1 00:00:11,966 --> 00:00:14,366 >> Bill: KENTUCKIANS GATHER 2 00:00:13,300 --> 00:00:16,233 FOR THANKSGIVING AND REFLECT ON 3 00:00:14,366 --> 00:00:18,233 A YEAR OF UPS AND DOWNS. 4 00:00:16,233 --> 00:00:20,733 COVID TAKES AN AWFUL TOLL 5 00:00:18,233 --> 00:00:21,066 DESPITE A REBUS VACCINATION 6 00:00:20,733 --> 00:00:22,733 EFFORT. 7 00:00:21,066 --> 00:00:23,700 KENTUCKY SEES RECORD ECONOMIC 8 00:00:22,733 --> 00:00:26,766 DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND 9 00:00:23,700 --> 00:00:28,000 REVENUE IS COMING IN STRONG. 10 00:00:26,766 --> 00:00:31,500 EYES TURN TOWARD HOLIDAY 11 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:32,633 SHOPPING AND A BUSY 2022 ON THE 12 00:00:31,500 --> 00:00:34,300 HORIZON IN FRANKFORT. 13 00:00:32,633 --> 00:00:35,400 GRAB SOME LEFTOVERS AND MAYBE 14 00:00:34,300 --> 00:00:37,700 YOUR FAVORITE CHAIR. 15 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:37,700 "COMMENT" IS NEXT ON KET. 16 00:00:52,666 --> 00:00:57,533 GOOD EVENING. I'M BILL BRYANT, 17 00:00:54,700 --> 00:00:58,933 AND WE WELCOME 18 00:00:57,533 --> 00:01:01,666 YOU TO A SPECIAL THINKING OF 19 00:00:58,933 --> 00:01:02,033 WEEKEND EDITION OF "COMMENT ON 20 00:01:01,666 --> 00:01:03,066 KENTUCKY." 21 00:01:02,033 --> 00:01:03,866 WE'LL LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE 22 00:01:03,066 --> 00:01:05,733 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR AND TAKE 23 00:01:03,866 --> 00:01:09,333 A PEEK AT WHAT'S AHEAD RIGHT 24 00:01:05,733 --> 00:01:12,033 AFTER THE HOLIDAYS. THE GUESTS 25 00:01:09,333 --> 00:01:13,700 ON OUR PANEL OF WORKING KENTUCKS 26 00:01:12,033 --> 00:01:14,866 FOR OUR PROGRAM TONIGHT are: 27 00:01:13,700 --> 00:01:16,366 RYLAND BARTON, CAPITOL BUREAU 28 00:01:14,866 --> 00:01:17,700 CHIEF FOR KENTUCKY PUBLIC RADIO 29 00:01:16,366 --> 00:01:19,466 WITH STATIONS IN MURRAY, BOWLIN 30 00:01:17,700 --> 00:01:21,100 GREEN, LOUISVILLE AND RICHMOND. 31 00:01:19,466 --> 00:01:22,900 ALEX ACQUISTO, REPORTER FOR THE 32 00:01:21,100 --> 00:01:23,833 LEXINGTON-HERALD LEADER. AND 33 00:01:22,900 --> 00:01:27,266 LAWRENCE SMITH, REPORTER FOR 34 00:01:23,833 --> 00:01:29,866 WDRB IN LOUISVILLE. 35 00:01:27,266 --> 00:01:31,000 ALSO, LISA BENSON, PUBLISHER FOR 36 00:01:29,866 --> 00:01:32,333 LOUISVILLE BUSINESS FIRST. 37 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:34,533 WILL JOIN US FOR A SEGMENT. 38 00:01:32,333 --> 00:01:35,666 WE WANT TO NOTE THIS PROGRAM WAS 39 00:01:34,533 --> 00:01:37,766 TAPED ON NOVEMBER 19th IN 40 00:01:35,666 --> 00:01:39,633 ORDER TO GIVE THE STAFF AT KET 41 00:01:37,766 --> 00:01:40,533 AND AIR GUESTS A CHANCE TO ENJOY 42 00:01:39,633 --> 00:01:41,900 THE HOLIDAY. 43 00:01:40,533 --> 00:01:44,900 WE'LL COVER ANY MAJOR NEWS FROM 44 00:01:41,900 --> 00:01:46,000 THIS WEEK WHEN WE RETURN LIVE ON 45 00:01:44,900 --> 00:01:48,133 DECEMBER 3rd, SO TONIGHT WE'LL 46 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:50,066 TALK ABOUT THIS YEAR SO FAR, AND 47 00:01:48,133 --> 00:01:53,433 THE LEAD-UP TO WHAT IS LIKELY TO 48 00:01:50,066 --> 00:01:54,333 BE A LIVELY 2022 HERE IN THE 49 00:01:53,433 --> 00:01:55,800 COMMONWEALTH. 50 00:01:54,333 --> 00:01:58,066 ALEX, LET'S START WITH THIS. 51 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,633 WE BEGIN BY KIND OF TAKING STOCK 52 00:01:58,066 --> 00:02:00,666 OF WHERE WE ARE. 53 00:01:58,633 --> 00:02:02,300 MANY OF US DID NOT GET TO EVEN 54 00:02:00,666 --> 00:02:03,166 GET TOGETHER WITH FAMILIES FOR 55 00:02:02,300 --> 00:02:05,266 THANKSGIVING LAST YEAR. 56 00:02:03,166 --> 00:02:05,666 IF YOU DID, IT WAS A 57 00:02:05,266 --> 00:02:08,433 WORK-AROUND. 58 00:02:05,666 --> 00:02:10,400 I SAT 25 FEET AWAY FROM MY 59 00:02:08,433 --> 00:02:12,066 PARENTS' HOUSE ON THE PATIO AT A 60 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:14,366 LITTLE CARD TABLE THAT WAS SET 61 00:02:12,066 --> 00:02:18,400 UP FOR ME WITH FOOD. 62 00:02:14,366 --> 00:02:20,566 I KNOW YOU DIDN'T GO HOME. 63 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:22,800 >> Alex: RIGHT. 64 00:02:20,566 --> 00:02:24,200 I DIDN'T GO TO MY FAMILY. 65 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,166 >> Bill: YET THERE'S A BIT OF 66 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:28,666 A RETURN TO NORMAL AND STILL WE 67 00:02:26,166 --> 00:02:28,966 KNOW WE'RE IN A TROUBLE ZONE 68 00:02:28,666 --> 00:02:29,433 HERE. 69 00:02:28,966 --> 00:02:30,200 >> Alex: RIGHT. 70 00:02:29,433 --> 00:02:30,900 CERTAINLY THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE 71 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,700 THIS YEAR IS THAT WE HAVE A 72 00:02:30,900 --> 00:02:34,700 VACCINE, RIGHT? 73 00:02:32,700 --> 00:02:36,233 SO THE AVAILABILITY OF THAT IS 74 00:02:34,700 --> 00:02:37,200 MAKING A DIFFERENCE, FOR 75 00:02:36,233 --> 00:02:39,833 EXAMPLE, I'M GETTING TOGETHER 76 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:40,233 WITH MY FAMILY BECAUSE WE'RE ALL 77 00:02:39,833 --> 00:02:42,466 VACCINATED. 78 00:02:40,233 --> 00:02:43,900 BUT WE'RE ALSO -- AND, YOU KNOW, 79 00:02:42,466 --> 00:02:46,600 LOOKING BACK THIS TIME LAST 80 00:02:43,900 --> 00:02:47,466 YEAR, THE POSITIVITY RATE WAS 81 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:51,133 ABOVE 9%. 82 00:02:47,466 --> 00:02:52,533 RIGHT NOW NOVEMBER 19th IT'S 83 00:02:51,133 --> 00:02:54,700 6.24%, WHICH IS LOWER, BUT 84 00:02:52,533 --> 00:02:56,266 UNLIKE LAST YEAR WHERE WE HAD A 85 00:02:54,700 --> 00:02:58,100 SURGE IN WINTER, NOW WE'RE 86 00:02:56,266 --> 00:03:01,233 COMING OFF OF WHAT HAS BEEN THE 87 00:02:58,100 --> 00:03:02,066 DEADLIEST SINCE SO FAR MOST 88 00:03:01,233 --> 00:03:03,533 DESTRUCTIVE SURGE OF PANDEMIC 89 00:03:02,066 --> 00:03:05,500 AND WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS 90 00:03:03,533 --> 00:03:06,466 YET, AND SO WHILE THERE ARE 91 00:03:05,500 --> 00:03:07,366 IMPROVEMENTS, WE'RE SORT OF 92 00:03:06,466 --> 00:03:08,800 TEETERING ON THE EDGE. 93 00:03:07,366 --> 00:03:09,166 WE SAW CASE INCREASES LAST 94 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,333 WEEK. 95 00:03:09,166 --> 00:03:12,633 POSITIVITY RATE IS ON THE RISE, 96 00:03:11,333 --> 00:03:15,000 LOPZATIONS ARE UP SLIGHTLY, AND 97 00:03:12,633 --> 00:03:17,133 WE STILL HAVE A GOOD PORTION OF 98 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,766 THE STATE THAT ISN'T 99 00:03:17,133 --> 00:03:20,233 VACCINATED. 100 00:03:17,766 --> 00:03:22,200 NOW, BESHEAR WAS PUSHING THIS 101 00:03:20,233 --> 00:03:23,866 WEEK BOOSTERS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE 102 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:26,033 FULLY VACCINATED TO GET THAT 103 00:03:23,866 --> 00:03:28,966 ADDED LAYER OF PROTECTION, BUT 104 00:03:26,033 --> 00:03:29,466 WE'RE STILL IN A PRECARIOUS 105 00:03:28,966 --> 00:03:31,166 SPOT. 106 00:03:29,466 --> 00:03:33,033 AS THESE INFECTION RATES GO, WE 107 00:03:31,166 --> 00:03:34,800 HAVE NOT FALLEN SIGNIFICANTLY. 108 00:03:33,033 --> 00:03:36,533 WE'VE BEEN IN A FREEFALL FOR THE 109 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,433 PAST FEW MONTHS BUT WE HAVE NOT 110 00:03:36,533 --> 00:03:40,366 FALLEN TO THE DEPTHS THAT WE 111 00:03:38,433 --> 00:03:40,666 FELL POST LAST YEAR'S WINTER 112 00:03:40,366 --> 00:03:43,000 SURGE. 