15,566 --> 00:09:17,200 THAT WITHOUT FUNDING AND I THINK 331 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:18,433 THAT'S WHERE IT COMES. 332 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:19,033 YES, WE WANT TO MAKE 333 00:09:18,433 --> 00:09:21,033 IMPROVEMENTS. 334 00:09:19,033 --> 00:09:23,633 WE WANT OUR SCHOOL TO BE AS BEST 335 00:09:21,033 --> 00:09:24,900 AS THEY CAN BE, BUT IF YOU KEEP 336 00:09:23,633 --> 00:09:26,066 SHRINK OUR FUNDING WITH GIVING 337 00:09:24,900 --> 00:09:29,100 TAX BREAKS WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE 338 00:09:26,066 --> 00:09:29,466 ABLE TO DO THAT AS' LORI 339 00:09:29,100 --> 00:09:30,300 COMPETENT. 340 00:09:29,466 --> 00:09:32,200 >> Bill: JACK, WHERE DOES 341 00:09:30,300 --> 00:09:35,633 HOUSE BILL 525 STAND THAT COULD 342 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:36,833 CHANGE THE MAKE-UP OF THE 343 00:09:35,633 --> 00:09:38,733 TEACHERS PENSION RIGHT UP BOARD 344 00:09:36,833 --> 00:09:40,633 AND ULTIMATELY DILUTE THE 345 00:09:38,733 --> 00:09:41,133 INFLUENCE OF THEKA ON THAT 346 00:09:40,633 --> 00:09:41,966 BOARD? 347 00:09:41,133 --> 00:09:44,766 >> Jack: THAT BILL IS 348 00:09:41,966 --> 00:09:46,600 SPONSORED BY REPRESENTATIVE 349 00:09:44,766 --> 00:09:49,200 McKENNA OF MONTICELLO HAS 350 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:51,166 PASSED A COMMITTEE. 351 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:53,833 IT HAS STALLED IN THE HOUSE. 352 00:09:51,166 --> 00:09:55,666 AND I THINK THE REASON IT HAS 353 00:09:53,833 --> 00:09:57,066 STALLED IN THE HOUSE IS BECAUSE 354 00:09:55,666 --> 00:09:57,800 TEACHER SICK-OUTS THIS WEEK. 355 00:09:57,066 --> 00:09:59,966 >> Bill: AND SO THAT IS ONE OF 356 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,300 THE OTHER ISSUES BEING CLOSELY 357 00:09:59,966 --> 00:10:01,500 WATCHED. 358 00:10:00,300 --> 00:10:04,533 NOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS 359 00:10:01,500 --> 00:10:06,833 WATCHING FOR ANY SURPRISES. 360 00:10:04,533 --> 00:10:09,366 IS THERE THE POTENTIAL OF A 361 00:10:06,833 --> 00:10:11,466 PENSION BILL SLIPPING OUT AGAIN? 362 00:10:09,366 --> 00:10:14,300 THERE IS THE ONE THAT WOULD ONLY 363 00:10:11,466 --> 00:10:16,500 EFFECT NEW-HIRES, THE NEW BILL 364 00:10:14,300 --> 00:10:19,766 THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED. 365 00:10:16,500 --> 00:10:20,866 BUT IT'S BEEN VERY QUIET A 366 00:10:19,766 --> 00:10:23,133 COUPLE OF WEEKS. 367 00:10:20,866 --> 00:10:24,400 >> Jack: MY PREDECKS, AND I 368 00:10:23,133 --> 00:10:25,533 MAY BE YOU CAN WRONG WITH I'VE 369 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:27,100 BEEN WRONG MANY TIMES, THERE 370 00:10:25,533 --> 00:10:27,800 WON'T BE A PENSION REFORM BILL 371 00:10:27,100 --> 00:10:30,166 THIS SESSION. 372 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:32,033 AND ON MARCH 28th WE REPORTERS 373 00:10:30,166 --> 00:10:33,233 WILL GO AND UP ASK THE 374 00:10:32,033 --> 00:10:34,233 LEGISLATIVE LEADERS WHY WASN'T 375 00:10:33,233 --> 00:10:35,300 THERE A PENSION BILL? 376 00:10:34,233 --> 00:10:37,533 ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT THE 377 00:10:35,300 --> 00:10:38,466 GOVERNOR WILL CALL A SPECIAL 378 00:10:37,533 --> 00:10:39,700 SESSION LATER ON TO HAVE A 379 00:10:38,466 --> 00:10:41,500 PENSION BILL? 380 00:10:39,700 --> 00:10:42,800 AND THEY WILL SAY, WE HAVE A 381 00:10:41,500 --> 00:10:45,333 WORKING GROUP WHO IS TRYING THE 382 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:46,333 WORK ON A SOLUTION AND WE HAVE 383 00:10:45,333 --> 00:10:48,966 GIVEN THEM UNTIL DECEMBER AND 384 00:10:46,333 --> 00:10:51,466 LET THEM WORK ON THAT AND THEN 385 00:10:48,966 --> 00:10:53,933 COME BACK NEXT SESSION IN 386 00:10:51,466 --> 00:10:54,833 JANUARY AND ADDRESS PENSION 387 00:10:53,933 --> 00:10:56,100 REFORM, AND THEN WE'LL RUSH TO 388 00:10:54,833 --> 00:10:58,033 THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND SAY, 389 00:10:56,100 --> 00:10:59,800 ARE YOU GOING TO CALL A SPECIAL 390 00:10:58,033 --> 00:11:00,433 SESSION? 391 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:02,133 >> Bill: OKAY. 392 00:11:00,433 --> 00:11:02,533 WE'LL SEE. 393 00:11:02,133 --> 00:11:04,466 RIGHT? 394 00:11:02,533 --> 00:11:06,433 HOW THAT ALL GOES, AND WE'LL BE 395 00:11:04,466 --> 00:11:07,566 WATCHING CERTAINLY THESE 396 00:11:06,433 --> 00:11:08,000 EDUCATION ISSUES IN THE NEXT FEW 397 00:11:07,566 --> 00:11:10,600 DAYS. 398 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:13,166 NOW THE HIGH WATER MARK FOR 399 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:15,233 MEDICAL MARIJUANA SO FAR IN THE 400 00:11:13,166 --> 00:11:16,666 STATE HAS BEEN HIT APPARENTLY 401 00:11:15,233 --> 00:11:17,466 BECAUSE THIS HAS MADE ITS WAY TO 402 00:11:16,666 --> 00:11:20,233 THE HOUSE FLOOR. 403 00:11:17,466 --> 00:11:21,933 DOES IT APPEAR THAT MEDICAL 404 00:11:20,233 --> 00:11:24,000 MARIJUANA COULD, AFTER ALL OF 405 00:11:21,933 --> 00:11:27,733 THE DEBATE AND ALL OF THE TALK 406 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:28,166 THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON, PASS IN 407 00:11:27,733 --> 00:11:29,433 THIS SESSION? 