WEBVTT 00:11.366 --> 00:15.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% >> Bill: GOVERNOR BESHEAR LAYS 00:13.133 --> 00:15.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% OUT HIS $23 BILLION STATE BUDGET 00:15.266 --> 00:18.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:22.5% PROPOSAL. 00:15.633 --> 00:21.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% HE WANTS TO STOP CUTS, GIVE SOME 00:18.066 --> 00:21.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% RAISES, AND HIRE MORE SOCIAL 00:21.500 --> 00:22.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:20% WORKERS. 00:21.833 --> 00:23.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% LEGISLATIVE LEADERS REACT AND 00:22.900 --> 00:25.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:45% PRESS FOR DETAILS. 00:23.800 --> 00:27.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% THE SENATE PRESIDENT SAYS THE 00:25.833 --> 00:28.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% BUDGET SPEECH CONTAIN PUPPY DOGS 00:27.533 --> 00:30.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:32.5% AND RAINBOWS. 00:28.933 --> 00:31.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% IS A SPORTS BETTING BILL GOING 00:30.566 --> 00:32.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:20% TO PASS? 00:31.866 --> 00:35.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% THE STATE AGRICULTURE 00:32.766 --> 00:37.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% COMMISSIONER SAYS THE HEMP 00:35.300 --> 00:37.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% INDUSTRY FACES BUREAUCRATIC 00:37.100 --> 00:41.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:25% PARALYSIS. 00:37.466 --> 00:42.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% AS WE WATCH FOR A GROUNDHOG, 00:41.433 --> 00:45.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% FEBRUARY COMES IN WARMER. 00:42.533 --> 00:45.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% "COMMENT" IS NEXT ON KET. 00:54.833 --> 00:55.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:40% BE GOOD EVENING. 00:55.166 --> 00:58.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:40% I'M BILL BRYANT. 00:55.900 --> 01:00.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% AND WE WELCOME YOU TO "COMMENT 00:58.300 --> 01:01.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% ON KENTUCKY," A LOOK BACK AT THE 01:00.200 --> 01:02.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:45% WEEK'S NEWS IN ITS 01:01.800 --> 01:04.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:32.5% COMMONWEALTH. 01:02.233 --> 01:06.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% AND THE GUESTS ON OUR PANEL OF 01:04.400 --> 01:08.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% WORKING KENTUCKY JOURNALISTS 01:06.433 --> 01:11.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:40% TONIGHT ARE ARE: 01:08.033 --> 01:12.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% MARCUS GREEN, REPORTER FOR WDRB 01:11.166 --> 01:14.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:35% IN LOUISVILLE. 01:12.166 --> 01:15.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% DEBORAH YETTER REPORTER FOR TO 01:14.266 --> 01:17.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:40% COURIER-JOURNAL. 01:15.166 --> 01:18.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% AND JOHN CHEVES REPORTER FOR THE 01:17.966 --> 01:19.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% ELECTRICS HERD LEADER. 01:18.666 --> 01:21.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% ALSO TONIGHT LEADERS IN THE 01:19.366 --> 01:23.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% STATE HOUSE PUT A PRIORITY ON 01:21.033 --> 01:24.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% EASING THE TRANSITION FROM 01:23.333 --> 01:24.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% PUBLIC ASSISTANCE TO THE 01:24.533 --> 01:27.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:25% WORKFORCE. 01:24.900 --> 01:29.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% AND IN WASHINGTON THE 01:27.033 --> 01:30.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% IMPEACHMENT TRIAL CONTINUES. 01:29.566 --> 01:31.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% KENTUCKY SENATOR MITCH 01:30.266 --> 01:32.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% McCONNELL TRYING TO STEER TO 01:31.466 --> 01:34.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% IT A QUICK CONCLUSION. 01:32.800 --> 01:36.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% BUT FIRST GOVERNOR BESHEAR 01:34.400 --> 01:37.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% UNVEILED HIS BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR 01:36.133 --> 01:38.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% KENTUCKY FOR THE NEXT TWO 01:37.733 --> 01:40.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:15% YEARS. 01:38.033 --> 01:42.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% HE SAYS THE STATE IS THE IN A 01:40.333 --> 01:44.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% POSITION TO END YEARS OF CUTS IN 01:42.466 --> 01:47.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:35% SEVERAL AREAS. 01:44.500 --> 01:49.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% >> THE LAST 14 YEARS OF CUTS DID 01:47.400 --> 01:51.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:57.5% NOT SIMPLY CUT THE FAT. 01:49.100 --> 01:55.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% THEY WENT DEEP INTO THE BONE 01:51.133 --> 01:56.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. 01:55.133 --> 01:58.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% TONIGHT I'M PROUD TO REPORT THAT 01:56.633 --> 02:01.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% I AM SUBMITTING A BUDGET THAT 01:58.866 --> 02:03.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% ENDS THESE 14 YEARS OF PAINFUL 02:01.066 --> 02:09.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% CUTS. 02:03.000 --> 02:11.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:25% [APPLAUSE] 02:09.300 --> 02:12.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% YES, WE HAVE STRUCTURED A 02:11.900 --> 02:14.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% BALANCED, RESPONSIBLE BUDGET 02:12.933 --> 02:17.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% THAT MAKES NO NEW CUTS TO OUR 02:14.733 --> 02:20.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:32.5% GENERAL FUND. 02:17.166 --> 02:22.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:25% [APPLAUSE] 02:20.200 --> 02:24.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% >> Bill: SO THE GOVERNOR SAYS 02:22.400 --> 02:25.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% KENTUCKY IS POSITIONED TO PAY 02:24.233 --> 02:27.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:57.5% TEACHERS MORE AND STATE 02:25.800 --> 02:30.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% EMPLOYEES AS WELL, TO END CUTS 02:27.933 --> 02:32.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% TO PUBLIC EDUCATION, TO HIRE 02:30.233 --> 02:33.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% HUNDREDS OF SOCIAL WORKERS. 02:32.033 --> 02:34.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% LET'S TALK ABOUT HIS PROPOSAL, 02:33.866 --> 02:36.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% JOHN. 02:34.166 --> 02:37.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% >> John: WELL, YES, THIS WAS 02:36.066 --> 02:39.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% THE FIRST BUDGET WE HAVE SEEN IN 02:37.300 --> 02:41.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% A GOOD NUMBER OF YEARS, AS THE 02:39.100 --> 02:43.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% GOVERNOR SAID, THAT DIDN'T LOOK 02:41.733 --> 02:44.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% ENTIRELY LIKE AN AUSTERITY 02:43.733 --> 02:45.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:17.5% BUDGET. 02:44.166 --> 02:47.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% THEY DIDN'T HAVE CUTS ACROSS THE 02:45.066 --> 02:49.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% BOARD TO A LOT OF CABINETS. 02:47.266 --> 02:50.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% IT DIDN'T ZERO OUT VARIOUS 02:49.466 --> 02:52.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% AGENCIES OUTSIDE OF GOVERNMENT 02:50.666 --> 02:56.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% THAT RELIED ON STATE FUNDING. 02:52.700 --> 02:59.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% HE RAISED OVER THE TWO YEARS 02:56.333 --> 03:00.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% ABOUT $1.5 BILLION FROM EITHER 02:59.633 --> 03:02.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% NATURALLY OCCURRING REVENUE JUST 03:00.666 --> 03:04.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% COMING IN FROM NEW TAX 03:02.233 --> 03:07.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% COLLECTIONS OR FROM NEW REVENUE 03:04.766 --> 03:08.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% SOURCES OR FROM FUND TRANSFERS, 03:07.366 --> 03:09.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% SWEEPING ACCOUNTS THAT WERE 03:08.300 --> 03:10.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% MEANT FOR ONE THING BUT NOW 03:09.500 --> 03:11.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% THEY'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE 03:10.900 --> 03:13.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:32.5% GENERAL FUND. 03:11.833 --> 03:14.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% >> Deborah: WHICH IS A TIME 03:13.033 --> 03:15.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% HONORED PRACTICE I SHOULD POINT 03:14.633 --> 03:16.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:10% OUT. 03:15.033 --> 03:17.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% >> John: TIME HONOR PRACTICE 03:16.733 --> 03:19.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:32.5% IN FRANKFORT. 03:17.766 --> 03:22.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% SORRY, YOUR CHECKING ACCOUNT WAS 03:19.966 --> 03:23.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% JUST IS IT SITTING THERE AND WE 03:22.500 --> 03:24.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:25% NEEDED IT. 03:23.466 --> 03:26.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% WE HAVE PLANS FOR IT. 03:24.466 --> 03:26.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% MAYBE YOU'LL GET IT BACK NEXT 03:26.033 --> 03:27.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% TIME. 03:26.400 --> 03:29.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:47.5% THAT'S HOW IT GOES. 03:27.466 --> 03:30.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% AS YOU MENTIONED, FOR STATE 03:29.633 --> 03:31.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% EMPLOYEES, FOR EXAMPLE, THESE 03:30.333 --> 03:33.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% ARE PEOPLE THAT FOR MOST OF THE 03:31.800 --> 03:34.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% LAST DECADE HAVE NOT SEEN A PAY 03:33.266 --> 03:37.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% RAISE, AND THE COST OF LIVING 03:34.533 --> 03:39.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% HAS GONE UP, AND BETWEEN THE 03:37.400 --> 03:40.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% STAGNANT WAGES AND THE FACT THAT 03:39.100 --> 03:42.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% FOR NEWLY HIRED STATE WORKERS 03:40.633 --> 03:43.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% YOU DON'T GET A PENSION ANYMORE, 03:42.633 --> 03:45.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% WORKING FOR KENTUCKY STATE 03:43.966 --> 03:46.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% GOVERNMENT DOESN'T LOOK VERY 03:45.466 --> 03:48.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% ATTRACTIVE AND SO HE'S OFFERED 03:46.400 --> 03:49.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THEM A 1% PAY RAISE FOR EACH OF 03:48.166 --> 03:51.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THE NEXT TWO YEARS WHICH REALLY 03:49.600 --> 03:52.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% ISN'T GOING TO KEEP UP WITH THE 03:51.400 --> 03:54.