113 00:03:40,666 --> 00:03:45,066 AND AGAIN I MEAN WE'VE BEEN IN A 114 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,033 PLATEAU, THINGS ARE TUCKING UP, 115 00:03:45,066 --> 00:03:47,800 SO I THINK UNFORTUNATELY -- 116 00:03:46,033 --> 00:03:48,800 TICKING UP, SO I THINK 117 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:49,866 UNFORTUNATELY EVEN THOUGH WE 118 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:52,200 HAVE MORE TOOLS AVAILABLE, 119 00:03:49,866 --> 00:03:52,933 THANKSGIVING COULD PRODUCE 120 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,366 ANOTHER SPEWING, AND WE'LL KNOW 121 00:03:52,933 --> 00:03:56,766 IN A WEEK OR TWO. 122 00:03:54,366 --> 00:03:58,633 >> Bill: LAWRENCE, JUST AS WE 123 00:03:56,766 --> 00:04:00,233 START TO FEEL THAT THINGS ARE 124 00:03:58,633 --> 00:04:03,566 GETTING NORMAL AND WE START 125 00:04:00,233 --> 00:04:06,233 ACTING NORMALLY, WE SEE WHAT 126 00:04:03,566 --> 00:04:08,166 HAPPENS WITH THIS DELTA VARIANT 127 00:04:06,233 --> 00:04:09,500 THAT CAME THROUGH SOME WEEKS AGO 128 00:04:08,166 --> 00:04:12,033 IN LATE SUMMER AND EARLY FALL. 129 00:04:09,500 --> 00:04:13,333 I MEAN, IT REALLY HIT US HARD. 130 00:04:12,033 --> 00:04:14,666 >> Lawrence: YEAH, AND IT'S 131 00:04:13,333 --> 00:04:16,200 GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE 132 00:04:14,666 --> 00:04:17,900 HOW THE BOOSTER SHOTS GO. 133 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:21,000 WE KNOW HOW MUCH OF A STRUGGLE 134 00:04:17,900 --> 00:04:23,533 IT WAS TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE 135 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:24,300 RIGHT NOW IN THE NUMBER OF 136 00:04:23,533 --> 00:04:25,466 VACCINATIONS, SO THE QUESTION IS 137 00:04:24,300 --> 00:04:28,400 HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE 138 00:04:25,466 --> 00:04:28,733 WILLING NOW TO GET THAT THIRD 139 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:29,433 SHOT. 140 00:04:28,733 --> 00:04:29,800 THAT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING 141 00:04:29,433 --> 00:04:31,133 TO SEE. 142 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,633 THE GOVERNOR OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN 143 00:04:31,133 --> 00:04:34,000 PUSHING GET BOOSTERS, GET 144 00:04:33,633 --> 00:04:35,666 BOOSTERS. 145 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,400 IN FACT, AS WE TAPE THIS COMING 146 00:04:35,666 --> 00:04:38,500 WEEKEND HE'S GOING TO BE 147 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,433 APPEARING IN LOUISVILLE TO 148 00:04:38,500 --> 00:04:41,066 PROMOTE BOOSTER SHOTS, SO IT IS 149 00:04:39,433 --> 00:04:42,766 GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE 150 00:04:41,066 --> 00:04:43,900 IF IT'S GOING TO BE AS MUCH OF A 151 00:04:42,766 --> 00:04:46,500 STRUGGLE TO GET BOOSTERS DONE AS 152 00:04:43,900 --> 00:04:47,000 IT WAS TO GET THE FIRST AND 153 00:04:46,500 --> 00:04:47,900 SECOND DOSES DONE. 154 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,233 >> Alex: AND I THINK TO A 155 00:04:47,900 --> 00:04:50,733 DEGREE IT'S STRATEGIC, YOU KNOW, 156 00:04:49,233 --> 00:04:53,133 THIS WEEK THE CDC CAME OUT WITH 157 00:04:50,733 --> 00:04:53,800 ITS FULL-THROATED ENDORSEMENT OF 158 00:04:53,133 --> 00:04:55,333 BOOSTERS WHEN. 159 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,966 WHEN WE FIRST LEARNED ABOUT 160 00:04:55,333 --> 00:04:58,966 BOOSTERS, WE WEREN'T SURE IF 161 00:04:56,966 --> 00:05:00,133 THEY WERE GOING TO BE A 162 00:04:58,966 --> 00:05:00,900 REQUIREMENT OR IF IT WAS 163 00:05:00,133 --> 00:05:02,866 SOMETHING -- NOT A REQUIREMENT 164 00:05:00,900 --> 00:05:05,033 BUT SOMETHING A WAS OPTIONAL. 165 00:05:02,866 --> 00:05:05,933 NOW WE KNOW THAT IT'S SOMETHING 166 00:05:05,033 --> 00:05:08,933 THAT SEEMS NECESSARY. 167 00:05:05,933 --> 00:05:09,633 WE KNOW THAT IMMUNITY FROM THE 168 00:05:08,933 --> 00:05:11,700 VACCINE WANES OVER TIME. 169 00:05:09,633 --> 00:05:13,866 AND SO BESHEAR, AHEAD OF THE 170 00:05:11,700 --> 00:05:15,033 HOLIDAY SEASON, IS SORT OF 171 00:05:13,866 --> 00:05:16,833 PUSHING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 172 00:05:15,033 --> 00:05:17,866 THINKING THAT IF YOU ARE FULL 173 00:05:16,833 --> 00:05:20,233 OFY VACCINATED YOU ARE MORE 174 00:05:17,866 --> 00:05:21,866 LIKELY TO GET A BOOSTER DOSE AS 175 00:05:20,233 --> 00:05:23,100 OPPOSED TO SOMEBODY WHO ISN'T 176 00:05:21,866 --> 00:05:23,433 VACCINATED AT YOU WILL TO GET A 177 00:05:23,100 --> 00:05:24,833 VACCINE. 178 00:05:23,433 --> 00:05:26,466 WE KNOW THAT UNVACCINATED PEOPLE 179 00:05:24,833 --> 00:05:28,133 ARE STILL THE BIGGEST DRIVER 180 00:05:26,466 --> 00:05:30,433 EVER CASES IN THIS STATE BUT I 181 00:05:28,133 --> 00:05:33,166 THINK THIS COULD BE AN ADDED 182 00:05:30,433 --> 00:05:34,500 TOOL TO HELP LIMIT SPREAD IF 183 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:35,866 MORE VACCINATED PEOPLE WOULD GET 184 00:05:34,500 --> 00:05:36,533 A BOOSTER. 185 00:05:35,866 --> 00:05:37,200 >> Lawrence: WHAT'S GOING TO 186 00:05:36,533 --> 00:05:39,566 BE INTERESTING, THOUGH, THE 187 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:41,333 QUESTION IS WHAT ROLE NATURAL 188 00:05:39,566 --> 00:05:44,300 IMMUNITY MIGHT LAY IN ALL THIS 189 00:05:41,333 --> 00:05:45,600 BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME, MOST 190 00:05:44,300 --> 00:05:47,000 NOTELY SENATOR RAND PAUL, WHO 191 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,000 DOESN'T OPPOSE THE VACCINE BUT 192 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,033 HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE 193 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:51,733 NATURAL IMMUNITY, THAT'LL -- 194 00:05:50,033 --> 00:05:53,600 IT'S ACTUALLY STRONGER IN SOME 195 00:05:51,733 --> 00:05:55,233 CASES THAN GETTING THE SHOT. 196 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:56,766 SO WHAT ABOUT THE KIND OF 197 00:05:55,233 --> 00:05:57,066 MESSAGING THAT'S GOING ON 198 00:05:56,766 --> 00:05:58,433 THERE? 199 00:05:57,066 --> 00:05:59,200 >> Alex: I THINK NATURAL 200 00:05:58,433 --> 00:05:59,500 IMMUNITY CERTAINLY EXISTS, 201 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:01,666 RIGHT? 202 00:05:59,500 --> 00:06:04,300 I THINK OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS 203 00:06:01,666 --> 00:06:06,466 WHEN WE HAD THIS PEAK SURGE, I 204 00:06:04,300 --> 00:06:07,466 THINK A COMBINATION OF FACTORS 205 00:06:06,466 --> 00:06:08,700 CAUSED US TO SORT OF HIT THE 206 00:06:07,466 --> 00:06:10,200 PEAK AND DROP AGAIN. 207 00:06:08,700 --> 00:06:11,066 I THINK ENOUGH PEOPLE TESTING 208 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,833 POSITIVE AND DEVELOPING NATURAL 209 00:06:11,066 --> 00:06:16,133 IMMUNITY PLAYED A PART, BUT ALSO 210 00:06:13,833 --> 00:06:18,566 ENOUGH PEOPLE GETTING THE 211 00:06:16,133 --> 00:06:18,866 VACCINE PLAYED PROBABLY A BIGGER 212 00:06:18,566 --> 00:06:21,866 PART. 213 00:06:18,866 --> 00:06:22,500 FROM WHAT WE KNOW, NATURAL 214 00:06:21,866 --> 00:06:24,700 IMMUNITY WANES OVER TIME. 215 00:06:22,500 --> 00:06:26,133 THE BEST WAY TO KEEP EXTENDED 216 00:06:24,700 --> 00:06:28,000 IMMUNITY FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF 217 00:06:26,133 --> 00:06:29,866 TIME IS THE KEENE BUT THOSE TWO 218 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,166 DEFINITELY, THEY GO HAND IN 219 00:06:29,866 --> 00:06:32,100 HAND. 220 00:06:30,166 --> 00:06:34,133 >> Bill: RYLAND, HOSPITALS 221 00:06:32,100 --> 00:06:36,433 HAVE BEEN SO SLAMMED THIS YEAR, 222 00:06:34,133 --> 00:06:38,466 AND THIS WEEK I TALKED WITH A 223 00:06:36,433 --> 00:06:39,400 WOMAN WHO JUST HAD TO TAKE A 224 00:06:38,466 --> 00:06:42,266 BREAK FROM HEALTH CARE. 225 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:46,633 SHE WAS WORKING AS A BREES A IN 226 00:06:42,266 --> 00:06:48,500 A COFFEE BARISTA IN A COFFEE 227 00:06:46,633 --> 00:06:49,600 SHOP BECAUSE SHE SAID SHE HAD 228 00:06:48,500 --> 00:06:51,600 SEEN SO MANY THINGS THAT 229 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:52,533 COULDN'T BE UNSEEN. 230 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,500 WILL WE APPRECIATE OUR HEALTH 231 00:06:52,533 --> 00:06:54,800 CARE WORKERS ANY MORE AFTER 232 00:06:54,500 --> 00:06:56,033 THAT? 233 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:57,900 ARE WE SHOWING APPROPRIATE 234 00:06:56,033 --> 00:06:58,466 APPRECIATION FOR ALL THEY'VE 235 00:06:57,900 --> 00:06:59,966 BEEN DOING? 