408 00:11:28,166 --> 00:11:30,766 >> Lawrence: I THINK IT'S 409 00:11:29,433 --> 00:11:32,466 STILL PROBABLY A LONG SHOT. 410 00:11:30,766 --> 00:11:34,000 YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S GOTTEN PAST 411 00:11:32,466 --> 00:11:34,333 COMMITTEE FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 412 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,900 HISTORY. 413 00:11:34,333 --> 00:11:37,266 A MARIJUANA BILL HAS GOTTEN PAST 414 00:11:36,900 --> 00:11:38,800 COMMITTEE. 415 00:11:37,266 --> 00:11:40,500 IT'S ELIGIBLE FOR A VOTE IN THE 416 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:44,566 HOUSE FLOOR BUT SO FAR HAS NOT 417 00:11:40,500 --> 00:11:44,833 COME UP IN AND TIME IS RUNNING 418 00:11:44,566 --> 00:11:48,200 OUT. 419 00:11:44,833 --> 00:11:48,833 SO IT MAY OR MAY NOT GET A VOTE 420 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:51,733 ON THE HOUSE FLOOR. 421 00:11:48,833 --> 00:11:53,266 IN THE SENATE THERE DIDN'T 422 00:11:51,733 --> 00:11:54,433 APPEAR TO TO BE ENOUGH TIME TO 423 00:11:53,266 --> 00:11:55,766 GET ANYTHING DONE ON THIS. 424 00:11:54,433 --> 00:11:56,466 >> Morgan: THERE WAS A MEDICAL 425 00:11:55,766 --> 00:11:58,233 MARIJUANA BILL LAST YEAR THAT 426 00:11:56,466 --> 00:11:59,800 THE HOUSE WAS CONSIDERING. 427 00:11:58,233 --> 00:12:02,266 IT ULTIMATELY DIDN'T MAKE IT. 428 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:03,133 BUT REPRESENTATIVE JASON NEMES, 429 00:12:02,266 --> 00:12:04,633 A LOUISVILLE REPUBLICAN, IN 430 00:12:03,133 --> 00:12:06,633 PARTICULAR PROMISED LAST YEAR 431 00:12:04,633 --> 00:12:07,400 AND HAS FOLLOWED THROUGH ON THAT 432 00:12:06,633 --> 00:12:09,066 PATROLS TO REY KIND OF BE A 433 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:10,233 STANDARD BEARER FOR THAT. 434 00:12:09,066 --> 00:12:11,733 HE'S REALLY PUSHING FOR IT. 435 00:12:10,233 --> 00:12:13,433 THERE'S A LOT -- I'VE SEEN 436 00:12:11,733 --> 00:12:15,566 SUPPORT GROWING FOR IT, ALTHOUGH 437 00:12:13,433 --> 00:12:16,600 THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF 438 00:12:15,566 --> 00:12:18,900 CONCERNS IF WE'RE GOING TO DO 439 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:20,200 THIS, HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO 440 00:12:18,900 --> 00:12:20,533 THIS, WE NEED TO HAVE STRICT 441 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:23,133 LIMITS. 442 00:12:20,533 --> 00:12:24,633 IF IT COULD GET A VOTE, IF IT 443 00:12:23,133 --> 00:12:27,166 COULD EVAN OBJECT BROUGHT TO THE 444 00:12:24,633 --> 00:12:28,966 HOUSE AND GET A VOTE I THINK 445 00:12:27,166 --> 00:12:31,900 CLEARING, YOU CHAMBER WOULD BE A 446 00:12:28,966 --> 00:12:32,333 HUGE SUCCESS AND REALLY IS IT P 447 00:12:31,900 --> 00:12:33,233 FOR SUCCESS. 448 00:12:32,333 --> 00:12:34,333 >> Lawrence: COMMITTEE WAS 449 00:12:33,233 --> 00:12:36,400 ALMOST UNANIMOUS. 450 00:12:34,333 --> 00:12:37,866 THERE WAS ONE NO VOTE AND IT 451 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:39,600 PASSED AND NEMES HAS BEEN SAYING 452 00:12:37,866 --> 00:12:41,300 FOR A LONG TIME NOW IF IT GOT TO 453 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:42,800 THE FLOOR, IT WOULD PASS. 454 00:12:41,300 --> 00:12:45,166 >> Jack: IT MAY CLEAR THE 455 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:46,133 HOUSE THIS WEEK, BUT SENATE 456 00:12:45,166 --> 00:12:47,533 PRESIDENT STIVERS STILL HAS 457 00:12:46,133 --> 00:12:49,966 CONCERNS THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH 458 00:12:47,533 --> 00:12:51,666 MEDICAL STUDIES ABOUT THIS, AND 459 00:12:49,966 --> 00:12:54,333 YOU WONDER IF THE SENATE SEEMS 460 00:12:51,666 --> 00:12:55,766 SO AGAINST IT, WHY WOULD THE 461 00:12:54,333 --> 00:12:57,200 HOUSE SPEAKER PUT HIS MEMBERS TO 462 00:12:55,766 --> 00:12:59,033 A VOTE ON THIS IF IT'S NOT GOING 463 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:00,100 TO GO ANYWHERE IN THE SENATE. 464 00:12:59,033 --> 00:13:01,433 >> Bill: AND THERE WAS THAT 465 00:13:00,100 --> 00:13:02,800 RESOLUTION TO REQUEST THAT 466 00:13:01,433 --> 00:13:03,166 WASHINGTON SPEED UP THE 467 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:05,800 RESEARCH. 468 00:13:03,166 --> 00:13:06,233 I THINK THAT DID PASS, RIGHT? 469 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:08,466 >> Jack: YES. 470 00:13:06,233 --> 00:13:10,766 >> Bill: MORGAN, A BILL THAT 471 00:13:08,466 --> 00:13:11,866 WOULD BAN FOLK PRODUCTS FROM 472 00:13:10,766 --> 00:13:13,733 SCHOOLS, KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 473 00:13:11,866 --> 00:13:15,800 12th GRADE ON THOSE CAMPUSES 474 00:13:13,733 --> 00:13:17,633 HAS STALLED. 475 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:19,733 ABOUT 30% OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE NO 476 00:13:17,633 --> 00:13:21,533 BAN, NO LOCAL BAN. 477 00:13:19,733 --> 00:13:24,600 BUT YOU SAY THERE POTENTIALLY 478 00:13:21,533 --> 00:13:25,600 COULD BE SOME ACTION THERE. 479 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:27,500 >> Morgan: ONE OF THE LEAD 480 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:29,466 SPONSORS REPRESENTATIVE KIM 481 00:13:27,500 --> 00:13:31,033 MOSER HAS INTRODUCED SOME NEW 482 00:13:29,466 --> 00:13:31,533 AMENDMENTS THAT ARE KIND OF 483 00:13:31,033 --> 00:13:33,033 CIRCULATING. 