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% COST OF LIVING STILL. 03:52.733 --> 03:56.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% AND IT'S WORTH POINTING OUT, AND 03:54.633 --> 03:58.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THIS ISN'T MEANT TO BE A KNOCK 03:56.266 --> 04:00.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% ON THE GOVERNOR BUT A 1% 03:58.566 --> 04:02.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% INCREASE, A 1% INCREASE FOR 04:00.100 --> 04:04.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% HIGHER ED, A 1% INCREASE FOR 04:02.966 --> 04:06.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% SCHOOLS, NEXT YEAR THE FEDERAL 04:04.166 --> 04:08.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES THAT 04:06.400 --> 04:10.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% INFLATION WILL BE ABOUT 2.1%, SO 04:08.800 --> 04:11.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% THESE VERY MODEST INCREASES. 04:10.300 --> 04:13.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% IN SPENDING PROBABLY WON'T EVEN 04:11.833 --> 04:15.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% KEEP UP WITH THE COST OF 04:13.866 --> 04:16.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:17.5% LIVING. 04:15.066 --> 04:18.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% >> Bill: DID HE SEEM TO WANT 04:16.366 --> 04:20.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% TO CROSS THE THRESHOLD OF BEING 04:18.300 --> 04:22.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% ABLE TO SAY THE CUTTS ENDED. 04:20.533 --> 04:23.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% >> John: EXACTLY, A 1% 04:22.200 --> 04:24.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% INCREASE IS BETTER THAN LOSING 04:23.133 --> 04:26.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% MONEY, AND A LOT OF THESE PLACES 04:24.766 --> 04:27.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% HAVE BEEN LITERALLY LOSING MONEY 04:26.866 --> 04:28.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% SO IT'S BENEFICIAL THE 04:27.666 --> 04:30.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% PROVERBIAL PUNCH IN THE MOST. 04:28.666 --> 04:31.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% >> Deborah: YEAR AFTER YEAR 04:30.666 --> 04:33.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% WHEN THE BUDGET TAME QAIM 04:31.766 --> 04:35.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% THROUGH THERE WOULD BE A 04:33.400 --> 04:36.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% PERCENTAGE IS OF CUTS TO 04:35.300 --> 04:37.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% AGENCIES FOR MANY AGENCY. 04:36.133 --> 04:39.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MAY 04:37.200 --> 04:40.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:50% NUMBER OF YEARS NOW. 04:39.666 --> 04:41.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% >> Josie Raymond: IN HIGHER 04:40.600 --> 04:43.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% ED, POST-SECONDARY, HIGHER 04:41.966 --> 04:45.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% EDUCATION THEY WERE HOPING FOR A 04:43.166 --> 04:47.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% 6% INCREASE FOR FUNDING FOR 04:45.700 --> 04:49.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ONE 04:47.500 --> 04:53.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% YEAR AND AN 8% INCREASE THE NEXT 04:49.933 --> 04:54.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% YEAR, AND I WAS AT A HOUSE 04:53.366 --> 04:56.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% SUBCOMMITTEE BUDGET HEARING 04:54.566 --> 04:57.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% WHERE HIGHER EDUCATION LEADERS 04:56.366 --> 04:59.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% WERE SAYING STILL OUR FINGERS 04:57.766 --> 05:00.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% ARE CROSSED AS THE BUDGET WORKS 04:59.500 --> 05:02.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:40% ITS WAY THROUGH. 05:00.566 --> 05:04.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% MAYBE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO 6 AND 05:02.500 --> 05:07.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% 8 PERCENT INCREASE BUT STILL DO 05:04.966 --> 05:08.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:37.5% BETTER THAN 1%. 05:07.666 --> 05:12.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% >> Marcus: THIS BUDGET 05:08.233 --> 05:13.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% PROPOSAL ALLOWS THE GOVERNOR TO 05:12.033 --> 05:14.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% KEEP A PAWN PROMISE THAT HE MADE 05:13.666 --> 05:16.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% TO GIVE TEACHERS A RAISE. 05:14.866 --> 05:18.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% NOW IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE 05:16.933 --> 05:19.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% $2,000 RAISE IS ACTUALLY MORE 05:18.600 --> 05:23.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:32.5% LIKE A BONUS. 05:19.600 --> 05:24.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% IT WOULD BE A ONE-TIME BONUS IN 05:23.233 --> 05:26.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% FISCAL 2021 BUT IT DOES ALLOW 05:24.433 --> 05:27.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% HIM TO KEEP AT LEAST ONE OF THE 05:26.033 --> 05:28.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% PROMISES HE MADE ON THE CAMPAIGN 05:27.966 --> 05:29.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:15% TRAIL. 05:28.466 --> 05:30.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% >> Bill: I'M CURIOUS ABOUT 05:29.800 --> 05:32.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% THAT BECAUSE I HEARD THAT. 05:30.966 --> 05:33.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% IT IS IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE 05:32.600 --> 05:34.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% BUDGET AND NOT THE SECOND OR 05:33.400 --> 05:36.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:35% DOESN'T RECUR? 05:34.733 --> 05:38.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% >> Marcus: I BELIEVE IT'S A 05:36.500 --> 05:38.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% ONE-TIME, A ONE-TIME BONUS. 05:38.266 --> 05:40.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% >> Deborah: YOU MAINTAIN 05:38.900 --> 05:42.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% DOESN'T GO INTO THEIR BASE 05:40.566 --> 05:44.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% SALARY AND STAY THERE? 05:42.200 --> 05:45.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:57.5% I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT. 05:44.700 --> 05:45.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% >> Marcus: I'M NOT REALLY 05:45.333 --> 05:46.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% SURE. 05:45.633 --> 05:48.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% >> Bill: I HAD HEARD THAT. 05:46.500 --> 05:49.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% WHICH IT HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING 05:48.400 --> 05:50.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% WEEK TO SORT ALL OF THIS OUT, 05:49.933 --> 05:53.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:15% RIGHT? 05:50.233 --> 05:54.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% I MEAN, IT'S A COMPLICATED 05:53.866 --> 05:56.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:50% DOCUMENT, OBVIOUSLY. 05:54.766 --> 05:58.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% >> Deborah: THEY DIDN'T HAVE 05:56.666 --> 05:59.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% MUCH TIME TO GET IT TOGETHER. 05:58.733 --> 06:02.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% >> Bill: I INTERVIEWED THE 05:59.900 --> 06:03.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% GOVENOR TODAY, AND SHE HAD AT 06:02.266 --> 06:05.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% THIS POINT THERE'S UGLIES 06:03.533 --> 06:05.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% CONSULTATION GOING NOW BETWEEN 06:05.000 --> 06:06.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% HIS ADMINISTRATION AND THE 06:05.900 --> 06:10.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:50% LEGISLATIVE LEADERS. 06:06.900 --> 06:11.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE WAS SOME 06:10.633 --> 06:14.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% CRITICISM BY LEGISLATIVE 06:11.766 --> 06:16.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% LEADERSHIP ABOUT THEM FINING OUT 06:14.566 --> 06:17.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% WHEN THE PUBLIC DID ABOUT THE 06:16.566 --> 06:18.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:40% BUDGET PROPOSAL. 06:17.033 --> 06:20.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% >> Deborah: BUT IT WAS A 06:18.800 --> 06:21.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:40% BIPARTISAN SNUB. 06:20.000 --> 06:23.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% HE DIDN'T INFORM DEMOCRATIC 06:21.733 --> 06:23.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% LEADERS EITHER/OR THE 06:23.033 --> 06:24.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:30% REPUBLICANS. 06:23.433 --> 06:27.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THEY ALL COMPLAINED THAT HE DID 06:24.433 --> 06:28.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% GIVE THE PRESS A BRIEFING IN 06:27.666 --> 06:29.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:20% ADVANCE. 06:28.000 --> 06:31.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% I WOULD SAY THE RESPONSE FROM 06:29.600 --> 06:32.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THE LEADERSHIP, THE REPUBLICAN 06:31.000 --> 06:33.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% LEADERSHIP IN THE HOUSE AND 06:32.000 --> 06:36.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:50% SENATE WAS LUKEWARM. 06:33.300 --> 06:37.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% THEY JUST APPEARED POLITE BUT 06:36.033 --> 06:38.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% UNENTHUSED ABOUT SOME OF HIS 06:37.233 --> 06:41.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% PROPOSALS AND THOUGHT THEY WERE 06:38.933 --> 06:41.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% OVERLY AMBITIOUS AND DID 06:41.066 --> 06:44.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% COMPLAIN ABOUT THE TRANSFERS 06:41.933 --> 06:44.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% THAT IT RELIES ON TO SOME 06:44.200 --> 06:45.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:17.5% EXTENT. 06:44.533 --> 06:47.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% >> Bill: LET'S HEAR JUST A 06:45.200 --> 06:48.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. 06:47.233 --> 06:50.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% REPUBLICANS EXPRESSED 06:48.733 --> 06:51.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% FRUSTRATION THAT THEY DIDN'T 06:50.133 --> 06:52.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE GOVERNOR'S 06:51.533 --> 06:55.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% SPENDING PLAN UNTIL AFTER 06:52.766 --> 06:56.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% REPORTERS DID AND AFTER THE 06:55.500 --> 06:57.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:42.5% SPEECH WAS GIVEN. 06:56.500 --> 06:59.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% THEY QUESTIONED SOME OF THE 06:57.166 --> 07:01.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% NUMBERS AND KET'S RENEE SHAW GOT 06:59.100 --> 07:02.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% REACTION FROM SPEAKER OSBORNE 07:01.166 --> 07:05.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% AND SENATE PRESIDENT STIVERS. 07:02.733 --> 07:09.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% >> WELL APPARENTLY WE ARE MORE 07:05.900 --> 07:10.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% FLUSH WITH CASH THAN WE POSSIBLY 07:09.333 --> 07:12.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% IMAGINED WE WERE COMING INTO IT, 07:10.866 --> 07:14.