236 00:06:58,466 --> 00:07:02,066 >> Ryland: I CERTAINLY HOPE 237 00:06:59,966 --> 00:07:03,200 THAT EVERYBODY APPRECIATES OUR 238 00:07:02,066 --> 00:07:04,433 HEALTH CARE WORKERS, AND I'M 239 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:05,866 SURE THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE 240 00:07:04,433 --> 00:07:09,000 THAT WE CAN DO TO TRY AND 241 00:07:05,866 --> 00:07:10,666 APPRECIATE THEM MORE. 242 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:13,066 THIS IS, IN MY OPINION, THIS IS 243 00:07:10,666 --> 00:07:14,400 THE HARDEST JOB IN AMERICA OVER 244 00:07:13,066 --> 00:07:16,300 THE LAST YEAR. 245 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:17,900 THE THINGS THAT THE PEOPLE -- 246 00:07:16,300 --> 00:07:19,633 THESE PEOPLE HAVE SEEN, THE LONG 247 00:07:17,900 --> 00:07:22,733 HOURS THAT THEY'VE HAD TO WORK, 248 00:07:19,633 --> 00:07:26,666 WITH THE LACK OF SUPPORT, THE 249 00:07:22,733 --> 00:07:28,633 PEOPLE SHOWING UP INCREASINGLY 250 00:07:26,666 --> 00:07:30,266 POLITICALLY SCREAMING AT THEM, 251 00:07:28,633 --> 00:07:32,233 SPITTING AT THEM HOW DOES OF 252 00:07:30,266 --> 00:07:32,700 HOSPITALS, WHICH IS JUST 253 00:07:32,233 --> 00:07:33,666 UNCONSCIONABLE. 254 00:07:32,700 --> 00:07:35,966 HOW COULD THAT HAPPEN OVER THIS 255 00:07:33,666 --> 00:07:39,366 LAST YEAR WHEN, AGAIN, THESE OUR 256 00:07:35,966 --> 00:07:41,900 FRONTLINE OF FRONTLINE WORKERS. 257 00:07:39,366 --> 00:07:44,333 SO THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF TALK OF 258 00:07:41,900 --> 00:07:46,266 TRYING TO MAKE THAT -- MAKE THAT 259 00:07:44,333 --> 00:07:47,500 AN EASIER JOB FOR THESE FOLKS. 260 00:07:46,266 --> 00:07:49,966 ONE HAS BEEN TRYING TO FIND A 261 00:07:47,500 --> 00:07:52,200 WAY TO HIRE MORE -- HIRE MORE 262 00:07:49,966 --> 00:07:55,800 HEALTH CARE WORKERS, HIRE MORE 263 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:56,200 NURSES AND PHYSICIANS ASSISTANTS 264 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:56,933 ASSISTANTS. 265 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,200 THERE HAVE BEEN PROPOSALS BOTH 266 00:07:56,933 --> 00:08:01,800 FROM LEGISLATURE AND FROM 267 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:04,866 GOVERNOR BESHEAR TO HAVE SOME 268 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:07,066 HERO PAY TO HELP REWARD SOME OF 269 00:08:04,866 --> 00:08:08,933 THESE WORKERS OR TO JUST IF I AM 270 00:08:07,066 --> 00:08:10,666 A LITTLE BIT OF THAT HOLE THAT 271 00:08:08,933 --> 00:08:11,000 HAS BEEN DUG OVER THE LAST 272 00:08:10,666 --> 00:08:12,966 YEAR. 273 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,966 IT'S A POLITICAL FOOTBALL THAT'S 274 00:08:12,966 --> 00:08:16,700 GONE BACK AND FORTH OVER THE 275 00:08:13,966 --> 00:08:17,366 COURSE OF THIS FALL BUT IT'S. 276 00:08:16,700 --> 00:08:19,866 DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT'S 277 00:08:17,366 --> 00:08:20,966 GOING TO COME BACK UP IN THIS 278 00:08:19,866 --> 00:08:23,366 UPCOMING ECLECTIC SESSION. 279 00:08:20,966 --> 00:08:23,700 SUPPOSEDLY 1st $400 MILLION 280 00:08:23,366 --> 00:08:27,800 AROUND. 281 00:08:23,700 --> 00:08:28,566 THAT'S WHAT GOVERNOR ANDY 282 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:29,500 BESHEAR SUGGESTED EXTRA AMERICAN 283 00:08:28,566 --> 00:08:31,033 CARE PLAN WORKERS TO GO TO FRONT 284 00:08:29,500 --> 00:08:31,500 LYE AND OTHER HELICOPTER WORKERS 285 00:08:31,033 --> 00:08:32,866 AS WELL. 286 00:08:31,500 --> 00:08:33,800 THAT'LL BE TAKEN UP IN JANUARY. 287 00:08:32,866 --> 00:08:36,100 >> Bill: YOU MENTIONED SOME 288 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:38,100 POLITICS IN THERE SO LET'S SHIFT 289 00:08:36,100 --> 00:08:41,200 SOME GEARS TO THAT AS THIS YEAR 290 00:08:38,100 --> 00:08:41,966 IN PROPOSING UP, 2022 IS GOING 291 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:42,266 TO BE AN EXCITING POLITICAL 292 00:08:41,966 --> 00:08:43,233 YEAR. 293 00:08:42,266 --> 00:08:45,633 WE HAVE RACES FROM U.S. SENATE 294 00:08:43,233 --> 00:08:47,300 DOWN TO LEGISLATIVE AND LOCAL 295 00:08:45,633 --> 00:08:49,000 CONTESTS, MAYORS AND SHERIFFS 296 00:08:47,300 --> 00:08:50,900 AND COUNTY JUDGE EXECUTIVES AND 297 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:55,000 SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS BEING VOTED 298 00:08:50,900 --> 00:08:57,133 FOR AND ON NEXT YEAR. 299 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,700 SO I GUESS THE SENATE RACE IS 300 00:08:57,133 --> 00:09:00,466 ONE WE'LL WATCH CERTAIN BUT, 301 00:08:58,700 --> 00:09:02,600 LAWRENCE, THAT 3rd DISTRICT 302 00:09:00,466 --> 00:09:04,133 U.S. HOUSE RACE, THE OPEN SEAT 303 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:04,566 WILL BE ONE THAT WILL BE AN 304 00:09:04,133 --> 00:09:06,533 EXCITING RACE. 305 00:09:04,566 --> 00:09:06,933 >> Lawrence: YEAH, THAT'S 306 00:09:06,533 --> 00:09:08,333 INTERESTING. 307 00:09:06,933 --> 00:09:09,733 REPRESENTATIVE ATTICA SCOTT 308 00:09:08,333 --> 00:09:12,700 JUMPED IN THAT RACE EARLY ON AND 309 00:09:09,733 --> 00:09:13,600 MANY OF US WONDERED WHY IS SHE 310 00:09:12,700 --> 00:09:17,066 CHALLENGING JOHN YARMOUTH. 311 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:18,733 THAT'S ALMOST A SUICIDE MIDGETS 312 00:09:17,066 --> 00:09:20,233 MIGHT SEEM BUT NOW SHE LOOKS 313 00:09:18,733 --> 00:09:22,433 SMART BECAUSE JOHN YARMOUTH SAID 314 00:09:20,233 --> 00:09:23,033 HE'S NOT GOING TO RUN FOR 315 00:09:22,433 --> 00:09:24,666 RE-ELECTION. 316 00:09:23,033 --> 00:09:26,433 SO SHE IS IN THE RACE. 317 00:09:24,666 --> 00:09:27,700 ALSO THE CURRENT STATE LEADER 318 00:09:26,433 --> 00:09:29,800 MORGAN McGARVEY JUMPED IN 319 00:09:27,700 --> 00:09:30,800 RAISE P A LOT OF MONEY. 320 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:31,733 THAT'S GOING TO BE AN 321 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:33,100 INTERESTING RACE, AND ONE IN 322 00:09:31,733 --> 00:09:34,500 WHICH DEMOCRATS BECAUSE OF THE 323 00:09:33,100 --> 00:09:36,000 REG EDGES IN THEIR DISTRICT ARE 324 00:09:34,500 --> 00:09:37,166 GOING TO HAVE AN DISTINCT 325 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:39,233 SAN FRANCISCO TO KEEP THAT 326 00:09:37,166 --> 00:09:39,600 SEAT. 327 00:09:39,233 --> 00:09:40,266 >> Ryland: 328 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,666 >> Billy: RYLAND, TUESDAY 329 00:09:40,266 --> 00:09:45,133 SENATE RACE IS LIKELY TO BE 330 00:09:42,666 --> 00:09:45,600 INTEREST IN STATE AND GET NOTED 331 00:09:45,133 --> 00:09:49,333 OUT OF STATE. 332 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:51,400 >> Ryland: AT THIS POINT IT 333 00:09:49,333 --> 00:09:53,066 THAT PIERCE TO BE WON FOR 334 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:54,766 CHARLES BOOKER AND CURRENT 335 00:09:53,066 --> 00:09:56,200 REPUBLICAN SENATOR RAND PAUL. 336 00:09:54,766 --> 00:09:57,000 CHARLES BOOKER IS THE MOST 337 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:57,833 PROMINENT DEMOCRAT IN THE RACE 338 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:58,700 SO FAR. 339 00:09:57,833 --> 00:10:00,466 THERE'S A LOT OF SPECULATION 340 00:09:58,700 --> 00:10:01,666 OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR 341 00:10:00,466 --> 00:10:02,800 WHETHER ANOTHER BIG DEMOCRAT 342 00:10:01,666 --> 00:10:03,100 WOULD TRY AND GET INTO THIS 343 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:05,400 RACE. 344 00:10:03,100 --> 00:10:06,600 THERE IS STILL A LULL MORE TIME 345 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:09,033 UNTIL JANUARY SO WE COULD SEE. 346 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:11,866 IT WAS INTERESTING, EARLIER IN 347 00:10:09,033 --> 00:10:12,866 NOVEMBER CONGRESSMAN YARMOUTH 348 00:10:11,866 --> 00:10:15,366 ENDORSED CHARLES BOOKER, SO, YOU 349 00:10:12,866 --> 00:10:15,933 KNOW, IT'S KIND OF A BIT OF A 350 00:10:15,366 --> 00:10:19,000 FIELD-CLEARING MOVE. 351 00:10:15,933 --> 00:10:20,000 IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT -- 352 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,166 MIGHT MAKE SOME DPS WHO ARE ON 353 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,266 THE SIDELINES A LITTLE BIT MORE 354 00:10:21,166 --> 00:10:24,033 WARY OF TOSSING THEIR HATS INTO 355 00:10:23,266 --> 00:10:28,200 THE RING. 356 00:10:24,033 --> 00:10:30,466 BUT, YEAH, THIS ONE'S BEEN TYPED 357 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:33,566 FOR A WHILE SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 358 00:10:30,466 --> 00:10:34,000 A CHARLES BOOKER-RAND PAUL 2022 359 00:10:33,566 --> 00:10:34,966 RACE. 360 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:39,666 >> Lawrence: WE ALSO SHOULD 361 00:10:34,966 --> 00:10:40,066 MENTION THERE ARE A BIG MAYOR IN 362 00:10:39,666 --> 00:10:41,000 LOUISVILLE. 