484 00:13:31,533 --> 00:13:34,966 FROM TALKING TO ADVOCATES THIS 485 00:13:33,033 --> 00:13:36,833 WEEK, THEY SEEM HOPEFUL THAT 486 00:13:34,966 --> 00:13:38,800 WITH THESE NEW AMENDMENTS THAT 487 00:13:36,833 --> 00:13:40,500 IT'S POSSIBLE IT COULD GET A 488 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,133 VOTE, THAT THERE COULD BE MUFF 489 00:13:40,500 --> 00:13:42,300 SUPPORT. 490 00:13:41,133 --> 00:13:46,466 IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT 491 00:13:42,300 --> 00:13:47,100 THE VOGTS ARE REALLY PUSHING, 492 00:13:46,466 --> 00:13:47,766 ESPECIALLY'S E ECIGARETTES 493 00:13:47,100 --> 00:13:48,666 BECOME INCREASINGLY POPULAR 494 00:13:47,766 --> 00:13:50,000 AMONG TEENS. 495 00:13:48,666 --> 00:13:50,900 I'D SAY ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN 496 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:51,900 BEFORE THE END OF THE SESSION 497 00:13:50,900 --> 00:13:53,600 AND I THINK THAT THERE'S 498 00:13:51,900 --> 00:13:56,233 DEFINITELY A LOT OF PEOPLE KIND 499 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:58,166 OF THINNED SCENES SAYING LET'S 500 00:13:56,233 --> 00:13:58,833 GET A VOTE ON THIS. 501 00:13:58,166 --> 00:14:01,300 >> Bill: CERTAINLY A RELATED 502 00:13:58,833 --> 00:14:02,100 ISSUES I TALKED TO THE HEALTH 503 00:14:01,300 --> 00:14:04,000 COMMISSIONER V. DR. JEFFREY 504 00:14:02,100 --> 00:14:05,266 HOWARD THIS WEEK WHO IS REALLY 505 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:07,066 CONCERNED ABOUT THE PREVALENCE 506 00:14:05,266 --> 00:14:10,400 OF VAPING GOING ON IN SCHOOLS. 507 00:14:07,066 --> 00:14:14,766 HE DOESN'T THINK STUDENTS AND 508 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:15,766 THEIR PARENTS REALIZE THE RISKS, 509 00:14:14,766 --> 00:14:16,966 THE HEALTH RISKS INVOLVED 510 00:14:15,766 --> 00:14:18,366 THERE'S SOME BELIEF THAT VAPING 511 00:14:16,966 --> 00:14:20,200 PRODUCTS COULD SPREAD THE FLU IN 512 00:14:18,366 --> 00:14:20,566 A DISTRICT IN SOUTHEASTERN 513 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:22,100 KENTUCKY. 514 00:14:20,566 --> 00:14:23,166 HE SAYS THAT'S NOT 515 00:14:22,100 --> 00:14:26,100 SCIENTIFICALLY VERIFIED, BUT 516 00:14:23,166 --> 00:14:26,700 THERE ARE ISSUES. 517 00:14:26,100 --> 00:14:27,033 >> Morgan: THAT'S A HUGE 518 00:14:26,700 --> 00:14:27,966 CONCERN. 519 00:14:27,033 --> 00:14:29,766 THERE'S A LOT OF POLLS AND 520 00:14:27,966 --> 00:14:32,366 STUDIES STARTING TO COME OUT, 521 00:14:29,766 --> 00:14:33,066 DATA COMING OUT SHOWS ROBINSON 522 00:14:32,366 --> 00:14:34,566 USAGE AND THERE IS A CONCERN. 523 00:14:33,066 --> 00:14:36,166 I SPOKE WITH ONE ADVOCATE THIS 524 00:14:34,566 --> 00:14:38,066 WEEK WHO SAID, LOOK, AT THE END 525 00:14:36,166 --> 00:14:40,033 OF THE DAY THERE'S NICOTINE IN 526 00:14:38,066 --> 00:14:41,033 THERE AND WE'RE ADDICTING A NEW 527 00:14:40,033 --> 00:14:42,466 GENERATION OF, AND I I THINK 528 00:14:41,033 --> 00:14:45,266 THAT'S WHY THERE'S A LOT OF 529 00:14:42,466 --> 00:14:48,300 MOVEMENT, BUT ULTIMATELY, 530 00:14:45,266 --> 00:14:49,433 THERE'S A DEEP TOBACCO CULTURE 531 00:14:48,300 --> 00:14:50,966 IN IS THAT IT AND THAT MAY PROVE 532 00:14:49,433 --> 00:14:53,300 TOO MUCH TO OVERCOME. 533 00:14:50,966 --> 00:14:54,366 >> Jack: THERE ARE TWO STRONG 534 00:14:53,300 --> 00:14:54,966 ANTI-SMOKING FORCES IN THE 535 00:14:54,366 --> 00:14:57,166 SENATE. 536 00:14:54,966 --> 00:14:58,466 YOU'VE GOT SENATOR JULIE RAQUE 537 00:14:57,166 --> 00:15:00,433 ADAMS WHO IS IN LEADERSHIP AND 538 00:14:58,466 --> 00:15:01,466 YOU'VE GOT SENATOR RALPH 539 00:15:00,433 --> 00:15:04,100 ALVARADO, A DOCTOR, AND I 540 00:15:01,466 --> 00:15:06,600 BELIEVE HE'S A RUNNING MAT FOR 541 00:15:04,100 --> 00:15:06,900 SOMEBODY RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR, 542 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:07,600 GIVEN. 543 00:15:06,900 --> 00:15:08,533 >> Bill: WHICH IS INTERESTING. 544 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:10,633 SENATE REJECTED THE GOVERNOR'S 545 00:15:08,533 --> 00:15:11,966 REQUEST TO BORROW MONEY FOR 546 00:15:10,633 --> 00:15:14,066 STATE PARK IMPROVEMENTS, RIGHT? 547 00:15:11,966 --> 00:15:15,666 >> Jack: THE STATUS OF THAT, 548 00:15:14,066 --> 00:15:17,300 THE HOUSE HAD PASSED THAT, THE 549 00:15:15,666 --> 00:15:18,100 SENATE DID NOT INCLUDE THAT IN 550 00:15:17,300 --> 00:15:20,566 THEIR BUDGET BILL. 551 00:15:18,100 --> 00:15:21,633 YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A SO-CALLED 552 00:15:20,566 --> 00:15:22,933 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEET NEXT 553 00:15:21,633 --> 00:15:24,333 WEEK, TRY TO IRON OUT 554 00:15:22,933 --> 00:15:26,166 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO 555 00:15:24,333 --> 00:15:28,800 CHAMBERS ON WHAT THE BUDGET BILL 556 00:15:26,166 --> 00:15:29,800 SHOULD SAY AND WHAT A TAX BILL 557 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:32,033 SHOULD SAY. 558 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,400 >> Bill: SOME OTHER ISSUES. 559 00:15:32,033 --> 00:15:33,133 MORGAN,. 560 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:34,533 >> YOU'VE U. YOU'VE GOT REACTION 561 00:15:33,133 --> 00:15:37,566 TO SOME LEGS THAT WOULD PUT MEW 562 00:15:34,533 --> 00:15:38,100 NEW RESTRICTIONS TO THE STATE 563 00:15:37,566 --> 00:15:40,600 OPEN MEETING LAWS. 564 00:15:38,100 --> 00:15:43,000 >> Morgan: HW 387, IT STARTED 565 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:43,700 OUT AS A BILL ABOUT SHIELDING 566 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,466 CERTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT 567 00:15:43,700 --> 00:15:47,133 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN 568 00:15:45,466 --> 00:15:48,533 COMPANIES SEEKING THOSE FROM 569 00:15:47,133 --> 00:15:50,800 PUBLIC RECORD RELEASES. 