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% BUT, LOOK AT THIS POINT IN TIME 07:12.200 --> 07:16.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% I BELIEVE THAT IT'S -- IT'S NOW 07:14.166 --> 07:18.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% TIME TO GET DOWN TO WORK, AND 07:16.466 --> 07:21.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% TRULY DIG INTO THESE NUMBERS, 07:18.300 --> 07:22.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% TRY TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT 07:21.500 --> 07:27.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% HE HAS JUST PROMISED. 07:22.466 --> 07:28.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% >> THIS WAS ALL PUPPIES DOGS AND 07:27.266 --> 07:29.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% RAINBOWS -- PIP DOGS AND 07:28.233 --> 07:31.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% RAINBOWS BUT IT IS NOW TYPE AND 07:29.733 --> 07:33.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAUGHT MY 07:31.666 --> 07:34.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% EYE IS HE'S GOING TO USE 07:33.300 --> 07:36.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% ONE-TIME DOLLARS FROM 07:34.700 --> 07:36.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% SETTLEMENTS TO BOLSTER THIS 07:36.300 --> 07:37.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:17.5% BUDGET. 07:36.700 --> 07:39.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:42.5% HOW MUCH IS THAT? 07:37.600 --> 07:40.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% THAT'S A STRUCTURAL IMBALANCE 07:39.133 --> 07:41.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% USING ONE-TIME DOLLARS TO FIRE 07:40.833 --> 07:43.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:47.5% RECURRING EXPENSES. 07:41.933 --> 07:44.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:47.5% >> Bill: ALL RIGHT. 07:43.066 --> 07:47.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% THERE'S SOME FRANKFORT TERMS 07:44.966 --> 07:50.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:45% FLOWING OUT THERE. 07:47.366 --> 07:50.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% STRUCTURAL IMBALANCE AND FUND 07:50.600 --> 07:52.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:25% TRANSFERS. 07:50.966 --> 07:55.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% >> John: THERE'S A LITTLE BIT 07:52.733 --> 07:57.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% OF DISINGENUOUS TALK THERE. 07:55.433 --> 07:59.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% SENATOR STIVERS IS RIGHT THAT 07:57.366 --> 08:02.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% IT'S STRUCTURALLY IMBALANCED 07:59.633 --> 08:04.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% WHEN IT'S A NOT RECURRING. 08:02.833 --> 08:04.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% ON THE OTHER HAND THEY ADO 08:04.233 --> 08:06.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% THAT. 08:04.733 --> 08:09.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% SENATE AND HOUSE SIGNED OFF FOR 08:06.566 --> 08:10.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% IT FOR GOVERNOR BEVIN FROM THEIR 08:09.166 --> 08:11.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% OWN PARTY AND GOVERNOR STEVE 08:10.400 --> 08:13.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:37.5% BESHEAR BEFORE. 08:11.600 --> 08:15.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% THERE'S SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS, 08:13.733 --> 08:17.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% AGAIN, IN FUND TRANSFERS AND 08:15.333 --> 08:18.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% OTHER MONEY THEY GRABBED IN 08:17.333 --> 08:20.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% GOVERNOR BESHEAR'S BUDGET. 08:18.333 --> 08:22.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THERE WAS TWICE THAT, MORE THAN 08:20.533 --> 08:23.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% $600 MILLION IN FUND TRANSFERS 08:22.166 --> 08:24.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% IN EACH OF GOVERNOR BEVIN'S 08:23.766 --> 08:25.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% BUDGETS WHICH THE LEGISLATURE 08:24.766 --> 08:27.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:35% SIGNED OFF ON. 08:25.800 --> 08:28.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% SO IF YOU THINK FUND TRANSFERS 08:27.300 --> 08:30.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% ARE A BAD IDEA, THIS IS ONLY 08:28.800 --> 08:32.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% HALF AS BAD OF AN IDEA AS THEY 08:30.700 --> 08:34.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% WERE UNDER GOVERNOR BEVIN. 08:32.566 --> 08:35.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% >> Bill: IS THE FUND TRANSFER 08:34.266 --> 08:38.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% ANY MORE COMPLICATED THAN IF 08:35.600 --> 08:41.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THERE IS A $100,000 ALLOCATION 08:38.166 --> 08:43.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% ON A LINE AND $50,000 WAS SPENT, 08:41.700 --> 08:44.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% THAT THE OTHER $50,000 IS -- 08:43.700 --> 08:46.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% >> John: WE'VE GOT SOMETHING 08:44.900 --> 08:47.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% CALLED THE PETROLEUM STORAGE 08:46.033 --> 08:49.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% TANK REMOVAL FUND, AND I MAY 08:47.366 --> 08:50.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% HAVE IT A LITTLE BIT WRONG BUT 08:49.533 --> 08:51.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% THESE ARE THE UNDERGROUND GAS 08:50.766 --> 08:55.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% TANKS A GAS STATIONS. 08:51.933 --> 08:56.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% THEY LEAK LEAD, BENZENE, THE 08:55.833 --> 08:57.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% OTHER TOXIC ELSE CHEMICAL INTO 08:56.733 --> 08:58.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:40% THE ENVIRONMENT. 08:57.533 --> 09:00.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% WE'VE GOT GET RID OF THEM. 08:58.900 --> 09:02.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% PROPERTY OWNERS ASKED FOR MONEY 09:00.400 --> 09:03.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% FROM THE STATE TO CLEAN UP THE 09:02.900 --> 09:04.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% SOIL. 09:03.533 --> 09:06.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% IT'S A SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL 09:04.433 --> 09:07.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% PROBLEM AND WE'VE GOT A BIG I 09:06.133 --> 09:09.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% POT OF MONEY TO DO IT. 09:07.733 --> 09:10.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% EVERY BUDGET CYCLE WE RAID THAT 09:09.166 --> 09:11.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% FUND TO BALANCE THE GENERAL 09:10.366 --> 09:12.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% FUND, AND THIS IS A REAL THING 09:11.466 --> 09:14.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% BECAUSE THAT MONEY WAS SUPPOSED 09:12.733 --> 09:14.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:57.5% TO GO FOR ENVIRONMENTAL 09:14.500 --> 09:17.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:20% CLEANUP. 09:14.833 --> 09:20.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% BUT THE MONEY WAS SITTING THERE, 09:17.400 --> 09:23.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% AND SO WE USED IT TO BALANCE THE 09:20.433 --> 09:25.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% BUDGET, TO DO GOOD STUFF FOR 09:23.066 --> 09:27.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% SCHOOLS, DO GOOD STUFF FOR 09:25.866 --> 09:29.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% PARKS, DO STUFF FOR PRISONS THAT 09:27.166 --> 09:30.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% E. THAT WE NEED TO DO. 09:29.400 --> 09:31.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% WAS THE MONEY JUST SITTING 09:30.700 --> 09:31.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:15% THERE? 09:31.100 --> 09:32.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:10% YES. 09:31.366 --> 09:34.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% DID IT HAVE ANOTHER PURPOSE THAT 09:32.300 --> 09:35.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% WE WANTED TO ADDRESS? 09:34.666 --> 09:36.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:10% YES. 09:35.633 --> 09:38.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% AND YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY DOZENS 09:36.933 --> 09:40.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% OF BANKING ACCOUNTS THROUGHOUT 09:38.666 --> 09:41.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% STATE AGENCIES AND THOSE ARE 09:40.166 --> 09:42.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:37.5% FUND TRANSFERS. 09:41.066 --> 09:43.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% >> Bill: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 09:42.266 --> 09:44.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:32.5% EVER REVENUE. 09:43.100 --> 09:46.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% THERE WOULD BE IN THE BESHEAR 09:44.900 --> 09:47.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% BUDGET AN INCREASE OH CIGARETTE 09:46.933 --> 09:48.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:15% TAXES. 09:47.233 --> 09:49.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% >> Deborah: YES, HE'S 09:48.733 --> 09:51.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% PROPOSING A 10 CHRISTIANITY PACK 09:49.933 --> 09:52.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% INCREASE ON CIGARETTES, WHICH IS 09:51.400 --> 09:56.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:35% PRETTY MODEST. 09:52.766 --> 09:57.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% IT WENT UP 50 CENTS TWO YEARS 09:56.066 --> 09:58.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:37.5% AGO, I BELIEVE. 09:57.500 --> 10:01.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THE ADVOCATES HAD ARGUED FOR A 09:58.700 --> 10:02.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% DOLLAR A PACK SAYING THAT WOULD 10:01.033 --> 10:04.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% DISCOURAGE SPOKE SMOKING AND 10:02.333 --> 10:06.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% BRING IN MORE REVENUE P THEY 10:04.433 --> 10:08.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE AND GOT 50 10:06.366 --> 10:10.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:47.5% CENTS CENTS A PACK. 10:08.166 --> 10:12.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% HE'S ALSO PROPOSING A TAX ON 10:10.500 --> 10:14.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% VAPING PRODUCTS SOMEWHAT LESS 10:12.000 --> 10:15.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THAN WHAT REPRESENTATIVE JEREME 10:14.166 --> 10:15.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% MILLER OF LOUISVILLE HAS 10:15.533 --> 10:16.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:25% SUGGESTED. 10:15.900 --> 10:18.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% AND ADVOCATES ARE REALLY, 10:16.933 --> 10:20.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% REALLY, REALLY, THEN WANT A 10:18.533 --> 10:23.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% VAPING TAX BECAUSE THEY SAY THIS 10:20.400 --> 10:24.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% WILL DISCOURAGE YOUTHS FROM THIS 10:23.066 --> 10:26.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% EXPLOSION OF VAPING AMONG YOUTHS 10:24.600 --> 10:28.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% WHO ARE NOW GETTING ADDICTED TO 10:26.200 --> 10:29.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% NICOTINE BECAUSE THAT'S PRODUCTS 10:28.600 --> 10:32.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% ARE FARRELL FAIRLY CHEAP AND 10:29.733 --> 10:33.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:45% EASILY ACCESSIBLE. 