363 00:10:40,066 --> 00:10:42,533 GREG FISCHER IS TERMED OUT. 364 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:44,400 THAT SEAT IS GOING TO BE OPEN. 365 00:10:42,533 --> 00:10:45,133 THERE'S A BIG BATTLE 366 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:47,133 PARTICULARLY AMONG DPS FOR THAT 367 00:10:45,133 --> 00:10:49,100 SEAT, AND THERE'S A REPUBLICAN 368 00:10:47,133 --> 00:10:49,400 MAYOR OF J-TOWN IS ALSO IN THAT 369 00:10:49,100 --> 00:10:52,600 RACE. 370 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:54,100 SO REPUBLICANS HOPE THEY CAN 371 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:56,666 MAYBE TAKE THE MAYOR'S RACE BUT 372 00:10:54,100 --> 00:10:58,866 IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY, VERY 373 00:10:56,666 --> 00:10:59,533 UPHILL CLIMB AGAIN BECAUSE OF 374 00:10:58,866 --> 00:11:02,100 REGISTRATION IN LOUISVILLE. 375 00:10:59,533 --> 00:11:04,966 >> Ryland: BEFORE WE LEAVE THE 376 00:11:02,100 --> 00:11:05,700 LOUISVILLE POLITICS TOPIC, IT'S 377 00:11:04,966 --> 00:11:09,966 IMPORTANT TO MENTION REPORTERS 378 00:11:05,700 --> 00:11:11,666 HAVE EITHER GOTTEN CLOSE IN 379 00:11:09,966 --> 00:11:13,566 RISERS IAN HELD SEATS. 380 00:11:11,666 --> 00:11:18,033 ANN NORTHROP WAS CONGRESS ARE YA 381 00:11:13,566 --> 00:11:18,433 MOTH'S PREDECESSOR SHE'S A 382 00:11:18,033 --> 00:11:19,000 REPUBLICAN. 383 00:11:18,433 --> 00:11:20,466 >> Billy: HAL HEINER. 384 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:20,766 >> Ryland: GREG FISCHER, 385 00:11:20,466 --> 00:11:22,633 2010. 386 00:11:20,766 --> 00:11:26,266 SO REPUBLICANS ARE ALWAYS FRYING 387 00:11:22,633 --> 00:11:27,233 TO WIN THIS SEAT, AND THEIR BEST 388 00:11:26,266 --> 00:11:28,866 CHANCE, AT LEAST IN A 389 00:11:27,233 --> 00:11:32,200 CONGRESSIONAL RACE OR A MAYORAL 390 00:11:28,866 --> 00:11:33,500 ELECTION, IS WHEN THERE'S AN 391 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:35,500 OPEN SEAT BUNCH LET'S LOOK AT 392 00:11:33,500 --> 00:11:35,766 THIS. 393 00:11:35,500 --> 00:11:37,066 THE. 394 00:11:35,766 --> 00:11:39,233 PARTY REGISTRATION THE TRENDLINE 395 00:11:37,066 --> 00:11:41,100 HAS WEAN NARROWINGS. 396 00:11:39,233 --> 00:11:42,033 MORE KENTUCKIANS ARE REGISTERING 397 00:11:41,100 --> 00:11:44,033 AS REPUBLICAN REPUBLICANS AND 398 00:11:42,033 --> 00:11:44,333 DEMOCRATS ARE LEAVING THE 399 00:11:44,033 --> 00:11:45,233 PARTY. 400 00:11:44,333 --> 00:11:46,100 DPS HAVE HISTORICALLY DOMINATED 401 00:11:45,233 --> 00:11:47,433 THE REGISTRATION. 402 00:11:46,100 --> 00:11:49,266 THEY STILL LEAD BUT YOU CAN SEE 403 00:11:47,433 --> 00:11:50,800 FROM THESE NEW NUMBERS FROM THE 404 00:11:49,266 --> 00:11:53,866 STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, 405 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:55,066 DEMOCRATIC REGISTRATION NOW 406 00:11:53,866 --> 00:11:58,500 OUTPACES REPUBLICAN REGISTRANTS 407 00:11:55,066 --> 00:12:00,300 BY JUST ABOUT 55,000 VOTERS. 408 00:11:58,500 --> 00:12:02,200 LAWRENCE, WOULD IT APPEAR THAT 409 00:12:00,300 --> 00:12:03,800 REPUBLICANS WILL SOON OUTNUMBER 410 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:05,166 DEMOCRATS IN KENTUCKY? 411 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:06,600 >> Lawrence: CERTAINLY IF THAT 412 00:12:05,166 --> 00:12:08,233 TREND CONTINUES, THEY WILL. 413 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,700 IT'S BEEN GOING THAT DIRECTION 414 00:12:08,233 --> 00:12:11,300 FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, WHICH IS 415 00:12:09,700 --> 00:12:12,233 AMAZING FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN 416 00:12:11,300 --> 00:12:13,700 COVERING POLITICS IN KENTUCKY 417 00:12:12,233 --> 00:12:14,833 FOR A LONG TIME. 418 00:12:13,700 --> 00:12:16,366 DEMOCRATS DOMINATED IN 419 00:12:14,833 --> 00:12:17,700 REGISTRATION FOR SO LONG, AND 420 00:12:16,366 --> 00:12:20,233 NOW THAT NUMBER IS NARROWING 421 00:12:17,700 --> 00:12:21,966 DOWN TO THE POINT WHEREAS SOME 422 00:12:20,233 --> 00:12:23,733 POINT IT SEEMED THAT REPUBLICANS 423 00:12:21,966 --> 00:12:25,033 WILL OVERTAKE THEM IN 424 00:12:23,733 --> 00:12:26,900 REGISTRATION, BUT EVEN THOSE WHO 425 00:12:25,033 --> 00:12:27,866 ARE REGISTERED DEMOCRATS HAVE 426 00:12:26,900 --> 00:12:30,166 BEEN VOTING REPUBLICAN FOR A 427 00:12:27,866 --> 00:12:31,200 LOANING TIME ANYWAY, SO THE 428 00:12:30,166 --> 00:12:34,033 REGISTRATION IS BEGINNING TO 429 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:34,466 MATCH HOW THEY VOTE IN THE 430 00:12:34,033 --> 00:12:35,366 POLLS. 431 00:12:34,466 --> 00:12:36,466 >> Bill: I WITH AN TO HAVE A 432 00:12:35,366 --> 00:12:39,166 QUICK DISCUSSION ON THIS. 433 00:12:36,466 --> 00:12:40,733 NATIONAL POLITICS IS SO DIVISIVE 434 00:12:39,166 --> 00:12:42,633 AND SO UBIQUITOUS THESE DAYS 435 00:12:40,733 --> 00:12:43,333 THAT IT MAKES ITS WAY INTO 436 00:12:42,633 --> 00:12:44,000 THANKSGIVING CONVERSATIONS -- 437 00:12:43,333 --> 00:12:46,400 THAT MAY HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE 438 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:48,000 THERE FOR YOU -- AND GEORGETOWN 439 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:49,233 MAYOR TOM PRATHER WHO IS NOT 440 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:52,500 RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION NEXT 441 00:12:49,233 --> 00:12:54,166 YEAR TOLD ME IN AN INTERVIEW FOR 442 00:12:52,500 --> 00:12:55,900 KWYT THAT TOO OFTEN IT IS 443 00:12:54,166 --> 00:12:56,900 SEEPING INTO PREVIOUSLY 444 00:12:55,900 --> 00:12:58,233 NON-PARTISAN PLACES LIKE MANY OF 445 00:12:56,900 --> 00:13:02,800 OUR CITY HALLS. 446 00:12:58,233 --> 00:13:04,666 >> IT'S BECOME A VERY TROUBLING 447 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:07,266 TREND, BILL. 448 00:13:04,666 --> 00:13:08,933 WE SEE THE INTENTS PARTISAN 449 00:13:07,266 --> 00:13:11,366 NATURE OF POLITICS THAT EXISTS 450 00:13:08,933 --> 00:13:12,233 ON THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL 451 00:13:11,366 --> 00:13:14,866 BECOMING MORE AND MORE PREVALENT 452 00:13:12,233 --> 00:13:16,700 IN OUR LOCAL ISSUES. 453 00:13:14,866 --> 00:13:18,133 I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT LOCAL 454 00:13:16,700 --> 00:13:20,666 GOVERNMENT IS THE PLACE WHERE WE 455 00:13:18,133 --> 00:13:22,933 LOOK FOR LOCAL SOLUTIONS. 456 00:13:20,666 --> 00:13:24,400 NOT POLITICAL SOLUTIONS OR PARTY 457 00:13:22,933 --> 00:13:27,666 AFFILIATED SOLUTIONS. 458 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:28,400 >> Bill: SO WE ARE SEEING 459 00:13:27,666 --> 00:13:30,200 MAYOR PRATHER'S CONCERNS THAT 460 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:31,966 SEEM TO BE PLAYING OUT AT SCHOOL 461 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:34,666 BOARD MEETINGS AND COUNCIL 462 00:13:31,966 --> 00:13:36,000 CHAMBERS AND THESE NATIONAL 463 00:13:34,666 --> 00:13:38,733 NARRATIVES, LAWRENCE, ARE 464 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:40,900 GETTING MIXED INTO THE LOOK AT 465 00:13:38,733 --> 00:13:42,133 HOW TO DEAL WITH THE SIDEWALKS. 466 00:13:40,900 --> 00:13:45,233 >> Lawrence: YEAH, I THINK 467 00:13:42,133 --> 00:13:45,966 FUELED IN PART BY, OF COURSE, 468 00:13:45,233 --> 00:13:47,633 24-HOUR NEWSCHANNEL BUT ALSO BY 469 00:13:45,966 --> 00:13:49,400 SOCIAL MEDIA. 