570 00:15:48,533 --> 00:15:51,900 IT'S SIN GROWN, THOUGH, WITH 571 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:52,666 NEWMENT THAT WERE ADDED IN 572 00:15:51,900 --> 00:15:54,700 COMMITTEE WHERE IT WOULD 573 00:15:52,666 --> 00:15:56,100 ACTUALLY LIMIT THE ABILITY TO 574 00:15:54,700 --> 00:15:57,633 REQUEST GOVERNMENT RECORDS IN 575 00:15:56,100 --> 00:15:59,133 KENTUCKY TO KENTUCKY RESIDENTS, 576 00:15:57,633 --> 00:16:00,400 WHICH I WAS SPEAKING WITH SOME 577 00:15:59,133 --> 00:16:02,000 EXPERTS WHO HAVE LOOKED AT THIS 578 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:03,233 AND BEEN INVOLVED IN THESE 579 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,533 ISSUES NATIONALLY FOR A LONG 580 00:16:03,233 --> 00:16:06,366 TIME AND THEY SAID THAT WOULD 581 00:16:04,533 --> 00:16:07,666 PUT KENTUCKY IN A MINORITY OF 582 00:16:06,366 --> 00:16:08,866 STATES, FEWER THAN TEN, I 583 00:16:07,666 --> 00:16:10,300 BELIEVE, THAT DO THAT, THAT 584 00:16:08,866 --> 00:16:12,100 LIMIT THAT TO PEOPLE WHO 585 00:16:10,300 --> 00:16:13,566 ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE STATE. 586 00:16:12,100 --> 00:16:16,333 ANOTHER BIG CONCERN THAT EXPERTS 587 00:16:13,566 --> 00:16:17,933 HAVE RAISED IS THE IDEA OF 588 00:16:16,333 --> 00:16:19,666 PUTTING THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH 589 00:16:17,933 --> 00:16:21,466 COMMISSION, WHICH IS LED BY THE 590 00:16:19,666 --> 00:16:24,700 LEADERS OF THE LEGISLATURE, IN. 591 00:16:21,466 --> 00:16:25,533 >> Lawrence: DECIDING APPEALS 592 00:16:24,700 --> 00:16:27,233 ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT LEGISLATIVE 593 00:16:25,533 --> 00:16:28,500 RECORDS SHOULD BE RELEASED TO 594 00:16:27,233 --> 00:16:30,133 THE PUBLIC AND KIND OF LIMITING 595 00:16:28,500 --> 00:16:33,966 PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO GO TO THE 596 00:16:30,133 --> 00:16:34,800 COURTS IF THEY DISAGREE, 597 00:16:33,966 --> 00:16:35,566 ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHEN THERE 598 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:37,233 HAVE BEEN A LOT OF CONTROVERSY 599 00:16:35,566 --> 00:16:40,400 OVER THE RELEASE OF RECORDS 600 00:16:37,233 --> 00:16:41,100 ABOUT SEXUAL HARASSMENT BY 601 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:41,333 LEGISLATORS. 602 00:16:41,100 --> 00:16:41,966 >> 603 00:16:41,333 --> 00:16:42,333 >> Bill: WHAT ELSE ARE WE 604 00:16:41,966 --> 00:16:45,166 WATCHING? 605 00:16:42,333 --> 00:16:45,933 THREE DAYS LEFT NEXT WEEK IN THE 606 00:16:45,166 --> 00:16:48,900 SESSION. 607 00:16:45,933 --> 00:16:50,466 THEN A VETO DAY REALLY THAT 608 00:16:48,900 --> 00:16:51,900 OTHER THINGS COULD BE DISCUSSED 609 00:16:50,466 --> 00:16:53,300 ON LATE IN MARCH. 610 00:16:51,900 --> 00:16:55,200 BUT REALLY TIME IS TICKING ON 611 00:16:53,300 --> 00:16:57,200 THE END OF THIS SESSION. 612 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:58,766 >> Lawrence: ONE BILL I'M 613 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:00,966 WATCHING IS THE SPORTS BETTING 614 00:16:58,766 --> 00:17:02,066 BILL, ADAM KOENIG'S BILL. 615 00:17:00,966 --> 00:17:03,000 IT HAS BEEN PASSED OUT OF 616 00:17:02,066 --> 00:17:03,966 COMMITTEE AND IS READY FOR A 617 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,100 FLOOR VOTE. 618 00:17:03,966 --> 00:17:06,500 THE QUESTION IS WHETHER IT WILL 619 00:17:05,100 --> 00:17:08,000 BE BROUGHT FORWARD FOR A VOTE IN 620 00:17:06,500 --> 00:17:09,733 THE WANING DAYS. 621 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,733 >> Jack: THERE ARE PLENTY OF 622 00:17:09,733 --> 00:17:13,566 ABORTION BILLS STILL AROUND AND 623 00:17:10,733 --> 00:17:16,366 ONE THAT GOT ALL THE ATTENTION 624 00:17:13,566 --> 00:17:18,300 THIS WEEK IS CALLED ANTI-DOING 625 00:17:16,366 --> 00:17:20,133 THAT STEMMED FROM THE SOCIAL 626 00:17:18,300 --> 00:17:21,100 MEDIA UPROAR WHEN COVENANT 627 00:17:20,133 --> 00:17:23,233 CATHOLIC STUDENTS WERE THEY 628 00:17:21,100 --> 00:17:25,533 LINCOLN MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON 629 00:17:23,233 --> 00:17:27,466 AND IN THE PRESENCE OF SOME 630 00:17:25,533 --> 00:17:28,766 NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS AND 631 00:17:27,466 --> 00:17:31,800 CREATED QUITE A CONTROVERSY, AND 632 00:17:28,766 --> 00:17:33,433 THERE'S A BILL NOW THAT IF YOU 633 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:37,633 USE SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOU 634 00:17:33,433 --> 00:17:39,366 IDENTIFY A MINOR, SOMEONE 18 AND 635 00:17:37,633 --> 00:17:41,066 YOUNGER, AND IF THAT'S HARMFUL 636 00:17:39,366 --> 00:17:44,033 TO THAT PERSON, YOU COULD BE 637 00:17:41,066 --> 00:17:44,700 CHARGED WITH A CRIME. 638 00:17:44,033 --> 00:17:45,900 >> Bill: A LOT OF THINGS WE 639 00:17:44,700 --> 00:17:48,533 WILL WATCH IN THOSE LAST DAYS. 640 00:17:45,900 --> 00:17:50,500 LET'S DO SOME POLITICS NOW, AS 641 00:17:48,533 --> 00:17:54,066 IF NONE OF THE PREVIOUS 642 00:17:50,500 --> 00:17:55,566 DISCUSSION WAS. 643 00:17:54,066 --> 00:17:56,200 THINGS HAPPENING IN THE 644 00:17:55,566 --> 00:17:58,000 LEGISLATURE. 