10:32.033 --> 10:34.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:7.5% SO. 10:33.200 --> 10:34.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THERE IS NO EXCISE TAX ON THEM 10:34.666 --> 10:36.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:10% NOW. 10:34.933 --> 10:37.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THAT ESCAPED THE BUDGET SOMEHOW 10:36.366 --> 10:38.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:42.5% LAST TIME AROUND. 10:37.100 --> 10:40.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% SO THEY WANT TO ADD THAT AND 10:38.800 --> 10:40.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% THAT WOULD BRING IN MORE 10:40.500 --> 10:41.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:20% REVENUE. 10:40.833 --> 10:44.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% >> Bill: SPORTS BETTING IS 10:41.500 --> 10:45.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% PART OF THE REVENUE SIDE, AND 10:44.000 --> 10:47.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% ONE SOURCE TOLD ME TODAY THAT 10:45.633 --> 10:48.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% SUPPORTERS ARE STILL TRYING TO 10:47.733 --> 10:52.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% LINE UP REPUBLICAN VOTES IN THE 10:48.966 --> 10:53.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% HOUSE TO TRY TO GET THAT PASSED 10:52.566 --> 10:55.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% ALONG WITH SOME DEMOCRATS. 10:53.366 --> 10:56.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% IS THAT GOING TO GET THROUGH 10:55.133 --> 10:57.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:35% BOTH CHAMBERS? 10:56.733 --> 10:58.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% >> Marcus: THAT IS ONE OF THE 10:57.833 --> 11:01.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% BIGGEST QUESTIONS OF THIS 10:58.633 --> 11:02.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% SESSION SO FAR, IS WHAT ARE THE 11:01.200 --> 11:04.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% PROSPECTS FOR THIS SPORTS 11:02.700 --> 11:05.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:35% GAMBLING BILL. 11:04.300 --> 11:06.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% IT SAILED OUT OF COMMITTEE BUT 11:05.533 --> 11:08.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% JUST THIS WEEK THE FAMILY 11:06.966 --> 11:09.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% FOUNDATION DECLARED THE BILL IN 11:08.133 --> 11:10.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% TROUBLE, AND THERE IS A QUESTION 11:09.566 --> 11:11.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT DOES 11:10.466 --> 11:13.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% HAVE LEGS GOING FORWARD, AND THE 11:11.900 --> 11:15.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% GOVERNOR IS COUNTING THAT 11:13.266 --> 11:17.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% REVENUE AS PART OF HIS REVENUE 11:15.200 --> 11:19.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% PLAN FOR THIS BUDGET. 11:17.533 --> 11:21.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% HE'S COUNTING SOME THINGS THAT 11:19.600 --> 11:22.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% HE KNOWS HE HAS SOME REPUBLICAN 11:21.533 --> 11:25.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:30% SUPPORT FOR. 11:22.433 --> 11:25.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% AT LEAST REPUBLICANS SUPPORT 11:25.366 --> 11:28.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:37.5% SPORTS BETTING. 11:25.866 --> 11:28.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% CAN IT MAKE IT OUT OF HOUSE BUT 11:28.266 --> 11:30.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:40% ALSO THE SENATE. 11:28.933 --> 11:32.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% >> John: THE BUDGET DEPENDS ON 11:30.800 --> 11:34.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% SPORTS GAMBLING PASSING. 11:32.000 --> 11:36.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% THE BUDGET DEPENDS ON THE HIGHER 11:34.333 --> 11:36.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% TAX ON LIMITED LIABILITY 11:36.433 --> 11:38.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:22.5% ENTITIES. 11:36.800 --> 11:40.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% I MEAN, IF THE LEGISLATURE 11:38.033 --> 11:42.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% DOESN'T GO ALONG WITH SOME OF 11:40.533 --> 11:44.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THESE INCREASES OR MEW SOURCES 11:42.566 --> 11:44.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% OF REVENUE THEN WHAT DOESN'T 11:44.000 --> 11:47.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:35% GETS PAID FOR? 11:44.800 --> 11:49.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% >> Bill: IT'S NOTABLE HE DID 11:47.900 --> 11:49.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% NOT PREDICATE HIS PLAN ON ANY 11:49.366 --> 11:51.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:47.5% MONEY FROM CASINOS. 11:49.900 --> 11:51.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% >> Deborah: HE WAS VERY CLEAR 11:51.100 --> 11:54.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:27.5% ABOUT THAT. 11:51.833 --> 11:54.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% HE STRONGLY EMPLOYEES HAVE IN 11:54.066 --> 11:55.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:20% CASINOS. 11:54.500 --> 11:56.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% HE THINKS WE'RE LOOKING MONEY 11:55.766 --> 11:57.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:32.5% OUT OF STATE. 11:56.600 --> 11:59.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% IT WOULD BRING A LOT OF MONEY 11:57.800 --> 12:01.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:42.5% BACK TO KENTUCKY. 11:59.500 --> 12:02.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THE SENATE DECLARED IT DEAD ON 12:01.366 --> 12:03.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% ARRIVAL SO HE'S NOT PROPOSING IT 12:02.866 --> 12:04.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:20% FOR NOW. 12:03.300 --> 12:06.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% >> Bill: THE GOVERNOR DID 12:04.166 --> 12:07.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% INCLUDE THE HIRING OF 350 NEW 12:06.100 --> 12:10.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% SOCIAL WORKERS WHO WOULD COME IN 12:07.500 --> 12:13.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% TO HANDLE A HEAVY CASELOAD. 12:10.300 --> 12:15.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% IS THAT THE REASON -- I MEAN, IS 12:13.433 --> 12:17.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% BURN-OUT THE REASON WE HAVE SUCH 12:15.466 --> 12:18.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% DIFFICULTY APPARENTLY IN FILLING 12:17.066 --> 12:19.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:40% THOSE POSITIONS? 12:18.400 --> 12:21.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% >> Deborah: I THINK THAT'S THE 12:19.366 --> 12:23.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:45% NUMBER ONE REASON. 12:21.200 --> 12:24.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% WHEN OF GOVERNOR BEVIN AND HIS 12:23.033 --> 12:26.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% ADMINISTRATION DID GET A LITTLE 12:24.033 --> 12:27.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% MORE MONEY IN FOR RAISES FOR 12:26.133 --> 12:28.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% STATE SOCIAL WORKERS, BUT WHEN I 12:27.733 --> 12:30.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% TALKED TO THEM LAST YEAR FOR 12:28.800 --> 12:31.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% SOME WORK I DID, THEY 12:30.466 --> 12:34.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% INDICATED -- I MEAN, SOME OF 12:31.466 --> 12:35.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THEM ARE CARRYING CASE LOADS OF 12:34.300 --> 12:38.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% 40, 50, 60 FAMILIES OF CHILD 12:35.600 --> 12:40.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% ABUSE AND NEGLECT CASES. 12:38.766 --> 12:40.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THE RECOMMENDED LEVEL IS 17 PER 12:40.233 --> 12:41.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:17.5% WORKER. 12:40.633 --> 12:45.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THE STATE CLAIMS IT IS AVERAGE 12:41.933 --> 12:46.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% IS 19, BUT MANY OF THESE WORKERS 12:45.066 --> 12:48.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% TELL ME THAT THE REAL NUMBERS OF 12:46.900 --> 12:51.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% WAY OVER THAT DEPENDING ON WHERE 12:48.300 --> 12:52.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% YOU WORK AND WHAT THE 12:51.333 --> 12:54.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% SITUATION'S LYING LINING IN YOUR 12:52.633 --> 12:55.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% COMMUNITY AND THEY'RE EXHAUSTED 12:54.133 --> 12:58.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:37.5% AND BURNED OUT. 12:55.633 --> 13:00.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% I HAVE TALKED TO WORKERS WHO 12:58.466 --> 13:01.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% WERE LEFT FOR WORK IN THE 13:00.066 --> 13:04.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:37.5% PRIVATE SECTOR. 13:01.966 --> 13:05.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THE IN THE PAST HEAD OF SOCIAL 13:04.666 --> 13:07.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% SERVICES HEAD UNDER BEVIN SAID 13:05.900 --> 13:09.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% IT'S A REVOLVING DOOR. 13:07.100 --> 13:11.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% >> Bill: HOW LONG WOULD IT 13:09.200 --> 13:13.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% TAKE TO IDENTIFY AND HIRE AND 13:11.366 --> 13:14.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% TRAIN 350 NEW SOCIAL WORKERS? 13:13.100 --> 13:15.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% >> Deborah: I THINK THAT WOULD 13:14.600 --> 13:15.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% TAKE PROBABLY A COUPLE OF 13:15.566 --> 13:18.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:15% YEARS. 13:15.866 --> 13:19.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% IT TAKES MONTHS TO GET THE 13:18.200 --> 13:20.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% GET THEM TO THE POINT WHERE 13:19.400 --> 13:22.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THEY'RE ABLE TO CARRY CASELOADS 13:20.900 --> 13:23.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% AND THEN YOU HAVE TO ASSUME 13:22.333 --> 13:26.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% YOU'RE NOT LOSING OTHERS AS FAST 13:23.866 --> 13:27.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% AS YOU BRING THE NEW ONES IN. 13:26.733 --> 13:29.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% >> Bill: THE GOVERNOR COULD 13:27.966 --> 13:30.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% NOT CRAFT A BUDGET PROPOSAL 13:29.333 --> 13:31.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% WITHOUT ADDING MORE MONEY FOR 13:30.566 --> 13:32.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% CORRECTIONS WITH THAT LARGE 13:31.700 --> 13:34.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% PRISON POPULATION WE HAVE. 13:32.800 --> 13:34.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% WE CALLED THAT A MORAL ISSUE. 13:34.233 --> 13:35.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:30% >> JENNIFER: 13:34.633 --> 13:37.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% >> John: HE SAYS THE GOVERNOR 13:35.933 --> 13:38.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% HAD ALREADY WARNED US A COUPLE 13:37.266 --> 13:39.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% WEEKS AGO THAT HE'S GOING TO 13:38.200 --> 13:40.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% HAVE TO ADD MORE THAN 13:39.533 --> 13:42.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% $100 MILLION JUST IN THE NEXT 13:40.466 --> 13:45.