470 00:13:47,633 --> 00:13:50,800 THESE ISSUES GET INTERMINGLED 471 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:52,466 WITH SOME LOCAL ISSUES BUT I 472 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:54,500 THINK AT THIS POINT I THINK 473 00:13:52,466 --> 00:13:57,033 POLITICIANS ARE AT THEIR PERIL 474 00:13:54,500 --> 00:13:57,733 TO DISMISS THESE CONCERNS. 475 00:13:57,033 --> 00:13:59,633 THEY HAVE TOADLESS THEM WHEN 476 00:13:57,733 --> 00:14:01,200 THEY COME UP IN CITY HALL FOR TO 477 00:13:59,633 --> 00:14:02,766 ADDRESS THEM WHEN THEY COME UP 478 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:04,266 IN CITY HALL OR IN SCHOOL BOARDS 479 00:14:02,766 --> 00:14:06,133 BECAUSE WE SAW IN VIRGINIA THAT 480 00:14:04,266 --> 00:14:08,966 THAT'S WHAT FUELED A REPUBLICAN 481 00:14:06,133 --> 00:14:10,500 WIN THERE IS CONCERNS ABOUT 482 00:14:08,966 --> 00:14:12,233 EDUCATION, AND TEACHING THEM 483 00:14:10,500 --> 00:14:13,900 WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE CRITICAL 484 00:14:12,233 --> 00:14:14,200 RACE THEORY AND THINGS LIKE 485 00:14:13,900 --> 00:14:15,100 THAT. 486 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:16,533 THEY'RE COMING UP AND 487 00:14:15,100 --> 00:14:17,000 POLITICIANS CAN'T IGNORE IT. 488 00:14:16,533 --> 00:14:17,866 IT'S THERE. 489 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,400 >> Bill: AND SOMETIMES IT IS 490 00:14:17,866 --> 00:14:21,266 HARD TO REMOVE IT FROM THE FACT 491 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:23,666 THAT THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN 492 00:14:21,266 --> 00:14:24,833 ACT, FOR INSTANCE, VOTED ON FOR 493 00:14:23,666 --> 00:14:28,500 BY DEMOCRATS IN WASHINGTON IS 494 00:14:24,833 --> 00:14:30,266 NOW COMING TO THE LOCAL 495 00:14:28,500 --> 00:14:31,466 GOVERNMENT LEVELS TO BE SPENT. 496 00:14:30,266 --> 00:14:32,500 THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 497 00:14:31,466 --> 00:14:34,666 WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THAT 498 00:14:32,500 --> 00:14:36,333 MONEY, AND IT APPEARS THEY WILL 499 00:14:34,666 --> 00:14:36,966 EXTEND IT, RIGHT? 500 00:14:36,333 --> 00:14:38,366 >> Lawrence: SURE. 501 00:14:36,966 --> 00:14:39,666 IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO STATE 502 00:14:38,366 --> 00:14:40,700 GOVERNMENTS BUT ALSO LOCAL 503 00:14:39,666 --> 00:14:44,000 GOVERNMENTS TO DECIDE HOW TO 504 00:14:40,700 --> 00:14:46,000 SPEND THIS MONEY, AND YOU HAVE A 505 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:48,700 LOT OF HANDS OUT WANTING TO GET 506 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:49,933 SOME OF THIS FEDERAL MONEY. 507 00:14:48,700 --> 00:14:51,133 >> Ryland: ESPECIALLY DURING A 508 00:14:49,933 --> 00:14:53,000 PANDEMIC WHEN ALL THIS RELIEF 509 00:14:51,133 --> 00:14:53,733 MONEY IS COMING IN, I THINK THAT 510 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,233 ANY REPUBLICAN LEADER WHO WINDS 511 00:14:53,733 --> 00:14:56,766 UP WITH HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF 512 00:14:55,233 --> 00:14:58,400 DOLLARS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO 513 00:14:56,766 --> 00:15:00,200 SPEND TO THE BENEFIT THE PEOPLE 514 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:01,600 OF THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR 515 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:03,766 THEIR STATE IS GOING TO THINK 516 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:04,066 WISELY ABOUT HOW TO TRY AND DO 517 00:15:03,766 --> 00:15:05,400 THAT. 518 00:15:04,066 --> 00:15:06,700 >> Lawrence: AND YOU'RE GOING 519 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:08,100 FOR A LOFTY POLITICIANS WANTING 520 00:15:06,700 --> 00:15:09,633 TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THIS BRIDGE 521 00:15:08,100 --> 00:15:11,866 THAT WAS BUILT OR THIS ROAD THAT 522 00:15:09,633 --> 00:15:12,566 WAS PAVED, SO THAT'LL BE A 523 00:15:11,866 --> 00:15:13,800 FACTOR AS WELL. 524 00:15:12,566 --> 00:15:15,900 >> Bill: ON THE ECONOMY, 525 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:16,566 LAWRENCE, WE HAVE A RECORD 526 00:15:15,900 --> 00:15:17,400 $10 BILLION IN ECONOMIC 527 00:15:16,566 --> 00:15:19,433 DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS 528 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:20,433 YEAR, EVEN AS WE HAVE THESE 529 00:15:19,433 --> 00:15:23,000 WORKFORCE ISSUES IN KENTUCKY, 530 00:15:20,433 --> 00:15:25,633 BUT ARE WE EARNING A PLACE AS 531 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:26,000 A -- AS A GOOD SPOT TO DO 532 00:15:25,633 --> 00:15:26,833 BUSINESS? 533 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:27,900 >> Lawrence: WELL, THIS IS THE 534 00:15:26,833 --> 00:15:32,000 ISSUE THAT ANDY BESHEAR, THE 535 00:15:27,900 --> 00:15:34,100 GOVERNOR, IS GOING TO RUN ON. 536 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:35,833 HE'S SAID IT A THOUSAND TIMES, 537 00:15:34,100 --> 00:15:36,833 THAT THE ECONOMY IN KENTUCKY IS 538 00:15:35,833 --> 00:15:38,400 ON FIRE. 539 00:15:36,833 --> 00:15:39,933 SO THIS IS GOING TO BE HIS BIG 540 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:42,633 ISSUE, ALONG WITH COVID, BUT THE 541 00:15:39,933 --> 00:15:43,633 BIG ISSUE HE'S GOING TO RUN ON 542 00:15:42,633 --> 00:15:44,866 IS ALL THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 543 00:15:43,633 --> 00:15:46,600 PROJECTS HE'S ATTRACTED TO THE 544 00:15:44,866 --> 00:15:49,666 STATE WITH FOREMOST BEING THE 545 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:52,066 BIG FORD BATTERY PLANT THAT IS 546 00:15:49,666 --> 00:15:53,733 BEING BUILT IN HARDIN COUNTY. 547 00:15:52,066 --> 00:15:56,133 YEAH, THIS IS SOMETHING THE 548 00:15:53,733 --> 00:15:57,133 GOVERNOR IS GOING TO -- IT 549 00:15:56,133 --> 00:15:58,900 WASN'T TO TAKE CREDIT FOR, IS 550 00:15:57,133 --> 00:15:59,733 TAKING CREDIT FOR AND IS GOING 551 00:15:58,900 --> 00:16:01,300 TO RUN HARD ON. 552 00:15:59,733 --> 00:16:02,400 >> Bill: AS WE HIT THE 553 00:16:01,300 --> 00:16:03,900 HOLIDAYS STORE KEEPERS AND 554 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:05,466 INVESTORS KNOW THE TRENDS ARE 555 00:16:03,900 --> 00:16:06,533 STRONG OUT THERE BUT THERE ARE 556 00:16:05,466 --> 00:16:07,866 SOME REAL CHALLENGES WITH SUPPLY 557 00:16:06,533 --> 00:16:08,433 CHAIN ISSUES AND FINDING OF 558 00:16:07,866 --> 00:16:10,266 STAFF. 559 00:16:08,433 --> 00:16:11,933 LISA BENSON FROM LOUISVILLE 560 00:16:10,266 --> 00:16:13,033 BUSINESS FIRST JOINS US NOW. 561 00:16:11,933 --> 00:16:13,366 LISA, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH 562 00:16:13,033 --> 00:16:14,433 US. 563 00:16:13,366 --> 00:16:16,366 WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 564 00:16:14,433 --> 00:16:16,733 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING 565 00:16:16,366 --> 00:16:18,200 ME, BILL. 566 00:16:16,733 --> 00:16:20,700 >> Bill: AS THIS PROGRAM RUNS 567 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:21,566 ON BLACK FRIDAY, WHAT ARE SOME 568 00:16:20,700 --> 00:16:23,633 TRENDS THAT RETAILERS WATCHING 569 00:16:21,566 --> 00:16:25,500 AS THEY TRY TO STOCK THEIR 570 00:16:23,633 --> 00:16:26,066 SHELVES AND HOPE TO RING UP 571 00:16:25,500 --> 00:16:28,933 THOSE SALES? 572 00:16:26,066 --> 00:16:30,133 >> WELL, I HOPE YOU HAVE YOUR 573 00:16:28,933 --> 00:16:31,900 CHRISTMAS SHOPPING ALREADY DONE, 574 00:16:30,133 --> 00:16:33,200 BILL BECAUSE THE NATIONAL RETAIL 575 00:16:31,900 --> 00:16:34,200 FEDERATION CAME OUT WITH ITS 576 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,733 HOLIDAY SALES FORECAST AND 577 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:38,366 THEY'RE SAYING THAT SPENDING IS 578 00:16:35,733 --> 00:16:40,233 EXPECTED TO BE UP BETWEEN 8.5 579 00:16:38,366 --> 00:16:42,800 AND 10.5% OVER 2020 AND REACH AS 580 00:16:40,233 --> 00:16:44,633 HIGH AS ABOUT 859 BUILDINGS THIS 581 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:47,033 YEAR SO THAT WOULD RANK AS THE 582 00:16:44,633 --> 00:16:47,366 HIGHEST HOLIDAY RETAIL SALES ON 583 00:16:47,033 --> 00:16:49,100 RECORD. 