645 00:17:56,200 --> 00:18:00,266 THE BEVIN-BESHEAR FEUD HAS COME 646 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:03,500 TO IMPACT WHO CONTROLS 647 00:18:00,266 --> 00:18:06,600 KENTUCKY'S LEGAL ACTIONS AGAINST 648 00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:07,300 MAKERS OF POWERFUL OPIOID 649 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:08,000 PAINKILLERS. 650 00:18:07,300 --> 00:18:09,033 >> Jack: THE KENTUCKY SUPREME 651 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,966 COURT HAD A HEARING ON THIS 652 00:18:09,033 --> 00:18:11,966 WEEK, AND BASICALLY THE ATTORNEY 653 00:18:10,966 --> 00:18:14,500 GENERAL ANDY BESHEAR, WHO IS 654 00:18:11,966 --> 00:18:17,300 RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR, DEMOCRATIC 655 00:18:14,500 --> 00:18:18,600 TICKET, HAS SUED NINE 656 00:18:17,300 --> 00:18:20,133 MANUFACTURERS OF OPIOIDS, AND 657 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:21,733 THE BEVIN ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT 658 00:18:20,133 --> 00:18:23,100 DOESN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH 659 00:18:21,733 --> 00:18:25,533 THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SUING THEM 660 00:18:23,100 --> 00:18:28,466 BUT HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE 661 00:18:25,533 --> 00:18:29,800 ATTORNEY GENERAL HIRING OUTSIDE 662 00:18:28,466 --> 00:18:33,366 ATTORNEYS, AND SO THEY WOULD 663 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:36,333 LIKE TO HAVE A SAY OVER THAT AND 664 00:18:33,366 --> 00:18:37,500 KIND OF CONTROL THE LAWSUIT 665 00:18:36,333 --> 00:18:39,566 PROCESS, AND BESHEAR SAYS, NO, 666 00:18:37,500 --> 00:18:42,166 I'M CONTROLLING IT. 667 00:18:39,566 --> 00:18:45,700 SO AS ONE JUSTICE SAYS, IT'S A 668 00:18:42,166 --> 00:18:45,966 TUG-OF-WAR BETWEEN THOSE TWO 669 00:18:45,700 --> 00:18:46,633 MEN. 670 00:18:45,966 --> 00:18:48,233 >> Bill: ONE OF THE JUSTICES 671 00:18:46,633 --> 00:18:49,433 POINTED OUT THIS IS THE TENSION 672 00:18:48,233 --> 00:18:50,833 BETWEEN THOSE TWO THAT HAS LED 673 00:18:49,433 --> 00:18:52,166 TO THIS. 674 00:18:50,833 --> 00:18:53,866 THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE, 675 00:18:52,166 --> 00:18:55,900 PHILLIP WHEELER, WON A SPECIAL 676 00:18:53,866 --> 00:18:58,300 ELECTION IN EASTERN KENTUCKY IN 677 00:18:55,900 --> 00:19:01,200 AN AREA LONG CONSIDERED TO BE 678 00:18:58,300 --> 00:19:02,400 YELLOW DOG DEMOCRATS, IN AN AREA 679 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:03,800 THERE THAT HAS NOT BEEN 680 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:05,833 REPRESENTED BY A REPUBLICAN 681 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:07,633 SINCE THE 1960s. 682 00:19:05,833 --> 00:19:13,100 DOES THAT HAVE POTENTIAL 683 00:19:07,633 --> 00:19:14,133 IMPLICATIONS FOR THE REST OF 684 00:19:13,100 --> 00:19:14,666 2019 POLITICALLY ATLANTIC IT IT 685 00:19:14,133 --> 00:19:15,800 WAS A BIG PICKUP. 686 00:19:14,666 --> 00:19:17,400 IT'S HARD TO PROJECT WHAT 687 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:21,033 HAPPENS IN A SINGLE DISTRICT 688 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:23,266 UNDER THE ENTIRE STATE, BUT 689 00:19:21,033 --> 00:19:24,266 POTENTIALLY, YES, IT SHOWS THAT 690 00:19:23,266 --> 00:19:25,866 YOU REPUBLICANS HAVE STRENGTH 691 00:19:24,266 --> 00:19:28,900 THROUGHOUT THE STATE DESPITE ALL 692 00:19:25,866 --> 00:19:31,400 THE CONTROVERSIES OVER 693 00:19:28,900 --> 00:19:33,133 EDUCATION, TEACHERS, ALL THAT 694 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:34,733 STUFF, THEY'RE STILL WINNING 695 00:19:33,133 --> 00:19:37,233 ELECTIONS OUT IN THE STATE. 696 00:19:34,733 --> 00:19:37,966 SO THAT'S GOT TO BE ENCOURAGING 697 00:19:37,233 --> 00:19:38,733 TO THEM. 698 00:19:37,966 --> 00:19:39,766 >> Jack: I AGREE. 699 00:19:38,733 --> 00:19:40,500 THAT WAS A PUNCH IN THE GUT TO 700 00:19:39,766 --> 00:19:42,766 THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. 701 00:19:40,500 --> 00:19:45,900 YOU HAVE A DISTRICT THAT'S 60% 702 00:19:42,766 --> 00:19:47,100 DEMOCRAT AND THE REPUBLICAN WINS 703 00:19:45,900 --> 00:19:49,733 BY 4 PERCENTAGE POINTS. 704 00:19:47,100 --> 00:19:50,300 THAT ONE WAS A TOUGH ONE FOR 705 00:19:49,733 --> 00:19:51,133 DEMOCRATS. 706 00:19:50,300 --> 00:19:53,066 EVEN THOUGH POLLS SHOW THAT 707 00:19:51,133 --> 00:19:55,366 REPUBLICANS MAY NOT BE FARING 708 00:19:53,066 --> 00:19:56,933 WELL, IE, THE GOVERNOR, SOMEHOW 709 00:19:55,366 --> 00:19:58,500 THEY SEEM TO WIN. 710 00:19:56,933 --> 00:19:58,866 >> Bill: YOU BROUGHT UP THE 711 00:19:58,500 --> 00:19:59,900 GOVERNOR. 712 00:19:58,866 --> 00:20:00,933 VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE WAS IN 713 00:19:59,900 --> 00:20:02,433 KENTUCKY AND LEXINGTON 714 00:20:00,933 --> 00:20:03,466 SPECIFICALLY FRIDAY AFTER TO 715 00:20:02,433 --> 00:20:05,466 RAISE MONEY FOR GOVERNOR MATT 716 00:20:03,466 --> 00:20:07,466 BEVIN WHO HAS BEEN VERY CLOSE TO 717 00:20:05,466 --> 00:20:09,166 TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, AND THIS 718 00:20:07,466 --> 00:20:10,266 COMES IN THE MIDDLE OF A 719 00:20:09,166 --> 00:20:12,000 FOUR-WAY CAMPAIGN FOR THE 720 00:20:10,266 --> 00:20:14,600 REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IN MAY. 721 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:15,033 IS THIS EARLY FOR A VISIT LIKE 722 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:16,233 THIS? 723 00:20:15,033 --> 00:20:17,833 >> Lawrence: YES. 724 00:20:16,233 --> 00:20:20,066 IT IS UNCONVENTIONAL, BUT BEVIN 725 00:20:17,833 --> 00:20:22,466 IS UNCONVENTIONAL. 