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% TWO AND A HALF YEARS TO DEAL 13:42.066 --> 13:46.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% WITH THE RISING INCARCERATED 13:45.600 --> 13:48.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:27.5% POPULATION. 13:46.000 --> 13:48.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% WE GOT ABOUT 24,000 PEOPLE 13:48.200 --> 13:51.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:30% BEHIND BARS. 13:48.900 --> 13:52.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% AND WE'VE GOT SOME OLDER 13:51.033 --> 13:54.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% CRUMBLING STATE PRISONS. 13:52.033 --> 13:55.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% WE'VE GOT TWO PRIVATE PRISONS 13:54.066 --> 13:56.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% UNDER LEASE CONTRACT WITH THE 13:55.766 --> 13:57.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:15% STATE. 13:56.066 --> 13:59.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% THE GOVERNOR WOULD LOVE TO 13:57.600 --> 14:03.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% SHRINK THAT INMATE POPULATION. 13:59.900 --> 14:04.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% WE CAN SAVE $12 MILLION FOR 14:03.000 --> 14:05.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% EVERY 1,000 FEWER INMATES WE 14:04.300 --> 14:08.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% HAVE, BUT IT'S NOT UP TO HIM. 14:05.900 --> 14:09.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% HE DOESN'T GET TO FILE A BILL IN 14:08.266 --> 14:12.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, SO ANY LAW 14:09.733 --> 14:13.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% THAT WE WOULD PASS THAT WOULD 14:12.666 --> 14:15.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% SOMEHOW LOOK LIKE CRIMINAL 14:13.866 --> 14:16.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% JUSTICE REFORM THAT WOULD 14:15.766 --> 14:17.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% INCARCERATE FEWER PEOPLE, THAT'S 14:16.700 --> 14:18.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% GOING TO BE UP TO THE GENERAL 14:17.800 --> 14:19.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:22.5% ASSEMBLY. 14:18.166 --> 14:22.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% I MEAN, ALL HE CAN DO IS KIND OF 14:19.800 --> 14:24.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% PUSH IT, USE THE BULLY PULPIT, 14:22.233 --> 14:25.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% AND AGAIN WE'RE STILL WAITING, 14:24.300 --> 14:26.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING 14:25.300 --> 14:27.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% RIGHT NOW THAT LOOKS LIKE 14:26.766 --> 14:28.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM COMING 14:27.700 --> 14:29.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% OUT OF OF THE LEGISLATURE AT 14:28.966 --> 14:31.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:27.5% THIS POINT. 14:29.500 --> 14:32.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% >> Deborah: IT WOULD BE A 14:31.366 --> 14:33.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% SIGNIFICANT RESTRUCTURING THINGS 14:32.500 --> 14:36.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% LOOK THE PAROLE SYSTEM, THE 14:33.466 --> 14:36.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% PENAL CODE, THE REENTRY, ALL OF 14:36.333 --> 14:40.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% THAT. 14:36.633 --> 14:41.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% IT WOULD TAKE A MAJOR OVERHAUL. 14:40.466 --> 14:42.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THE 14:41.466 --> 14:43.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:35% WILL FOR THAT. 14:42.166 --> 14:46.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:45% >> John: IT WOULD. 14:43.400 --> 14:47.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% THIS ISN'T SOMETHING YOU DO A 14:46.300 --> 14:49.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% DAY 30 OF THE 60-DAY SESSION. 14:47.466 --> 14:49.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THIS IS WHAT YOU DO THE SPRING 14:49.100 --> 14:51.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:17.5% BEFORE. 14:49.633 --> 14:53.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% YOU GET EVERYBODY COMFORTABLE 14:51.333 --> 14:54.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% AND GET THEM ONBOARD AND 14:53.033 --> 14:55.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% CONVINCE THEM ALL HECK ISN'T 14:54.333 --> 14:57.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% GOING TO BREAK LOOSE IF YOU GET 14:55.966 --> 14:58.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% SMARTER ABOUT HOW YOU HANDLE 14:57.766 --> 15:00.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:35% INCARCERATION. 14:58.500 --> 15:00.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% JUST A WAY OF EXAMPLE, BY THE 15:00.066 --> 15:02.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% WAY, THE THE DEPARTMENT OF 15:00.866 --> 15:03.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% CORRECTIONS SENT OUTS A NEWS 15:02.366 --> 15:05.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% RELEASE THIS EVENING SAYING IT'S 15:03.133 --> 15:06.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% GOING TO SHUT DOWN THE BELL 15:05.200 --> 15:08.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% COUNTY JAIL BECAUSE THEIR SMOKE 15:06.600 --> 15:10.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% REMOVAL SYSTEM IS UNSAFE, IT'S A 15:08.800 --> 15:12.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% FIRE SAFETY THING, AND WE LOOKED 15:10.266 --> 15:15.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% UP THE NUMBERS OUT OF CURIOSITY, 15:12.466 --> 15:17.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% IT'S A 59 BED JAIL THAT'S GOT 15:15.366 --> 15:18.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% ABOUT 130-SOMETHING PEOPLE 15:17.000 --> 15:20.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:17.5% PEOPLE. 15:18.300 --> 15:22.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% IT'S 200% OF CAPACITY AND IT'S 15:20.300 --> 15:23.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% HOLDINGS STATE INMATES SERVING 15:22.333 --> 15:25.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:30% FELONY TIME. 15:23.233 --> 15:26.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THESE PEOPLE ARE DOING YEARS IN 15:25.033 --> 15:28.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THE BELL COUNTY JAIL WHICH HAS 15:26.833 --> 15:29.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% TWO AND A HALF TIMES AS MANY 15:28.166 --> 15:32.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% PEOPLE IN IT THAT'S GOING ON ALL 15:29.366 --> 15:34.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% OVER THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. 15:32.433 --> 15:34.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% GOVERNOR BESHEAR IS POWERLESS TO 15:34.200 --> 15:36.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:20% STOP IT. 15:34.933 --> 15:37.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% >> Bill: WE TALKED ABOUT 1% 15:36.533 --> 15:39.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR HIGHER 15:37.866 --> 15:41.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% EDUCATION BUT THE REGIONAL 15:39.066 --> 15:44.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% UNIVERSITIES AND THESE 15:41.766 --> 15:46.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% QUASI-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES ALL 15:44.366 --> 15:47.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% FACE PENSION SITUATIONS AND BIG 15:46.500 --> 15:49.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% DECISIONS RIGHT NOW AND SOME BIG 15:47.800 --> 15:49.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% NUMBERS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO 15:49.000 --> 15:50.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:25% WORK WITH. 15:49.600 --> 15:52.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% >> Deborah: YOU'RE TALKING 15:50.366 --> 15:53.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM A MAJOR 15:52.033 --> 15:56.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES ON DOWN TO 15:53.766 --> 15:57.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% LIKE THE INDIVIDUAL DOMESTIC 15:56.233 --> 15:58.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% VIOLENCE SHELTERS AND THE 15:57.600 --> 15:58.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:57.5% COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH 15:58.600 --> 16:01.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:22.5% AGENCIES. 15:58.966 --> 16:02.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% OFF THEM DON'T HAVE A MAGIC WAY 16:01.033 --> 16:04.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% TO GO OUT AND RAISE MONEY. 16:02.400 --> 16:05.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THEY RELY ON THEIR STATE MONEY, 16:04.333 --> 16:06.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% WHATEVER THEY CAN BILL FOR 16:05.733 --> 16:07.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:22.5% SERVICES. 16:06.100 --> 16:10.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% >> John: THEY WERE LOOKING A 16:07.033 --> 16:12.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% JUMP FROM 49% OF THEIR PAYROLL 16:10.066 --> 16:14.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% AS A PENSION CONTRIBUTION RATE 16:12.266 --> 16:15.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% TO 93% CAN WHEN CHARITABLE 16:14.433 --> 16:15.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% ORGANIZATIONS A LOT OF COUNTY 16:15.133 --> 16:18.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% HEALTH DEPARTMENTS SAID WE'RE 16:15.933 --> 16:18.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:57.5% GOING TO HAVE TO CLOSE. 16:18.100 --> 16:19.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% WE'RE ALREADY CURRENT SERIOUS 16:18.800 --> 16:20.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% JOBS. 16:19.133 --> 16:22.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% SO GOVERNOR BESHEAR TRIED TO 16:20.033 --> 16:22.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% OFFER THEM A COMPROMISE IN HIS 16:22.133 --> 16:25.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:17.5% BUDGET. 16:22.466 --> 16:26.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% HE SAID, I'LL CAP, STINNED 16:25.233 --> 16:29.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% SEVEN-DAY FORECAST YOU JUMPING 16:26.300 --> 16:29.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% FROM 49% TO 93%, I'LL MEET YOU 16:29.300 --> 16:31.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:20% HALFWAY. 16:29.633 --> 16:33.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% I'LL CAUGHT UP 67% OF YOUR 16:31.833 --> 16:35.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% PAYROLL WHICH IS STILL VERY 16:33.833 --> 16:36.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% HEFTY, AND I'LL THROW IN A 16:35.466 --> 16:37.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:32.5% LITTLE EXTRA. 16:36.466 --> 16:39.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% SO KENTUCKY RETIREMENT SYSTEMS 16:37.566 --> 16:43.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% WON'T GET THE 93% BUT IT WILL 16:39.400 --> 16:44.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% GET THE 84 CONTRIBUTION RATE. 16:43.500 --> 16:46.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% IT'S A LOT OF NUMBERS. 16:44.400 --> 16:47.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% I KNOW IT'S COMPLICATED. 16:46.233 --> 16:48.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% ESSENTIALLY I WILL SUBSIDIZE THE 16:47.833 --> 16:52.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES AND THESE 16:48.966 --> 16:55.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% COUNTY DEPARTMENTS, THESE OTHER 16:52.966 --> 16:56.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:57.5% SO-CALLED QUASI-USUALLY 16:55.233 --> 16:57.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. 