584 00:16:47,366 --> 00:16:51,600 AND RETAILERS HAVE BEEN REALLY 585 00:16:49,100 --> 00:16:53,000 RAMPING UP IN PREPARATION FOR 586 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,133 THAT, INVESTING IN THEIR SUPPLY 587 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,300 CHAINS AND ENSURING THAT THEY 588 00:16:54,133 --> 00:16:55,733 CAN KEEP PRODUCTS ON THE 589 00:16:55,300 --> 00:16:57,466 SHELVES. 590 00:16:55,733 --> 00:16:59,066 WALMART, TARGET AND HOME DEPOT 591 00:16:57,466 --> 00:17:01,533 HAVE REALLY BEEN AT THE 592 00:16:59,066 --> 00:17:02,700 FOREFRONT OF THIS DOING A HUGE A 593 00:17:01,533 --> 00:17:05,400 AMOUNT OF PREBUYING PRIOR TO THE 594 00:17:02,700 --> 00:17:07,800 HOLIDAYS AND THEY GET A LOT OF 595 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:09,033 VIP TREATMENT TO MAKE SURE THEIR 596 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,433 STORES WILL BE WELL STOCK BUT 597 00:17:09,033 --> 00:17:11,933 WHERE IT'S LIKELY TO BE A LOT 598 00:17:10,433 --> 00:17:12,233 TOUGHER IS ON THE SMALL BUSINESS 599 00:17:11,933 --> 00:17:14,066 SIDE. 600 00:17:12,233 --> 00:17:17,800 HALF OF ALL SMALL BUSINESS 601 00:17:14,066 --> 00:17:18,700 OWNERS SAY THEY EXPECT INVENTORY 602 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:20,500 SHORTAGES COOKED TO DOOLING.COM 603 00:17:18,700 --> 00:17:21,766 AND THE BUSINESSES I TALKED TO 604 00:17:20,500 --> 00:17:24,466 TELL ME JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING 605 00:17:21,766 --> 00:17:27,400 MAKES ITS WAY TO TAKE LONGER 606 00:17:24,466 --> 00:17:29,833 THROUGH THE CHAIN, PRICES BEGIN 607 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:30,700 TO ESCALATE AND THEY'RE FACING 608 00:17:29,833 --> 00:17:32,133 EXTREME CHALLENGES TO THE LABOR 609 00:17:30,700 --> 00:17:35,866 SIDE AND THE NUMBER OF 610 00:17:32,133 --> 00:17:39,600 BUSINESSES THAT REPORTED 611 00:17:35,866 --> 00:17:40,500 UNPHILADELPHIA JOB OPTION IS THE 612 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:42,766 HIGHEST IN THAT BE FIVE YEARS. 613 00:17:40,500 --> 00:17:43,766 >> Bill: LET'S JUMP TO THE 614 00:17:42,766 --> 00:17:45,733 WORKER SHORTAGE THAT IS REALLY 615 00:17:43,766 --> 00:17:48,066 IN KENTUCKY WE HAVE ONE OF THE 616 00:17:45,733 --> 00:17:49,800 MIEST QUIT RATES IN THE NATION. 617 00:17:48,066 --> 00:17:50,466 SO HOW ARE KENTUCKY BUSINESSES 618 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:51,766 HANDLE THAT? 619 00:17:50,466 --> 00:17:54,000 TRYING TO GET ENOUGH PEOPLE, YOU 620 00:17:51,766 --> 00:17:55,300 KNOW, TO GET THOSE ORDERS FILLED 621 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,633 OR CUSTOMERS SERVED. 622 00:17:55,300 --> 00:17:59,000 >> IT'S A DELICATE BALANCE. 623 00:17:57,633 --> 00:18:01,633 WE'VE BEEN HEARING FOR MONTHS 624 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:02,333 ABOUT THIS GREAT RESIGNATION AND 625 00:18:01,633 --> 00:18:03,600 IT'S PITTING SOME STATES 626 00:18:02,333 --> 00:18:04,233 PARTICULARLY HARD, KENTUCKY AS 627 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:06,600 YOU MENTIONED. 628 00:18:04,233 --> 00:18:08,533 THERE'S THAT DATA FROM PAYROLL 629 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:10,500 COMPANY GUSTO WHICH HAS BEEN 630 00:18:08,533 --> 00:18:11,566 TRACKING THOSE QUIT RATES ACROSS 631 00:18:10,500 --> 00:18:13,500 THE COUNTRY. 632 00:18:11,566 --> 00:18:16,200 KENTUCKY SAW A QUIT RATE AT 4% 633 00:18:13,500 --> 00:18:17,366 SO THAT PUTS US OUTSIDE THE TOP 634 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:17,666 TEN FOR WORKERS QUITTING THEIR 635 00:18:17,366 --> 00:18:19,200 JOBS. 636 00:18:17,666 --> 00:18:20,333 IT'S A TOUGH TIME FOR BUSINESSES 637 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:22,566 TO BE DEALING WITH THIS AS WE 638 00:18:20,333 --> 00:18:24,400 HEAD INTO THE HOLIDAYS. 639 00:18:22,566 --> 00:18:25,433 COMPANIES LIKE APES THAT NEED TO 640 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:27,400 MYER A LOT OF SEASONAL WORKERS 641 00:18:25,433 --> 00:18:28,733 ARE TRYING TO EP THE UP THEIR 642 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:31,800 WAGES AND BENEFITS TO COMPETE. 643 00:18:28,733 --> 00:18:33,333 LOUISVILLE AMENDS IS ONE OF THE 644 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:35,633 LARGEST EMPLOYERS AND NEEDS TO 645 00:18:33,333 --> 00:18:38,966 HIRE 1500 FOR THE SEASON SO IT'S 646 00:18:35,633 --> 00:18:40,500 STARTING WAGE A $18, GIVING SIGN 647 00:18:38,966 --> 00:18:43,333 ONE-BLOCK BONUSES OF $3,000 AND 648 00:18:40,500 --> 00:18:43,700 SOMETIMES TACKING ON ANOTHER $3 649 00:18:43,333 --> 00:18:44,666 A SHIFT. 650 00:18:43,700 --> 00:18:46,000 >> Bill: SO THERE'S 651 00:18:44,666 --> 00:18:46,333 COMPETITION OUT THERE FOR THOSE 652 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:47,833 WORKERS. 653 00:18:46,333 --> 00:18:49,066 THERE IS GOOD NEWS FOR 654 00:18:47,833 --> 00:18:50,100 LOUISVILLE AND SOME OF THIS 655 00:18:49,066 --> 00:18:52,033 FEDERAL MONEY THAT'S COMING IN, 656 00:18:50,100 --> 00:18:53,700 MORE THAN $1 BILLION FROM THE 657 00:18:52,033 --> 00:18:56,633 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND THERE'S 658 00:18:53,700 --> 00:18:58,133 SOMETHING CALLED 9th STREET 659 00:18:56,633 --> 00:18:58,800 REIMAGINED THAT MAY BE GETTING 660 00:18:58,133 --> 00:19:01,000 SOME HELP? 661 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:02,833 >> YEAH, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO 662 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:05,166 RECORD ON A STORY THAT HAS THE 663 00:19:02,833 --> 00:19:06,133 "B" WORD IN IT, AND THERE IS THE 664 00:19:05,166 --> 00:19:09,033 POSSIBILITY THAT LOUISVILLE 665 00:19:06,133 --> 00:19:11,633 COULD SEE A BILLION DOLLARS THE 666 00:19:09,033 --> 00:19:12,533 NEXT FIVE YEARS DEPENDING ON HOW 667 00:19:11,633 --> 00:19:13,600 IT LEVERAGES THE FEDERAL FUNDS 668 00:19:12,533 --> 00:19:14,966 THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED ALREADY 669 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:15,233 AND WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO 670 00:19:14,966 --> 00:19:16,033 GET. 671 00:19:15,233 --> 00:19:23,433 MAYOR GREG FISCHER WAS AT THE 672 00:19:16,033 --> 00:19:24,166 WHITE HOUSE RECENTLY WHEN 673 00:19:23,433 --> 00:19:26,700 PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED THE JOBS 674 00:19:24,166 --> 00:19:27,233 ACT AND LOUISVILLE IS WPDE TO 675 00:19:26,700 --> 00:19:29,166 RECEIVE $5 MILLION. 676 00:19:27,233 --> 00:19:29,933 NEACE IN A BIGS TO THE MONEY 677 00:19:29,166 --> 00:19:31,200 ALREADY RECEIVED FROM THE 678 00:19:29,933 --> 00:19:31,466 AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN AND CARES 679 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:33,100 ACT. 680 00:19:31,466 --> 00:19:34,400 SO THAT'S ABOUT $1 MILLION TO 681 00:19:33,100 --> 00:19:35,833 RESHAPE OUR CITY. 682 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:37,233 AND ONE PROJECT BEING CONSIDERED 683 00:19:35,833 --> 00:19:40,133 IS SOMETHING CAUD THE 9th 684 00:19:37,233 --> 00:19:42,666 STREET REIMAGINED PROJECT THAT 685 00:19:40,133 --> 00:19:44,400 WOULD -- THE 9th STREET WHICH 686 00:19:42,666 --> 00:19:45,933 HAS HISTORICALLY SEPARATED WEST 687 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,733 LOUISVILLE AND DOWNTOWN, SO THIS 688 00:19:45,933 --> 00:19:50,166 EFFORT WOULD REWORK THAT 689 00:19:47,733 --> 00:19:53,700 CORRIDOR TO MAKE IT MORE 690 00:19:50,166 --> 00:19:56,733 PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, CREATE MORE 691 00:19:53,700 --> 00:19:57,466 GREEN SPACE AND PUBLIC ART. 692 00:19:56,733 --> 00:19:59,266 >> Bill: LOUVRE BUSINESS FIRST 693 00:19:57,466 --> 00:19:59,700 HAS ITS OWN NICHE PROJECT 694 00:19:59,266 --> 00:20:00,600 UNDERWAY. 695 00:19:59,700 --> 00:20:02,366 YOU'RE GOING TO BE COVERING 696 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,433 INNOVATION IN KENTUCKY, RIGHT? 