726 00:20:20,066 --> 00:20:23,900 BUT THIS IS A FUNDRAISING THING, 727 00:20:22,466 --> 00:20:27,200 SO APPARENTLY BEVIN WANTS TO GET 728 00:20:23,900 --> 00:20:28,200 OUT EARLY AND START RAISING 729 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:30,033 MONEY FOR THE FALL CAMPAIGN. 730 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:32,033 I CAN'T IMAGINE HE'LL NEED IT 731 00:20:30,033 --> 00:20:33,466 FOR THE PRIMARY, WITH BUT FOR 732 00:20:32,033 --> 00:20:35,166 THE FALL CAMPAIGN HE WANTS TO 733 00:20:33,466 --> 00:20:35,466 SPEND LESS OF HIS OWN MONEY THIS 734 00:20:35,166 --> 00:20:37,133 TIME. 735 00:20:35,466 --> 00:20:38,100 HE SPENT MOSTLY HIS OWN MONEY 736 00:20:37,133 --> 00:20:39,400 LAST TIME. 737 00:20:38,100 --> 00:20:41,833 AND, OF COURSE, THIS SIGNALS 738 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:43,033 THAT HE HAS THE SUPPORTIVE TRUMP 739 00:20:41,833 --> 00:20:44,433 ADMINISTRATION, AND WILL HAVE 740 00:20:43,033 --> 00:20:46,800 MORE, I'M SURE THE PRESIDENT 741 00:20:44,433 --> 00:20:47,633 WILL COME ALONG AT SOME POINT. 742 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:49,266 >> Jack: THE VICE PRESIDENT 743 00:20:47,633 --> 00:20:50,400 AND GOVERNOR HAVE BEEN CLOSE 744 00:20:49,266 --> 00:20:52,266 FRIENDS, HAVE BEEN CLOSE FRIENDS 745 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,366 FOR A LONG TIME, AND BEVIN WAS 746 00:20:52,266 --> 00:20:54,633 ELATED WITH THE GIFT THAT THE 747 00:20:53,366 --> 00:20:55,666 VICE PRESIDENT SAID HE WAS 748 00:20:54,633 --> 00:20:58,766 BRINGING TO HIM, AND THAT WAS 749 00:20:55,666 --> 00:20:59,233 THE ENDORSEMENTS OF THE 750 00:20:58,766 --> 00:21:00,366 PRESIDENT. 751 00:20:59,233 --> 00:21:02,600 SO PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ALREADY 752 00:21:00,366 --> 00:21:03,966 GOTTEN INVOLVED IN THIS PRIMARY. 753 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:04,966 >> Morgan: THERE'S BEEN A LOT 754 00:21:03,966 --> 00:21:06,600 OF TALK ESPECIALLY LAST YEAR 755 00:21:04,966 --> 00:21:08,300 WHEN YOU HAD THE MENTIONS AND 756 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,766 THEN AGAIN YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE, 757 00:21:08,300 --> 00:21:11,233 THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT OF 758 00:21:09,766 --> 00:21:12,133 REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER BE, 759 00:21:11,233 --> 00:21:13,833 WHATEVER NOVEMBER YOU'RE TALKING 760 00:21:12,133 --> 00:21:14,766 ABOUT, BUT I THINK, YEAH, HAVING 761 00:21:13,833 --> 00:21:16,366 THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 762 00:21:14,766 --> 00:21:18,666 STATES COME EARLY IN A RACE I 763 00:21:16,366 --> 00:21:19,700 THINK IS CERTAINLY A SHOW OF 764 00:21:18,666 --> 00:21:23,300 POLITICAL CLOUT AND FOR PEOPLE 765 00:21:19,700 --> 00:21:24,300 WHO DO WANT TO SEE THE GOVERNOR, 766 00:21:23,300 --> 00:21:25,733 THE CONTROL OF THE GOVERNOR'S 767 00:21:24,300 --> 00:21:26,733 OFFICE CHANGE, I THINK IT KIND 768 00:21:25,733 --> 00:21:29,700 OF SIGNALS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 769 00:21:26,733 --> 00:21:31,066 TO PUT THE WORK IN. 770 00:21:29,700 --> 00:21:32,166 >> Jack: WE CAN ADD THEY WERE 771 00:21:31,066 --> 00:21:34,100 SUPPOSED TO GO LATER ON FRIDAY 772 00:21:32,166 --> 00:21:36,000 EVENING TO SEASIDE RESORT IN 773 00:21:34,100 --> 00:21:37,233 GEORGIA BUT PUTT ON BY THE 774 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,733 AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE, 775 00:21:37,233 --> 00:21:41,566 THE KOCH BROTHERS, AND SO THEY 776 00:21:38,733 --> 00:21:42,533 WERE GOING TO HOBNOB. 777 00:21:41,566 --> 00:21:44,033 >> Lawrence: PROMPTING ALL 778 00:21:42,533 --> 00:21:45,533 KINDS OF DEMOCRATIC eMAILS. 779 00:21:44,033 --> 00:21:47,700 >> Bill: ADAM EDELEN HAS BEEN 780 00:21:45,533 --> 00:21:49,600 BUSY WITH THIS, GETTING THAT OUT 781 00:21:47,700 --> 00:21:52,833 THIS AFTERNOON, AND HE PUT FORTH 782 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:53,666 A PROPOSE FOR NEW RULES FOR 783 00:21:52,833 --> 00:21:55,866 LOBBYISTS THIS WEEK. 784 00:21:53,666 --> 00:21:56,600 >> Lawrence: THIS COMES AFTER 785 00:21:55,866 --> 00:21:58,100 THE LEGISLATIVE ETHICS 786 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:59,133 COMMISSION REPORT THAT THE FIRST 787 00:21:58,100 --> 00:22:01,300 MONTH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 788 00:21:59,133 --> 00:22:05,300 THIS YEAR WAS A RECORD SPENDING 789 00:22:01,300 --> 00:22:06,400 FOR LOBBYISTS, $2.2 MILLION, SO 790 00:22:05,300 --> 00:22:08,533 EDELEN IS JUMPING ON THAT 791 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:10,033 CALLING FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY, 792 00:22:08,533 --> 00:22:13,500 MORE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR 793 00:22:10,033 --> 00:22:14,266 LOBBYISTS, AND, OF COURSE, HE'S 794 00:22:13,500 --> 00:22:15,600 STAKED KIND OF AN AREA THERE 795 00:22:14,266 --> 00:22:17,200 HIMSELF BECAUSE HE HAS PLEDGED 796 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:19,366 NOT TO TAKE PAC MONEY, SO THIS 797 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:21,133 IS AN AREA WHERE HE IS TRYING TO 798 00:22:19,366 --> 00:22:22,533 MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF AS WELL 799 00:22:21,133 --> 00:22:24,066 IN THIS AREA OF LEGISLATIVE 800 00:22:22,533 --> 00:22:26,566 ETHICS AND MONEY. 