16:56.100 --> 16:59.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% THAT'S MY WAY OF HELPING YOU. 16:57.600 --> 17:00.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% THE DOWNSIDE AS WE DISCOVERED 16:59.600 --> 17:02.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% THURSDAY, THE KENTUCKY 17:00.800 --> 17:03.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% RETIREMENT SYSTEM'S DIRECTOR 17:02.033 --> 17:04.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% TESTIFIED AND SAID THAT MEANS 17:03.733 --> 17:06.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% WE'RE GOING TO BE SHORT TENS OF 17:04.700 --> 17:06.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT WE WERE 17:06.233 --> 17:08.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:25% EXPECTING. 17:06.600 --> 17:09.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% THAT MEANS YOU'RE NOT MAKING THE 17:08.366 --> 17:10.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% FULL PENSION PAYMENT YOU SAID 17:09.866 --> 17:13.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:40% WERE YOU MAKING. 17:10.466 --> 17:14.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE HEMMED AND 17:13.400 --> 17:16.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% HUD WITH US WHEN HE ASKED HIM. 17:14.700 --> 17:16.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:32.5% THAT'S RIGHT. 17:16.033 --> 17:19.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% WE'LL BE $25 MILLION SHORT A 17:16.700 --> 17:20.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% YEAR OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, 17:19.266 --> 17:22.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:45% $50 MILLION TOTAL. 17:20.233 --> 17:23.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% >> Bill: BUT ALSO MINUTES OUT 17:22.100 --> 17:23.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% HE'S PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO 17:23.166 --> 17:24.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:7.5% IT. 17:23.466 --> 17:25.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% >> John: YEAH, IT'S BETTER 17:24.300 --> 17:26.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% THAN IT WAS THIS YEAR. 17:25.300 --> 17:28.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% SO IT'S $50 MILLION SHORT OVER 17:26.800 --> 17:31.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% TWO YEARS, BUT IN THE GOVERNOR'S 17:28.433 --> 17:32.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% DEFENSE, IF WE ASK THESE QUASIS 17:31.133 --> 17:33.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% TO GIVE EVERYTHING, SOME OF THEM 17:32.333 --> 17:35.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% ARE JUST GOING TO COLLAPSE, SO 17:33.600 --> 17:36.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% THIS IS A NO-WIN SCENARIO. 17:35.533 --> 17:40.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% >> Bill: TRANSPORTATION. 17:36.766 --> 17:42.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% MARCUS, ISSUES WERE MENTIONED. 17:40.500 --> 17:44.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% WERE THEY CONFRONTED HEAD-ON 17:42.500 --> 17:44.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% UNDER THE GOVERNOR'S PLAN? 17:44.033 --> 17:46.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% >> Marcus: WELL, THE GOVERNOR 17:44.733 --> 17:48.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% DID RELEASE HIS HIGHWAY PLAN. 17:46.133 --> 17:49.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THIS IS THE MAIN ROAD SPENDING 17:48.233 --> 17:51.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:22.5% DOCUMENT. 17:49.000 --> 17:53.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% IT NOW IS GOING TO GO INTO THE 17:51.666 --> 17:54.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% LEGISLATURE FOR THEIR TAKE AND 17:53.500 --> 17:56.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% ULTIMATELY CRAFT SOMETHING THAT 17:54.300 --> 17:57.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% WILL GOVERNING HOW THE NEXT 17:56.200 --> 17:58.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:47.5% COUPLE OF YEARS GO. 17:57.200 --> 18:00.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% BUT THE BIG QUESTION, I THINK, 17:58.833 --> 18:01.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE IS WHAT IS 18:00.200 --> 18:02.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE GAS TAX 18:01.900 --> 18:04.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% AND WHETHER OR NOT THE 18:02.833 --> 18:06.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% LEGISLATURE OR THE GOVERNOR WILL 18:04.633 --> 18:07.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% COME OUT IN SUPPORT OF RAISING 18:06.033 --> 18:09.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% THE GAS TAX AND DOING OTHER 18:07.933 --> 18:11.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:57.5% TYPES OF TRANSPORTATION 18:09.866 --> 18:13.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% MODERNIZATIONS, AS IT'S CALLED, 18:11.166 --> 18:14.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% CHANGING THE MAIN FORMULA THAT 18:13.466 --> 18:16.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% ADDRESSES HOW RURAL AND URBAN 18:14.800 --> 18:17.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% AREAS GET THEIR FUNDING. 18:16.300 --> 18:20.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THE GOVERNOR'S NOT COME OUT AND 18:17.500 --> 18:22.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% TAKEN A POSITION ON THE GAS TAX, 18:20.400 --> 18:23.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% AND I THINK THE ELEPHANT IN THE 18:22.466 --> 18:24.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% ROOM RIGHT NOW IS A BILL, SENATE 18:23.433 --> 18:27.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% BILL 4 WHICH IS A BILL THAT 18:24.833 --> 18:28.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% WOULD OVERHAUL HOW THE GOVERNOR 18:27.566 --> 18:28.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% APPOINTS A TRANSPORTATION 18:28.566 --> 18:32.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:25% SECRETARY. 18:28.933 --> 18:34.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% THIS IS BALE SPONSORED BY 18:32.600 --> 18:36.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:47.5% SENATOR STIVERS AND 18:34.800 --> 18:37.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% SENATOR ERNIE HARRIS, 18:36.300 --> 18:39.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% SENATOR JIMMY HIGDON. 18:37.733 --> 18:40.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% THIS BILL WOULD ESSENTIALLY 18:39.433 --> 18:42.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% CREATE A BOARD CALLED THE 18:40.833 --> 18:44.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% TRANSPORTATION BOARD, AND THAT 18:42.433 --> 18:45.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% BOARD WOULD PRODUCE NOMINATIONS 18:44.066 --> 18:47.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% AND THE GOVERNOR WOULD HAVE TO 18:45.300 --> 18:48.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% CHOOSE AMONG THOSE NOMINEES WHO 18:47.600 --> 18:49.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% THE TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY 18:48.300 --> 18:51.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% WOULD BE, AND THAT BOARD WOULD 18:49.400 --> 18:52.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% ALSO HAVE CONTROL OVER THE FIRST 18:51.133 --> 18:53.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% DRAFT OF THE HIGHWAY PLAN. 18:52.733 --> 18:54.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% SO ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE GOING 18:53.733 --> 18:56.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:50% TO HAVE TO PLAY OUT. 18:54.533 --> 18:57.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHERE THIS 18:56.033 --> 19:01.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% BILL GOES, BUT THE GOVERNOR'S 18:57.800 --> 19:04.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% PLAN AS IT STANDS REALLY 19:01.066 --> 19:05.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% EMPHASIZE HEADS RURAL ROADS, I. 19:04.766 --> 19:07.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% EMPHASIZES GUARDRAILS AND STATE 19:05.500 --> 19:08.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% OF REPAIRS, THE MOUNTAIN 19:07.000 --> 19:11.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% EXPANSION IN EASTERN KENTUCKY 19:08.000 --> 19:12.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% AND PROVIDES MONEY FOR THE I69 19:11.933 --> 19:13.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% BRIDGE BETWEEN COMMANDERS 19:12.566 --> 19:14.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% EVANSVILLE, INDIANA, TO CONTINUE 19:13.733 --> 19:15.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:15% ALONG. 19:14.033 --> 19:17.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% IT DOESN'T FUND IT BUT IT ALLOWS 19:15.633 --> 19:18.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% IT TO CONTINUE TOWARDS 19:17.366 --> 19:20.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% ULTIMATELY A FINANCING PLAN 19:18.266 --> 19:22.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% THAT'LL ALLOW THAT PROJECT TO 19:20.300 --> 19:23.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:32.5% MOVE FORWARD. 19:22.266 --> 19:24.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% >> Bill: AND AS MUCH AS WANT 19:23.100 --> 19:25.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% HAD TO PLAN TRANSPORTATION 19:24.100 --> 19:26.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% PROJECTS THINGSING HAPPEN. 19:25.766 --> 19:29.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% CELLULAR EARLIER THIS WEEK WE 19:26.900 --> 19:31.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% DIDN'T KNOW WHEN THE I275 BARGE 19:29.833 --> 19:33.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% WAS STRUCK BY A BARGE ON THE 19:31.766 --> 19:33.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% WHOA RIVER WHAT EXPENSE WILL 19:33.300 --> 19:35.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:7.5% BE. 19:33.566 --> 19:37.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% FORTUNATELY THAT WAS MINIMAL. 19:35.366 --> 19:38.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% BUT WE HAD THE SITUATION IN 19:37.200 --> 19:39.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% LOUISVILLE A LITTLE BAG, THE 19:38.866 --> 19:41.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:32.5% FERRY BRIDGE. 19:39.466 --> 19:42.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% YOU CAN HAVE AN EARTHQUAKE 19:41.766 --> 19:45.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:25% SITUATION. 19:42.266 --> 19:45.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% TRANSPORTATION COSTS CAN QUICKLY 19:45.066 --> 19:45.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% RISE. 19:45.366 --> 19:48.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:42.5% >> Marcus: RIGHT. 19:45.866 --> 19:49.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% AND AGAINST THAT BACKDROP IS A 19:48.066 --> 19:52.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% MAJOR NEW CHANGE THIS FISCAL 19:49.266 --> 19:53.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% YEAR WHICH IS KENTUCKY HAS LOST 19:52.000 --> 19:54.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% WHAT ARE CALLED TOLL CREDITS. 19:53.800 --> 19:55.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THIS ISN'T REAL MONEY BUT THIS 19:54.866 --> 19:57.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% IS MONEY THAT THE STATE'S BEEN 19:55.933 --> 19:58.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% ABLE TO USE AS A MATCH FOR 19:57.633 --> 20:01.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% FEDERAL PROJECTS IN THE PAST, 19:58.633 --> 20:01.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% AND THAT MONEY HAS FINALLY 20:01.000 --> 20:04.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:17.5% DRAPED. 20:01.333 --> 20:08.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% KENTUCKY'S A LAMONT HAS DRAPED. 20:04.400 --> 20:10.