697 00:20:02,366 --> 00:20:06,233 >> THEY'RE. 698 00:20:03,433 --> 00:20:09,166 KENTUCKY I KNOW HAS A BLAND NEW 699 00:20:06,233 --> 00:20:11,266 INITIATIVE TO COVER INNOVATION 700 00:20:09,166 --> 00:20:11,766 NEWS HAPPENINGS RADIOS ACROSS 701 00:20:11,266 --> 00:20:14,466 THE COMMONWEALTH. 702 00:20:11,766 --> 00:20:17,533 IT'S DIGITAL PLATFORM ABOUT 703 00:20:14,466 --> 00:20:18,200 START-UP BUSINESSES, 704 00:20:17,533 --> 00:20:19,266 ENTREPRENEURS ENTREPRENEURS, 705 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:21,500 TRENDS IMPACTING INNOVATION 706 00:20:19,266 --> 00:20:22,666 ACROSS THE STATE IT. 707 00:20:21,500 --> 00:20:23,766 IT HAD COVERS OUT OF THE 708 00:20:22,666 --> 00:20:25,533 LOUISVILLE AREA AND INTO THE 709 00:20:23,766 --> 00:20:27,200 STATE FOR THE FIRST TYPE. 710 00:20:25,533 --> 00:20:28,533 >> Bill: QUICKLY YOU'VE DONE A 711 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:30,033 STORY ABOUT THE CHALLENGE THAT 712 00:20:28,533 --> 00:20:30,400 FEMALE BUSINESS FOUNDERS FACE IN 713 00:20:30,033 --> 00:20:32,200 KENTUCKY. 714 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:33,700 IT CAN BE AN UPHILL CLIMB. 715 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:35,766 >> ABSOLUTELY. 716 00:20:33,700 --> 00:20:38,300 OUR REPORTER HALEY COPEN TOOK A 717 00:20:35,766 --> 00:20:39,866 LOOK A TRENDS IN CAPITAL 718 00:20:38,300 --> 00:20:41,100 INVESTMENT AND 20 WAS A BANNER 719 00:20:39,866 --> 00:20:43,933 YEAR FOR THESE STARTUPS ACROSS 720 00:20:41,100 --> 00:20:45,800 THE BOARD LANDING 16% MORE 721 00:20:43,933 --> 00:20:48,833 VENTURE DOLLARS THAN 2019 BUT 722 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:50,033 UNFORTUNATELY FEMALE-LED 723 00:20:48,833 --> 00:20:53,633 INVESTMENTS SAW THEIR COMPANIES 724 00:20:50,033 --> 00:20:55,600 FALL BY 3% AND -- 725 00:20:53,633 --> 00:20:57,466 THE REASONS THAT ARE UNDER LYING 726 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:58,600 THAT DISPARATE AND TALKED TO A 727 00:20:57,466 --> 00:21:00,200 NUMBER OF WOMEN ABOUT THEIR 728 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:01,800 EXPERIENCE RAISING MONEY FOR 729 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:05,066 THEIR STARR-UP IN KENTUCKY. 730 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:06,133 IT REVEALED THAT FEMALE 731 00:21:05,066 --> 00:21:06,833 ENTREPRENEURS CAN STRUGGLE WITH 732 00:21:06,133 --> 00:21:08,900 MAKING CONNECTIONS. 733 00:21:06,833 --> 00:21:09,866 BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE ARE A 734 00:21:08,900 --> 00:21:12,100 NUMBER OF SUPPORTS AVAILABLE TO 735 00:21:09,866 --> 00:21:13,400 HELP REVERSE THAT TREND. 736 00:21:12,100 --> 00:21:16,666 THESE ARE THE KIND OF STORIES 737 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:17,566 WE'RE WORKING ON. 738 00:21:16,666 --> 00:21:19,133 >> Bill: LISA BENSON, THANK 739 00:21:17,566 --> 00:21:19,600 YOU FOR JOINING FOURS LOUISVILLE 740 00:21:19,133 --> 00:21:21,566 BUSINESS FIRST. 741 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:22,133 >> ALWAYS A PLEASURE, BILL. 742 00:21:21,566 --> 00:21:23,633 THANKS FOR HAVING ME. 743 00:21:22,133 --> 00:21:25,933 >> Bill: WITH OUR HANDLE OF 744 00:21:23,633 --> 00:21:27,366 LAWRENCE SMITH, ALEX ACQUISTO 745 00:21:25,933 --> 00:21:28,933 AND RYLAND BARTON. 746 00:21:27,366 --> 00:21:30,333 ALEX, WE'RE MENTIONING THE 747 00:21:28,933 --> 00:21:32,200 HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON NOW 748 00:21:30,333 --> 00:21:33,600 UNDERWAY BUT MANY ARE HAVING TO 749 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:35,400 WATCHNER BASIC EXPENSES. 750 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:37,833 DO YOU THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF 751 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:38,566 KENTUCKIANS OUT THERE WITH REAL 752 00:21:37,833 --> 00:21:39,933 CONCERNS EVEN ABOUT THE COST OF 753 00:21:38,566 --> 00:21:41,466 HEATING THIS WINTER? 754 00:21:39,933 --> 00:21:42,666 >> Alex: DEFINITELY. 755 00:21:41,466 --> 00:21:44,766 I THINK THERE ALWAYS ARE. 756 00:21:42,666 --> 00:21:46,633 AND I THINK EVEN THOUGH THE 757 00:21:44,766 --> 00:21:48,166 PANDEMIC UPSET, WE HAD A LOT OF 758 00:21:46,633 --> 00:21:50,200 PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED UNEMPLOYMENT 759 00:21:48,166 --> 00:21:51,266 BENEFITS, I THINK THE PANDEMIC 760 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:52,666 ROILED A LOT OF FINANCES FOR A 761 00:21:51,266 --> 00:21:54,300 LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WILL TAKE 762 00:21:52,666 --> 00:21:56,200 THEM A LONG TIME TO RECOVER 763 00:21:54,300 --> 00:21:58,300 FROM, AND SO I THINK EVEN THOUGH 764 00:21:56,200 --> 00:22:00,233 IT'S THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND 765 00:21:58,300 --> 00:22:01,466 PEOPLE HAVE MORE ACCESS TO JOBS 766 00:22:00,233 --> 00:22:03,233 NOW THAN THEY DID AT THE HEIGHT 767 00:22:01,466 --> 00:22:04,200 OF THE PANDEMIC, IT'S STILL 768 00:22:03,233 --> 00:22:07,866 SOMETHING THAT WILL TAKE PEOPLE 769 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:08,333 A WHILE TO SORT OF GET THEIR 770 00:22:07,866 --> 00:22:08,900 BEARINGS AGAIN. 771 00:22:08,333 --> 00:22:09,900 >> Bill: THE KENTUCKY 772 00:22:08,900 --> 00:22:11,433 LEGISLATURE WILL ROLL INTO 773 00:22:09,900 --> 00:22:13,433 FRANKFORT JUST A FEW WEEKS FROM 774 00:22:11,433 --> 00:22:14,800 RIGHT NOW IN EARLY JANUARY. 775 00:22:13,433 --> 00:22:16,966 WILL THERE BE ENOUGH BANDWIDTH 776 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,733 TO DEAL WITH THE STATE BUDGET 777 00:22:16,966 --> 00:22:21,933 REQUIRED BY THE STATE 778 00:22:18,733 --> 00:22:23,866 CONSTITUTION, REDISTRICTING 779 00:22:21,933 --> 00:22:24,566 RIDER I. REQUIRED BY THE U.S. 780 00:22:23,866 --> 00:22:25,266 CONSTITUTION, INFRASTRUCTURE 781 00:22:24,566 --> 00:22:26,566 WITH THE FEDERAL MONEY COMING 782 00:22:25,266 --> 00:22:30,933 IN, AND A MYRIAD OF OTHER ISSUES 783 00:22:26,566 --> 00:22:31,500 THAT ARE OUT THERE COMPETING FOR 784 00:22:30,933 --> 00:22:32,233 ATTENTION RIGHT NOW? 785 00:22:31,500 --> 00:22:33,766 >> Ryland: WE'LL SEE. 786 00:22:32,233 --> 00:22:36,466 THIS IS THE LONG YEAR. 787 00:22:33,766 --> 00:22:37,766 THIS IS THE 60 THE WORKING DAY 788 00:22:36,466 --> 00:22:39,633 SESSION, THE BUDGET WRITING 789 00:22:37,766 --> 00:22:41,066 SESSION SO THEY DO HAVE A LITTLE 790 00:22:39,633 --> 00:22:42,200 MORE ADVERTISEMENT, AND GRANTED 791 00:22:41,066 --> 00:22:43,700 I THINK ANY LEGISLATIVE OBSERVER 792 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:44,833 CAN SEE MOST OF THE WORK GETS 793 00:22:43,700 --> 00:22:45,833 DONE THE IN LAST MINUTES OR THE 794 00:22:44,833 --> 00:22:48,233 LAST DAYS OF THE LEGISLATIVE 795 00:22:45,833 --> 00:22:50,233 SESSION RIGHT BEFORE THE FINAL 796 00:22:48,233 --> 00:22:51,366 DEADLINE, SO I THINK THAT THIS 797 00:22:50,233 --> 00:22:52,433 WILL BE BUSIER THAN USUAL. 798 00:22:51,366 --> 00:22:55,100 THERE ARE SO MANY MORE 799 00:22:52,433 --> 00:22:55,866 PRIORITIES, AND A LOT OF THAT'S 800 00:22:55,100 --> 00:22:56,500 GOING TO BE FROND FRONTED LOADED 801 00:22:55,866 --> 00:22:57,866 BECAUSE OF REDISTRICTING. 802 00:22:56,500 --> 00:23:00,100 THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO BE 803 00:22:57,866 --> 00:23:01,733 GETTING THAT OUT OF THE WAY 804 00:23:00,100 --> 00:23:03,000 PRETTY QUICKLY JUST SO THAT 805 00:23:01,733 --> 00:23:04,133 PEOPLE KNOW WHAT SEATS THEY'RE 806 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:07,366 GOING TO BE RUNNING FOR. 807 00:23:04,133 --> 00:23:10,000 THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME IN 808 00:23:07,366 --> 00:23:11,100 QUICKLY, DELAY THAT FILING 809 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,200 DEADLINE TO SOME TIME LATER IN 810 00:23:11,100 --> 00:23:14,300 THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. 