801 00:22:24,066 --> 00:22:28,500 >> Bill: FORMER STATE 802 00:22:26,566 --> 00:22:29,866 DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN BILL GARPER 803 00:22:28,500 --> 00:22:32,733 HOSTING A FINANCED RAISER FOR 804 00:22:29,866 --> 00:22:34,300 ROCKY ADKINS SO THE FUNDRAISING 805 00:22:32,733 --> 00:22:35,866 IS GOING ON. 806 00:22:34,300 --> 00:22:36,433 >> Jack: LESS THAN DAYS UNTIL 807 00:22:35,866 --> 00:22:39,266 THE PRIMARY ELECTION. 808 00:22:36,433 --> 00:22:39,933 >> Bill: HERE WE GO. 809 00:22:39,266 --> 00:22:40,700 LAWRENCE, LOVELY DEALING BIG 810 00:22:39,933 --> 00:22:42,100 BUDGET HOLE FOR THE COMING YEAR. 811 00:22:40,700 --> 00:22:43,500 IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE TAX 812 00:22:42,100 --> 00:22:44,600 INCREASE AND CUTS? 813 00:22:43,500 --> 00:22:45,633 >> Lawrence: YEAH, THE MAYOR 814 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:48,133 OF LOUISVILLE HAS BEEN GOING 815 00:22:45,633 --> 00:22:50,166 ACROSS THE CITY FOR A COUPLE OF 816 00:22:48,133 --> 00:22:52,000 WEEKS NOW SAYING IF WE DON'T 817 00:22:50,166 --> 00:22:53,966 RAISE THE INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX, 818 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:56,300 IT'S GOING TO CAUSE MASSIVE CUTS 819 00:22:53,966 --> 00:22:57,900 TO THE -- TO SERVICES. 820 00:22:56,300 --> 00:22:58,366 HE'S GETTING PUSHBACK FROM BOTH 821 00:22:57,900 --> 00:23:00,200 DEMOCRATS. 822 00:22:58,366 --> 00:23:02,500 AND REPUBLICANS. 823 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:05,533 DEMOCRATS SEEM TO BE SETTLING ON 824 00:23:02,500 --> 00:23:07,766 SOME COMBINATION OF SMALLER TAX 825 00:23:05,533 --> 00:23:08,066 HIKES AND PAC -- AND SERVICE 826 00:23:07,766 --> 00:23:09,266 CUTS. 827 00:23:08,066 --> 00:23:11,900 REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING, SOME ARE 828 00:23:09,266 --> 00:23:12,900 SAYING THAT WE CAN DO THIS 829 00:23:11,900 --> 00:23:13,266 WITHOUT ANY KIND OF A TAX 830 00:23:12,900 --> 00:23:15,000 INCREASE. 831 00:23:13,266 --> 00:23:17,033 SO THEY HAVE TO MAKE SOME 832 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,600 DECISION BY LATE MARCH, 833 00:23:17,033 --> 00:23:19,933 MARCH 21st I BELIEVE IS THE 834 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:21,866 DATE IN ORDER TO GET THIS DONE 835 00:23:19,933 --> 00:23:25,600 SO IT'S A TUG-OF-WAR RIGHT NOW 836 00:23:21,866 --> 00:23:27,033 OVER WHAT TO DO ABOUT PENSION 837 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,700 SPEND MANAGING LOUISVILLE. 838 00:23:27,033 --> 00:23:28,633 >> Jonathan: SENATE MAJORITY 839 00:23:27,700 --> 00:23:29,500 LEAR MITCH McCONNELL SAID 840 00:23:28,633 --> 00:23:31,500 PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ASSURED HIM 841 00:23:29,500 --> 00:23:33,166 THERE IS MONEY IN THE BUDGET 4 A 842 00:23:31,500 --> 00:23:33,900 NEW VA HOP IN LOUISVILLE. 843 00:23:33,166 --> 00:23:35,166 >> Lawrence: IT'S BEEN A 844 00:23:33,900 --> 00:23:36,700 DECADE IN THE WORKS. 845 00:23:35,166 --> 00:23:40,100 THE VA HA PURCHASED THE LAND BUT 846 00:23:36,700 --> 00:23:41,200 THERE'S BEEN NO MONEY TO BEGIN 847 00:23:40,100 --> 00:23:42,133 CONSTRUCTION, McCONNELL SAID 848 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:42,833 IT'S GOING TO BE IN PRESIDENT 849 00:23:42,133 --> 00:23:46,566 TRUMP'S BUDGET. 850 00:23:42,833 --> 00:23:47,366 THE QUESTION IS WILL IT STAY 851 00:23:46,566 --> 00:23:49,300 THERE. 852 00:23:47,366 --> 00:23:50,500 >> Bill: SANTA ANITA RACETRACK 853 00:23:49,300 --> 00:23:53,133 REASONED RACING. 854 00:23:50,500 --> 00:23:56,033 THERE WAS A KENTUCKY DERBY. 855 00:23:53,133 --> 00:23:56,433 MORE THAN 20 HOSTS DIED OUT 856 00:23:56,033 --> 00:23:57,033 THERE. 857 00:23:56,433 --> 00:23:58,066 IS THERE AWNINGS ANGST? 858 00:23:57,033 --> 00:23:59,266 >> Lawrence: THEY'RE TRYING TO 859 00:23:58,066 --> 00:24:00,166 FIGURE OUT WHAT'S CAUSING THOSE 860 00:23:59,266 --> 00:24:01,633 HORSES TO DIE. 861 00:24:00,166 --> 00:24:03,933 IS THERE SOMETHING IN THE 862 00:24:01,633 --> 00:24:04,666 RACETRACK SURFACE BUT THE SAN 863 00:24:03,933 --> 00:24:05,433 FELIPE STAKES WAS SUPPOSED TO 864 00:24:04,666 --> 00:24:08,100 RUN THIS WEEKEND. 865 00:24:05,433 --> 00:24:10,033 IT WAS CANCELLED. 866 00:24:08,100 --> 00:24:11,300 AND DERBY ENTRIES ARE NOW 867 00:24:10,033 --> 00:24:11,766 PRIMARILY DONE BY A POINT 868 00:24:11,300 --> 00:24:13,233 SYSTEM. 869 00:24:11,766 --> 00:24:14,933 SO IF YOU HAVE A RACE CANCELLED, 870 00:24:13,233 --> 00:24:15,300 HOW DOES IT IMPACT THAT POINT 871 00:24:14,933 --> 00:24:17,666 SYSTEM? 872 00:24:15,300 --> 00:24:19,266 IT COULD GET VERY, VERY 873 00:24:17,666 --> 00:24:20,566 COMPLICATED DECIDING WHO RUNS IN 874 00:24:19,266 --> 00:24:21,800 DERBY IN THIS CONTINUES. 875 00:24:20,566 --> 00:24:23,533 >> Bill: AND THERE'S ANOTHER 876 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:24,533 CONCERN IN LOUISVILLE, A 877 00:24:23,533 --> 00:24:26,766 SINK-HOLE THAT'S OPENED UP THE 878 00:24:24,533 --> 00:24:27,700 SIZE OF A FOOTBALL FIELD AT THE 879 00:24:26,766 --> 00:24:28,666 LOUISVILLE ZOO. 880 00:24:27,700 --> 00:24:31,533 >> Lawrence: IT IS THE 881 00:24:28,666 --> 00:24:31,966 LOUISVILLE ZOO IS CALLING IT THE 882 00:24:31,533 --> 00:24:33,466 MEGA CAVERN. 