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% NOW KENTUCKY IS GOING OVER USE 20:08.400 --> 20:10.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% STAGNANT FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR ITS 20:10.133 --> 20:11.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:15% MATCH. 20:10.433 --> 20:13.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% >> Bill: ARE WE GOING TO MAKE 20:11.433 --> 20:16.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% THE ON THE REAL IDs BY THIS 20:13.866 --> 20:16.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% NEW DEADLINE OF THIS YEAR? 20:16.000 --> 20:18.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% >> Marcus: I ONLY GET THAT 20:16.766 --> 20:19.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% QUESTION ABOUT 500 TIMES A DAY, 20:18.366 --> 20:21.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% SO RIGHT NOW THE STATE DOES HAVE 20:19.300 --> 20:22.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% TO GET IT DONE BY OCTOBER THE 20:21.000 --> 20:25.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% 1st AND THE TRANSPORTATION 20:22.833 --> 20:25.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% CABINET IS OVERSEEING THAT 20:25.033 --> 20:26.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:22.5% ROLL-OUT. 20:25.900 --> 20:28.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% I DON'T KNOW WHEN JEFFERSON 20:26.566 --> 20:29.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% COUNTY IS GOING TO GET THEIRS. 20:28.600 --> 20:31.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% >> Bill: LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME 20:29.666 --> 20:32.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% OTHER OFF-THE-BUDGET TOPICS A 20:31.766 --> 20:33.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:10% BIT. 20:32.366 --> 20:35.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% DEBBIE, THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS 20:33.500 --> 20:36.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% WANT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF 20:35.700 --> 20:37.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION WHERE 20:36.733 --> 20:38.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% KENTUCKY RANKS VERY LOW. 20:37.600 --> 20:39.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% >> Deborah: YEAH, THAT'S AN 20:38.933 --> 20:40.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% INTERESTING STATISTIC. 20:39.733 --> 20:42.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:37.5% WE DO RANK LOW. 20:40.733 --> 20:43.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% ON THE OTHER HAND, AS FOLKS ON 20:42.033 --> 20:45.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THE OTHER SIDE WILL POINT OUT, 20:43.466 --> 20:48.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% IT HAS TO DO WITH NUMBER OF 20:45.966 --> 20:48.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% ELDERLY, DISABLED, AND AGING 20:48.166 --> 20:50.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% POPULATION, AND AS WELL AS 20:48.866 --> 20:50.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% STUDENTS AND OTHERS WHO CAN'T 20:50.500 --> 20:52.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% WORK. 20:50.800 --> 20:54.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON WE DO 20:52.600 --> 20:54.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% HAVE A LOWER WORKFORCE 20:54.233 --> 20:55.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:35% PARTICIPATION. 20:54.666 --> 20:57.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% THEY'D LIKE TO SEE MORE IN. 20:55.833 --> 21:00.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% SO THEY CAME UP WITH HOUSE 20:57.533 --> 21:01.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% BILL 1 WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO 21:00.333 --> 21:03.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:50% PROVIDE SUPPORTS AND 21:01.333 --> 21:04.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% ENCOURAGEMENT FOR PEOPLE TO GET 21:03.333 --> 21:06.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:47.5% INTO THE WORKFORCE. 21:04.866 --> 21:09.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% THIS FOLLOWS A YEAR-LONG OR 21:06.866 --> 21:10.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% SIX-MONTH SERIES OF MEETINGS ON 21:09.100 --> 21:11.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE REFORM 21:10.300 --> 21:12.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% TASK FORCE THEY CREATED WHICH 21:11.500 --> 21:14.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THEY HEARD FROM FOLKS ALL OVER 21:12.800 --> 21:15.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% THE STATE, AND I THINK WERE 21:14.700 --> 21:17.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% SURPRISED TO REALIZE THAT A LOT 21:15.633 --> 21:19.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% OF PEOPLE WERE WORKING BUT ARE 21:17.133 --> 21:20.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% IN SITUATIONS WHERE THEY CAN'T 21:19.033 --> 21:21.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% WORK MORE HOURS OR THEY LOSE 21:20.466 --> 21:22.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THEIR FOOD STAMPS OR THEY LOSE 21:21.666 --> 21:24.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THEIR HEALTH CARE, AND SO THIS 21:22.966 --> 21:25.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% BILL ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS WHAT'S 21:24.300 --> 21:27.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% CALLED THE BENEFITS CLIFF SO YOU 21:25.966 --> 21:28.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% DON'T FALL OFF THE CLIFF AS SOON 21:27.000 --> 21:29.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% AS YOU MAKE A LITTLE MORE MONEY 21:28.200 --> 21:30.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% OR TAKE A BETTER JOB. 21:29.833 --> 21:32.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% >> Bill: THAT'S THE PRIORITY 21:30.933 --> 21:35.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:45% BILL IN THE HOUSE. 21:32.733 --> 21:36.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% JOHN, KENTUCKY HOUSE VOTED TO 21:35.433 --> 21:38.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% STRENGTHEN THE LEGISLATIVE 21:36.066 --> 21:38.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% ETHICS CODE BY ADDING SEXUAL 21:38.266 --> 21:39.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:27.5% HARASSMENT. 21:38.666 --> 21:41.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:32.5% >> John: YES. 21:39.100 --> 21:42.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:47.5% THIS IS THE BILL BY 21:41.000 --> 21:43.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% REPRESENTATIVE KIMBERLY MOSER. 21:42.133 --> 21:44.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% IT CAME OUT OF YOU THE HOUSE 21:43.933 --> 21:45.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:15% TODAY. 21:44.933 --> 21:46.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% THE LEGISLATIVE ETHICS 21:45.533 --> 21:48.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% COMMISSION WOULD GET THE 21:46.166 --> 21:50.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% AUTHORITY TO OVERSEE CASES OF 21:48.266 --> 21:51.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% SEXUAL DISCRIMINATION, SEXUAL 21:50.400 --> 21:52.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% HARASSMENT INVOLVING LAWMAKERS, 21:51.466 --> 21:53.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE STAFF 21:52.366 --> 21:54.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% AND BE LOBBYISTS, AS I 21:53.700 --> 21:56.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:35% UNDERSTAND IT. 21:54.300 --> 21:58.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO THE HOUSE 21:56.933 --> 22:01.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% SEXUAL HARASSMENT SCANDAL WE SAW 21:58.233 --> 22:03.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% A FEW YEARS AGO UNFORTUNATELY. 22:01.733 --> 22:04.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% AND IT GOES TO THE SENATE NOW 22:03.333 --> 22:06.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:42.5% FOR ACTION THERE. 22:04.800 --> 22:08.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% >> Bill: THE HEMP INDUSTRY HAS 22:06.066 --> 22:11.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% HAD A LOT TO CELEBRATE IN RECENT 22:08.166 --> 22:13.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% YEARS, INCLUDING THE NATIONWIDE 22:11.600 --> 22:15.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% LEGALIZATION, WHICH WAS REALLY 22:13.400 --> 22:16.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% THE PUSH WAS STARTED HERE IN 22:15.100 --> 22:17.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% KENTUCKY, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN 22:16.433 --> 22:19.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% THERE ARE SOME REAL CONCERNS 22:17.933 --> 22:19.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:57.5% ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE 22:19.233 --> 22:20.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:22.5% INDUSTRY. 22:19.600 --> 22:22.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:47.5% >> John: THERE ARE. 22:20.133 --> 22:24.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% WE HAD TWO COMPANIES, JENN 22:22.266 --> 22:26.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% CANADA AND WINCHESTER, AND THE 22:24.500 --> 22:28.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% OWNER OF SUNDSTRAND IN 22:26.000 --> 22:30.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% LOUISVILLE WHO BOTH WOUND UP IN 22:28.833 --> 22:31.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:50% BANKRUPTS THEY WEEK. 22:30.033 --> 22:33.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% DIFFERENT SETS OF PROBLEMS BUT 22:31.533 --> 22:34.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% BOTH CAME DOWN TO CASH FLOW 22:33.133 --> 22:37.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% ISSUES, DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY 22:34.466 --> 22:38.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:47.5% TO PAY THEIR BILLS. 22:37.466 --> 22:41.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE AT 22:38.900 --> 22:44.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% THE SAME TIME THIS LAST WEEK 22:41.100 --> 22:48.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% GOVERNOR BESHEAR OVERSHAW GIVING 22:44.033 --> 22:49.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% $1 MILLION TO YET ANOTHER -- 22:48.333 --> 22:50.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% HEMP INDUSTRY BEEN HERE IN 22:49.666 --> 22:52.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:22.5% KENTUCKY. 22:50.066 --> 22:54.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. 22:52.566 --> 22:55.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% BUT THE HEMP FARMERS SEEM TO BE 22:54.133 --> 22:58.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% SORT OF STRUGGLING TO FIND 22:55.900 --> 22:58.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% ENOUGH PLACES TO GIVE THEIR 22:58.133 --> 22:59.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:15% CROPS. 22:58.433 --> 23:00.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% WRITE-IN QUARLES, THE 22:59.233 --> 23:02.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER, MET 23:00.566 --> 23:04.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% WITH THE FDA IN WASHINGTON AND 23:02.100 --> 23:07.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% SORT OF BEGGED THEM TO CREATE A 23:04.333 --> 23:09.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR HEMP 23:07.766 --> 23:10.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% PROCESSING, AND CREATE SOME 23:09.066 --> 23:12.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% CERTAINTY IN THIS MARKET. 23:10.666 --> 23:14.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% LAST NOVEMBER THE FDA HAD ISSUED 23:12.266 --> 23:17.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% A WARNING LETTER AND TOLD 23:14.600 --> 23:20.