811 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:17,233 WE DON'T KNOW WHEN. 812 00:23:14,300 --> 00:23:19,133 AND THEN, YEAH, THEN CANDIDATES 813 00:23:17,233 --> 00:23:20,766 PASS MAPS OR TRY TO AT LEAST 814 00:23:19,133 --> 00:23:22,133 MAPS WILL FINALLY BE PUBLISH SO 815 00:23:20,766 --> 00:23:23,766 THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE 816 00:23:22,133 --> 00:23:24,100 DISTRICTS LOOK LIKE AND 817 00:23:23,766 --> 00:23:25,933 WHATNOT. 818 00:23:24,100 --> 00:23:30,566 THEN THERE'S THIS WHOLE STATE 819 00:23:25,933 --> 00:23:31,366 BUDGET TO DEAL WITH, BIG OLD 820 00:23:30,566 --> 00:23:33,800 EXTRA MONEY FOR THE STATE BUDGET 821 00:23:31,366 --> 00:23:35,533 FROM TAX REVENUES AND A BUDGET 822 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:38,166 SURPLUS LAST YEAR TO KEHL DEAL 823 00:23:35,533 --> 00:23:38,500 WITH, SO IT WILL BE A VERY BUSY 824 00:23:38,166 --> 00:23:40,433 SESSION. 825 00:23:38,500 --> 00:23:41,333 >> Lawrence: I'LL SAY THIS AS 826 00:23:40,433 --> 00:23:42,566 WELL AS WELL. 827 00:23:41,333 --> 00:23:44,300 YOU'RE RIGHT IT'S GOING TO BE A 828 00:23:42,566 --> 00:23:46,100 BEADS SESSION, BUT THE BIG 829 00:23:44,300 --> 00:23:47,333 PRIORITY STUFF WILL GET DONE 830 00:23:46,100 --> 00:23:49,833 FAIRLY EARLY ON INCLUDING I 831 00:23:47,333 --> 00:23:50,600 THINK THE BUDGET BECAUSE THE 832 00:23:49,833 --> 00:23:52,466 REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE WANTS TO 833 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:53,933 MAKE SURE THEY HAVE TIME TO 834 00:23:52,466 --> 00:23:55,700 OVERRIDE ANY VETOES BY THE 835 00:23:53,933 --> 00:23:58,300 GOVERNOR, SO SOME STUFF WILL 836 00:23:55,700 --> 00:23:59,300 WAIT IN THE LAST MINUTE BUT 837 00:23:58,300 --> 00:24:00,466 OTHERS WILL NOT. 838 00:23:59,300 --> 00:24:01,466 >> Bill: WE MENTIONED THE 839 00:24:00,466 --> 00:24:03,466 SOCIAL WORKERS. 840 00:24:01,466 --> 00:24:05,066 WE LOST 600 OF THOSE THIS YEAR. 841 00:24:03,466 --> 00:24:07,266 THEY OPENLY SAY THAT THEY HAVE 842 00:24:05,066 --> 00:24:07,700 SO MANY CASES, THEY CAN'T KEEP 843 00:24:07,266 --> 00:24:08,866 TRACK. 844 00:24:07,700 --> 00:24:10,266 WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT WOULD BE 845 00:24:08,866 --> 00:24:12,800 ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WOULD 846 00:24:10,266 --> 00:24:13,333 LIKELY GET SOME DISCUSSION. 847 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:14,800 >> Alex: DEFINITELY. 848 00:24:13,333 --> 00:24:15,733 THIS WEEK A NUMBER OF SOCIAL 849 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:16,533 WORKERS PROTESTED ON THE STEPS 850 00:24:15,733 --> 00:24:17,633 OF THE CAPITOL. 851 00:24:16,533 --> 00:24:20,366 UPON HEARING THE NEWS THAT 852 00:24:17,633 --> 00:24:21,800 BESHEAR WAS ALLOCATING MONEY TO 853 00:24:20,366 --> 00:24:23,733 FUNDRAISES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, 854 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:24,800 FOR KENTUCKY STATE POLICE, 855 00:24:23,733 --> 00:24:28,300 BASICALLY SOCIAL WORKERS ARE IN 856 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:28,633 AS DIRE OF STRAITS IF NOT MORE 857 00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:30,433 DIRE. 858 00:24:28,633 --> 00:24:32,600 A LOT OF EM HAVEN'T GOTTEN 859 00:24:30,433 --> 00:24:35,700 RAISES IN YEARS AND SO THEY WANT 860 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:36,766 A CUT OF THE PIE AND THEY SORT 861 00:24:35,700 --> 00:24:38,333 OF DESERVE IT. 862 00:24:36,766 --> 00:24:39,666 AND BESHEAR TOLD OUR COLUMNIST 863 00:24:38,333 --> 00:24:41,300 LINDA BLACKFORD THAT HE IS GOING 864 00:24:39,666 --> 00:24:41,966 TO INCLUDE RAISES FOR THEM IN 865 00:24:41,300 --> 00:24:43,366 HIS BUDGET. 866 00:24:41,966 --> 00:24:46,533 IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHETHER 867 00:24:43,366 --> 00:24:48,600 LAWMAKERS APPROVE IT. 868 00:24:46,533 --> 00:24:50,333 >> Bill: MEDICAL MARIJUANA. 869 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:53,300 THERE'S A PROPOSAL FROM STATE 870 00:24:50,333 --> 00:24:54,566 REPRESENTATIVE JASON NEMES THAT 871 00:24:53,300 --> 00:24:57,166 IS NARROWLY TAILORED. 872 00:24:54,566 --> 00:24:57,900 >> Ryland: ANOTHER NARROWLY 873 00:24:57,166 --> 00:25:00,266 TIRED MEDICAL MARIJUANA BILL. 874 00:24:57,900 --> 00:25:00,966 IT BECOMES MORE AND MORE 875 00:25:00,266 --> 00:25:02,933 NARROWLY TIRED EVERY YEAR AND 876 00:25:00,966 --> 00:25:04,033 SEEMS TO GET MORE SUPPORT. 877 00:25:02,933 --> 00:25:05,733 IT PASSED OUT OF THE HOUSE A 878 00:25:04,033 --> 00:25:08,566 COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. 879 00:25:05,733 --> 00:25:10,900 2020 WHEN THAT HAPPENED, AND 880 00:25:08,566 --> 00:25:12,100 THERE'S LOTS -- AS THERE IS NOR 881 00:25:10,900 --> 00:25:13,000 EVERY LEGISLATIVE SESSION, 882 00:25:12,100 --> 00:25:14,200 PEOPLE SAY THIS IS THE YEAR THAT 883 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:16,433 IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 884 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:18,100 THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME SUPPORT, 885 00:25:16,433 --> 00:25:19,533 MORE SUPPORT THAN THERE WAS 886 00:25:18,100 --> 00:25:19,866 BEFORE BUT IT'S ALWAYS THE 887 00:25:19,533 --> 00:25:22,800 SENATE. 888 00:25:19,866 --> 00:25:23,166 THE STATE SENATE HAS BEEN 889 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:24,333 RELUCTANT. 890 00:25:23,166 --> 00:25:27,600 >> Bill: LAWRENCE, THERE'S 891 00:25:24,333 --> 00:25:27,900 TALK OF AN OME ANY BUS ABORTION 892 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:28,700 BILL. 893 00:25:27,900 --> 00:25:29,933 >> Lawrence: REPRESENTATIVE 894 00:25:28,700 --> 00:25:31,433 NANCY TATE THE PRIMARY SPONSOR 895 00:25:29,933 --> 00:25:34,200 OF THAT. 896 00:25:31,433 --> 00:25:37,066 IT DEMOCRATS' WITH MAKING SURE 897 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:38,600 MINORS DON'T GET ABORTIONS, THAT 898 00:25:37,066 --> 00:25:39,333 THEY HAVE PARENTAL EXTENT AND 899 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:40,466 REGULATING CHEMICAL ABORTIONS. 900 00:25:39,333 --> 00:25:41,466 THAT IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE. 901 00:25:40,466 --> 00:25:43,433 THERE IS PROBABLY BROAD SUPPORT 902 00:25:41,466 --> 00:25:44,333 MOST OF THE TIME IN THE 903 00:25:43,433 --> 00:25:47,533 REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE. 904 00:25:44,333 --> 00:25:49,333 EVEN SOME DEMOCRATS WILL SUPPORT 905 00:25:47,533 --> 00:25:50,933 MEASURES THAT OPPOSE ABORTION. 906 00:25:49,333 --> 00:25:53,066 >> Bill: IT'S GOING TO BE AN 907 00:25:50,933 --> 00:25:57,333 INTERESTING SESSION, ISN'T IT? 908 00:25:53,066 --> 00:25:57,933 >> Lawrence: INTERESTING IS AN 909 00:25:57,333 --> 00:25:59,066 UNDERSTATEMENT I THINK. 910 00:25:57,933 --> 00:25:59,933 >> Bill: I THINK SO TOO. 911 00:25:59,066 --> 00:26:02,133 OVER THIS THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY I 912 00:25:59,933 --> 00:26:04,100 WANT TO THANK OUR PANELISTS FOR 913 00:26:02,133 --> 00:26:05,633 COMING IN AND ALL OF THEM HOE 914 00:26:04,100 --> 00:26:06,300 TAKE PART IN OUR PROGRAM 915 00:26:05,633 --> 00:26:07,666 THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 916 00:26:06,300 --> 00:26:10,533 THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS PROGRAM 917 00:26:07,666 --> 00:26:11,133 AND MAKES IT SO SPECIAL, SO WE 918 00:26:10,533 --> 00:26:13,500 REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 919 00:26:11,133 --> 00:26:14,133 >> Ryland: THANK YOU FOR 920 00:26:13,500 --> 00:26:14,900 HOSTING IT HAD. 921 00:26:14,133 --> 00:26:15,333 >> Lawrence: HAPPY 922 00:26:14,900 --> 00:26:15,966 THANKSGIVING. 923 00:26:15,333 --> 00:26:16,900 >> Bill: AND TO ALL ON IT 924 00:26:15,966 --> 00:26:18,433 THERE HAPPY THANKSGIVING. 925 00:26:16,900 --> 00:26:18,866 HOPE YOU HAVE A CONTINUING NICE 926 00:26:18,433 --> 00:26:20,633 WEEKEND. 927 00:26:18,866 --> 00:26:21,733 WE DO RETURN LIVE ON FRIDAY 928 00:26:20,633 --> 00:26:22,100 DECEMBER 5th WITH "COMMENT ON 929 00:26:21,733 --> 00:26:23,133 KENTUCKY." 930 00:26:22,100 --> 00:26:24,566 THAT'S OUR PROGRAM FOR NOW. 931 00:26:23,133 --> 00:26:25,433 AND YOU MAKE IT A GOOD WEEK 932 00:26:24,566 --> 00:26:25,433 AHEAD.