883 00:24:31,966 --> 00:24:34,300 IT'S A FOOTBALL FIELD LONG AND 884 00:24:33,466 --> 00:24:34,600 WIPED IT MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY 885 00:24:34,300 --> 00:24:37,400 RAIN. 886 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:38,633 THEY DON'T KNOW FOR SURE YET OR 887 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:40,266 BY EVEN TREMORS FROM THE 888 00:24:38,633 --> 00:24:41,866 EARTHQUAKE IN TENNESSEE. 889 00:24:40,266 --> 00:24:44,800 THE QUESTION IS IS THE AREA 890 00:24:41,866 --> 00:24:48,733 AROUND THE SINKHOLE SAFE FOR 891 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:51,166 NOW, BOTH THE ZOO AND THE MEGA 892 00:24:48,733 --> 00:24:54,766 CAVERN ARE CLOSED FOR VISITORS. 893 00:24:51,166 --> 00:24:56,533 >> Bill: AND AN EX-DENTIST IS 894 00:24:54,766 --> 00:24:59,466 FILING A LAWSUIT SAYING HE WAS 895 00:24:56,533 --> 00:25:00,100 RESOLVE PROBLEMS LAL AT A TIME. 896 00:24:59,466 --> 00:25:00,866 >> Morgan: THE FORMER 897 00:25:00,100 --> 00:25:02,000 PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE OF DINS 898 00:25:00,866 --> 00:25:02,766 ENTRY, THIS IS A EVER AFTER 899 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,900 PROFESSOR IN THE SCHOOL SAYING 900 00:25:02,766 --> 00:25:06,466 HE WAS FIRED BY THIS DEAN FOR 901 00:25:04,900 --> 00:25:08,533 CRITICIZING GOVERNOR BEVIN'S 902 00:25:06,466 --> 00:25:09,333 MEDICAID POLICIES, BUT THE 903 00:25:08,533 --> 00:25:10,333 EX-DEAN'S LAWSUIT DUNGS MENTION 904 00:25:09,333 --> 00:25:11,966 THAT AT ALL. 905 00:25:10,333 --> 00:25:13,666 IT APPEARS TOTALLY UNRELATED. 906 00:25:11,966 --> 00:25:14,933 HE SAID HE WAS RETALIATED 907 00:25:13,666 --> 00:25:16,200 AGAINST FOR BLOWING THE WITH HIS 908 00:25:14,933 --> 00:25:20,133 OLD PROBLEMS WITHIN THE COLLEGE 909 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:20,933 OF DENTISTRY INCLUDING EMPLOYEES 910 00:25:20,133 --> 00:25:24,133 FEELING STEALING GOLD CROWNS. 911 00:25:20,933 --> 00:25:27,066 FOR THE RECORD UK SAID HIS 912 00:25:24,133 --> 00:25:28,600 ALLEGATION ARE INACCURATE. 913 00:25:27,066 --> 00:25:28,933 >> Bill: YOU HAVE COVERED 914 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:29,766 U OF L. 915 00:25:28,933 --> 00:25:31,800 A LOT OF CHANGES. 916 00:25:29,766 --> 00:25:33,366 DOES IT SEEM TO BE HAD A NEW DAY 917 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,033 ON CAMPUS YET? 918 00:25:33,366 --> 00:25:34,800 >> Morgan: THAT'S CERTAINLY 919 00:25:34,033 --> 00:25:36,033 THE MESSAGE U OF L IS PROMOTING 920 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:37,766 AND IT SEEMS TO BE RESONATING 921 00:25:36,033 --> 00:25:40,233 WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. 922 00:25:37,766 --> 00:25:41,900 PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY I'VE UTICA 923 00:25:40,233 --> 00:25:42,266 TO UNIVERSALLY LIKE THE NEW 924 00:25:41,900 --> 00:25:43,700 PRESIDENT. 925 00:25:42,266 --> 00:25:45,066 SHE FEELS SHE REALLY HAS A PANEL 926 00:25:43,700 --> 00:25:46,933 ON WHAT'S GOING ON, HAS TAKEN 927 00:25:45,066 --> 00:25:47,800 THE TIME TO GETTIS THAT 928 00:25:46,933 --> 00:25:49,433 HAPPENING AT THE UNIVERSITY, AND 929 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,200 I THINK THIS YEAR WILL BE THE 930 00:25:49,433 --> 00:25:52,066 YEAR WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE 931 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:52,700 WATCHING TO SEE WHAT KINDS OF 932 00:25:52,066 --> 00:25:54,600 CHANGES SHE MAKES. 933 00:25:52,700 --> 00:25:56,300 >> Bill: A MOUNTAIN JOURNALIST 934 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:58,533 WHO TACKLED TOUGH ISSUES LIKE 935 00:25:56,300 --> 00:25:59,733 POVERTY AND COAL AND THE 936 00:25:58,533 --> 00:26:03,233 ENVIRONMENT HAS DIED. 937 00:25:59,733 --> 00:26:03,933 YUL BALTRIP WAS CANINES 938 00:26:03,233 --> 00:26:05,133 CONSISTENT JOURNALIST WITH HE 939 00:26:03,933 --> 00:26:06,966 RAN THE HARLEM DAILY ENTERPRISE 940 00:26:05,133 --> 00:26:09,633 AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOLBURG NEWS. 941 00:26:06,966 --> 00:26:10,700 LATER HE WASN'T ADVOCATE FOR 942 00:26:09,633 --> 00:26:12,100 APPALACHIAN AND HOMETOWN 943 00:26:10,700 --> 00:26:13,600 SECURITY HE WAS SET TO BE 944 00:26:12,100 --> 00:26:15,900 CONDUCTED INTO THE KENTUCKY 945 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,333 JOURNALISM HALL OF FAME NEXT 946 00:26:15,900 --> 00:26:16,933 WITHIN MONTH. 947 00:26:16,333 --> 00:26:18,700 HE WAS 60s. 948 00:26:16,933 --> 00:26:19,966 AND RENOWNED KENTUCKY 949 00:26:18,700 --> 00:26:22,800 PHOTOGRAPHER JAMES ARCHAMBEAU 950 00:26:19,966 --> 00:26:24,100 HAS DIED. 951 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:26,466 HE PUBLISHED SEVERAL COFFEE 952 00:26:24,100 --> 00:26:27,633 TABLE BOOKS FULL HAVE ESCAPEIC 953 00:26:26,466 --> 00:26:28,666 SHOTS AROUND THE STATE AND HIS 954 00:26:27,633 --> 00:26:29,800 KENTUCKY CALENDAR HAS BEEN A 955 00:26:28,666 --> 00:26:30,733 FAVORITE FOR DECADES. 956 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:31,666 AND REMEMBER TO SPRING FORWARD 957 00:26:30,733 --> 00:26:32,500 THIS WEEK.