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% AMERICANS YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL 23:17.766 --> 23:22.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% CONSUMING FDA FOOD PRODUCT, YOU 23:20.566 --> 23:23.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% NEED TO BE BEWARE OF THE SOME OF 23:22.266 --> 23:25.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THE HYPE OF CBD THAT YOU SEE IN 23:23.766 --> 23:27.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% THE STORES AND ALL THE 23:25.700 --> 23:28.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% ADVERTISEMENTS BECAUSE THEY SAID 23:27.600 --> 23:30.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THEATRE REALLY REGULATING THIS 23:28.500 --> 23:31.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% AND IT'S THE WILD WEST, AND THAT 23:30.233 --> 23:32.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% COOLED OFF COMPANIES BIKE 23:31.433 --> 23:34.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% STARBUCKS AND PEPS COTHAT WERE 23:32.933 --> 23:36.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% THINKING OF GETTING INTO CBD AND 23:34.766 --> 23:39.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:45% GETTING INTO HEMP. 23:36.966 --> 23:41.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:42.5% >> Bill: LENDERS. 23:39.066 --> 23:42.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% >> John: IT'S EARLY DAYS FOR 23:41.000 --> 23:43.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% HEMP, AND I LOT OF FARMERS ARE 23:42.233 --> 23:44.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% SITTING ON BIG BATCHES OF CROP 23:43.733 --> 23:46.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% AND HAVING A HARD TIME SELLING 23:44.833 --> 23:48.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% IT NOW SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO 23:46.566 --> 23:51.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% SEE HOW THIS SHAKES OUT. 23:48.266 --> 23:52.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% >> Bill: KENTUCKY BEFORE A NEW 23:51.033 --> 23:57.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% HEALTH INJURIES DR. STEVEN STACK 23:52.533 --> 23:58.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% WHO ONCEDDED UP THE AMERICAN 23:57.300 --> 23:58.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% HEALTH SPONTANEOUS WE HAVE HAD A 23:58.033 --> 24:00.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:50% MAJOR FLU SEASON AND 23:58.833 --> 24:02.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:30% CORONAVIRUS. 24:00.100 --> 24:03.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% HEAL HE'LL HAVE A LOT ON HIS 24:02.333 --> 24:04.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:45% PLATE IMMEDIATELY. 24:03.233 --> 24:05.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% DEBBIE, FINALLY, FINALLY THERE 24:04.133 --> 24:07.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% IS ENCOURAGING NEWS ABOUT 24:05.633 --> 24:08.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% OVERDOSE DEATHS AND EVEN AN 24:07.266 --> 24:10.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% INDICATION THAT AT LEAST 24:08.966 --> 24:12.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% NATIONALLY LIFE EXPECTANCY IS 24:10.300 --> 24:13.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% ONCE AGAIN STARTING TO LENGTHY. 24:12.833 --> 24:17.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% >> Deborah: YES, AFTER SEVERAL 24:13.933 --> 24:19.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% ALARMING YEARS OF DECLINE, LIFE 24:17.033 --> 24:21.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% EXPECTTY THEY CAME OUT WITH 24:19.266 --> 24:22.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% STATISTICS THIS MONTH OR LAST 24:21.066 --> 24:24.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% MONTH THAT CANCER DEATHS ARE 24:22.900 --> 24:25.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% DECREASING AND OVERDOSE DEATHS 24:24.166 --> 24:27.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% ARE DECREASING, WHICH IS LEADING 24:25.633 --> 24:29.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% TO A SLIGHT INCREASE IN LIFE 24:27.600 --> 24:29.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% EXPECTANCY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 24:29.133 --> 24:30.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:35% SEVERAL YEARS. 24:29.866 --> 24:32.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:50% >> Bill: THE BESHEAR 24:30.866 --> 24:33.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% ADMINISTRATION HAS APPROVED 24:32.700 --> 24:35.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% PLANNED PARENTHOOD'S ABORTION 24:33.966 --> 24:35.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% CLINIC APPLICATION IN 24:35.166 --> 24:37.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:27.5% LOUISVILLE. 24:35.566 --> 24:39.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% >> Deborah: YES, THAT WAS A 24:37.500 --> 24:40.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% FOUR-YEAR BATTLE WITH THE BEVIN 24:39.300 --> 24:42.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% ADMINISTRATION WHO DECLINED TO 24:40.700 --> 24:43.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% APPROVE THEIR LICENSE TO PROVIDE 24:42.033 --> 24:45.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% ABORTIONS IN KENTUCKY, AND TODAY 24:43.933 --> 24:47.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% WE LENDER THE BESHEAR 24:45.966 --> 24:49.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% ADMINISTRATION HAS REAPPROVED 24:47.866 --> 24:53.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% THEIR LICENSE TO BEGIN GIVING 24:49.966 --> 24:54.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% ABORTIONS WHICH WOULD KENTUCKY. 24:53.166 --> 24:55.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% >> Bill: WE HAVE MAJOR PLAYERS 24:54.233 --> 24:57.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% IN WASHINGTON AND U.S. SENATOR 24:55.766 --> 24:59.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% MITCH McCONNELL AND SENATOR 24:57.466 --> 25:01.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% RAND PAUL, AND THE IMPEACHMENT 24:59.566 --> 25:03.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% TRIAL OF PRESIDENT TRUMP APPEARS 25:01.066 --> 25:05.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% TO BE HEADED TOWARD A CONCLUSION 25:03.366 --> 25:06.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% WEDNESDAY AT THIS POINT. 25:05.466 --> 25:08.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% McCONNELL HOPING TO STEER 25:06.500 --> 25:09.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% THINGS TO A FAST CONCLUSION 25:08.800 --> 25:11.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:15% THERE. 25:09.300 --> 25:13.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% SENATOR PAUL STORMED OUT OF THE 25:11.333 --> 25:14.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% CHAMBER AFTER CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN 25:13.666 --> 25:16.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% REPORTS, DECLINED TO READ HIS 25:14.633 --> 25:18.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% QUESTION THAT WOULD HAVE 25:16.366 --> 25:18.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% REVEALED WHO THE WHISTLE BLOWER 25:18.566 --> 25:19.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:10% WAS. 25:18.900 --> 25:21.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:45% >> Deborah: TWICE. 25:19.433 --> 25:22.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% >> Bill: IT WASN'T AIN'TING 25:21.100 --> 25:23.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:42.5% WEEK RIGHT THERE. 25:22.000 --> 25:24.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:47.5% FORTNIGHT VIOLENCE. 25:23.400 --> 25:27.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% THE KENTUCKY ATHLETICS 25:24.866 --> 25:29.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% ASSOCIATION BANNED FORTNIGHT 25:27.733 --> 25:29.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% FROM BEING PLAYED COMPETITIVE IN 25:29.266 --> 25:31.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:20% SCHOOLS. 25:29.600 --> 25:33.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% GAMING IS BIG NOW AND 25:31.466 --> 25:34.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% COMMISSIONER YOU'LL JAN TACKETT 25:33.466 --> 25:36.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% SAID THERE'S TOO MUCH VIOLENCE 25:34.200 --> 25:37.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% AND NO PLACE FOR SHOOTER GAMES 25:36.700 --> 25:39.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% IN SCHOOLS, WHICH WAS AN 25:37.933 --> 25:41.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT THERE. 25:39.700 --> 25:42.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% BRADY INDUSTRIES, QUICKLY, SOME 25:41.933 --> 25:45.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:57.5% NEW DEVELOPMENTS THERE. 25:42.866 --> 25:46.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:57.5% >> Deborah: THE COMPANY 25:45.266 --> 25:48.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% ANNOUNCED THAT CRAIG BUSHARD, 25:46.666 --> 25:49.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% THE CEO OF THE COMPANY, HAD 25:48.366 --> 25:50.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% STEPPED DOWN AS CEO AND CHAIRMAN 25:49.533 --> 25:52.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:32.5% OF THE BOARD. 25:50.033 --> 25:55.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THIS IS THE PROJECT ON EASTERN 25:52.000 --> 25:56.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% ASHLAND AREA TO CREATE A BIG 25:55.633 --> 25:57.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% ALUMINUM MILL THAT STARTED UP 25:56.733 --> 25:59.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% BEVIN ADMINISTRATION. 25:57.300 --> 26:00.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% BUSHARD WHO WAS SET ON SOME 25:59.166 --> 26:01.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT COMING BACK 26:00.433 --> 26:02.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% TO THE UNITED STATES ANNOUNCED 26:01.133 --> 26:05.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% WHEN HE ARRIVED THAT HE IN FACT 26:02.566 --> 26:06.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% HAD NOT RESIGNED AND HE WAS 26:05.833 --> 26:06.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% STILL YO AND CHAIRMAN OF THE 26:06.500 --> 26:11.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:15% BOARD. 26:06.800 --> 26:13.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% >> Bill: AND WELL, KENTUCKY 26:11.533 --> 26:16.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% NATIVE LOWER ET CETERA A LYNN 26:13.333 --> 26:18.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% THE COAL MINE AREAS DAUGHTER 26:16.100 --> 26:19.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% SAID COUNTRY MUSIC IS DEAD. 26:18.066 --> 26:21.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THE 87-YEAR-OLD LYNN SAID EVERY 26:19.766 --> 26:23.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% TYPE OF MUSIC SHOULD BE SAVED, 26:21.766 --> 26:25.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% AND SHE SAID "KEEPING IT COUNTRY 26:23.300 --> 26:26.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% WILL KEEP THE FANS LISTENING." 26:25.700 --> 26:28.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% STAY TUNED IMMEDIATELY AFTER 26:26.933 --> 26:29.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:57.5% COMMENT OR "LEGISLATIVE 26:28.833 --> 26:32.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:20% UPDATE." 26:29.766 --> 26:33.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% AND TUNE IN MONDAY A 8, 7:00 26:32.566 --> 26:35.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% CENTRAL FOR "KENTUCKY TONIGHT." 26:33.633 --> 26:37.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% RENEE SHAW WILL HOST A 26:35.200 --> 26:37.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% DISCUSSION ON BOATERS SPORTS