1 00:00:05,233 --> 00:00:06,933 I have a question for you. 2 00:00:06,933 --> 00:00:07,500 What is it? 3 00:00:07,500 --> 00:00:10,100 Are you fired up and ready to go? 4 00:00:12,100 --> 00:00:14,033 A fiery campaign kickoff 5 00:00:14,033 --> 00:00:17,333 for Governor Andy Beshear. 6 00:00:17,666 --> 00:00:19,900 Inquiring minds want to know why 7 00:00:19,900 --> 00:00:23,500 Kentucky has closed primaries in all the governors races. 8 00:00:23,533 --> 00:00:26,400 We asked some experts and they give us some answers. 9 00:00:28,266 --> 00:00:31,200 I went through one of the reentry simulations 10 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:34,333 thinking I knew everything, but I really didn't 11 00:00:35,500 --> 00:00:38,400 get a taste of life after incarceration 12 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:41,600 at Debate Kitchen. 13 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:42,666 You heard it. 14 00:00:42,666 --> 00:00:46,833 The most accessible museum in the world. 15 00:00:48,100 --> 00:00:50,433 And a look at a new multimillion 16 00:00:50,433 --> 00:00:53,166 dollar attraction that's coming to Kentucky. 17 00:00:55,166 --> 00:00:58,133 Production of Kentucky Edition is made possible in part 18 00:00:58,133 --> 00:01:00,833 by the KET Endowment for Kentucky Productions, 19 00:01:00,833 --> 00:01:03,433 the Leonard Press, Endowment for Public Affairs, 20 00:01:03,433 --> 00:01:07,400 and the KET Millennium Fund. 21 00:01:17,533 --> 00:01:18,233 Good evening 22 00:01:18,233 --> 00:01:22,300 and welcome to Kentucky Edition on this Monday, May 22nd. 23 00:01:22,333 --> 00:01:23,266 I'm Renee Shaw. 24 00:01:23,266 --> 00:01:25,700 Thank you for starting off your workweek with us. 25 00:01:26,266 --> 00:01:29,600 Just six days after the May 16th primary 26 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:33,100 and the fall election campaign is already underway. 27 00:01:33,433 --> 00:01:35,700 Governor Andy Beshear kicked off his reelection 28 00:01:35,700 --> 00:01:38,233 campaign with a bus tour across Kentucky. 29 00:01:38,566 --> 00:01:41,966 Our Laura Rogers caught up with the governor at his first stop 30 00:01:42,100 --> 00:01:44,633 Monday night or Friday night in Bowling Green, 31 00:01:44,633 --> 00:01:47,800 where he spoke to a packed house at a downtown coffee shop. 32 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:50,966 Oh, yeah. 33 00:01:50,966 --> 00:01:52,666 Oh, yeah. 34 00:01:52,666 --> 00:01:54,266 Four more years. 35 00:01:54,266 --> 00:01:56,800 Governor Andy Beshear drawing a standing room 36 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:00,233 only crowd to his campaign kickoff stop in Bowling Green. 37 00:02:00,433 --> 00:02:01,533 Our crowd was huge 38 00:02:01,533 --> 00:02:04,633 because we are ready to reelect Andy Beshear for a second term. 39 00:02:04,700 --> 00:02:05,300 All right. 40 00:02:05,300 --> 00:02:09,066 Beshear calling his supporters excited and optimistic, 41 00:02:09,333 --> 00:02:10,500 optimistic about a future 42 00:02:10,500 --> 00:02:12,833 where we're creating more jobs than ever before, 43 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,666 where we're expanding health care 44 00:02:14,666 --> 00:02:16,833 and where we lead with love and compassion 45 00:02:17,066 --> 00:02:18,666 and never fear and division. 46 00:02:18,666 --> 00:02:19,833 The governor highlighting 47 00:02:19,833 --> 00:02:22,900 economic development in the area with new projects 48 00:02:22,900 --> 00:02:25,233 breaking ground at the Kentucky Trans Park. 49 00:02:25,266 --> 00:02:27,300 We are seeing more jobs, new jobs, 50 00:02:27,500 --> 00:02:31,366 jobs of the future more than this area has seen in 20 years. 51 00:02:31,366 --> 00:02:32,966 In the last three. 52 00:02:32,966 --> 00:02:34,500 I work at a trade school here 53 00:02:34,500 --> 00:02:36,666 in Warren County at the Warren County ATC, 54 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,666 and my students are going to benefit from the economic 55 00:02:39,666 --> 00:02:42,100 development projects that he's got going on here. 56 00:02:42,366 --> 00:02:43,666 And those kids are going to wind up 57 00:02:43,666 --> 00:02:46,233 with good paying jobs, earning a living wage. 58 00:02:46,366 --> 00:02:48,400 What this is doing is creating a better life 59 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:50,566 in this area where the kids that grow up here, 60 00:02:50,566 --> 00:02:54,433 no matter how big they dream, can stay near home, achieve, 61 00:02:54,666 --> 00:02:58,033 raise a family and do it in any field they can consider. 62 00:02:58,066 --> 00:03:00,966 This year's other talking points include community safety, 63 00:03:01,166 --> 00:03:04,966 citing pay raises for Kentucky State police, expanding health 64 00:03:04,966 --> 00:03:08,266 care services, and his support for public education. 65 00:03:08,466 --> 00:03:09,933 Many believe it was teachers 66 00:03:09,933 --> 00:03:13,000 who helped carry Bashir to victory in 2019. 67 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:14,600 Think about our educators. 68 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:17,166 You've got to look at their work conditions in their pay. 69 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:20,533 We can't be 44th in teacher pay and state number two 70 00:03:20,533 --> 00:03:22,766 in economic development in recent years. 71 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:24,233 Kentucky has seen registered 72 00:03:24,233 --> 00:03:26,466 Republican voters surpass Democrats. 73 00:03:26,700 --> 00:03:27,966 This year was asked how he hopes 74 00:03:27,966 --> 00:03:30,066 to appeal to voters across party lines. 75 00:03:30,266 --> 00:03:31,600 He says it means addressing 76 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:33,766 the issues that matter to Kentuckians. 77 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:35,500 We've got to make sure that every day 78 00:03:35,500 --> 00:03:38,666 we're focused on things like health care, new job 79 00:03:38,666 --> 00:03:41,833 creation, public safety and public education. 80 00:03:42,033 --> 00:03:44,033 And that's how we move people forward. 81 00:03:44,033 --> 00:03:45,300 I can tell you, as governor, 82 00:03:45,300 --> 00:03:47,333 I don't focus on Democrat or Republican. 83 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,766 I don't focus on moving our state right or left. 84 00:03:49,966 --> 00:03:52,333 I focus on moving it forward for all of our families. 85 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,466 And his message, the governor pointing out the crises 86 00:03:57,466 --> 00:04:00,400 he's weathered while in office and through a pandemic. 87 00:04:01,066 --> 00:04:02,766 We've been through tornadoes. 88 00:04:02,766 --> 00:04:04,200 We've been through floods. 89 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:05,733 We've been through a polar plunge. 90 00:04:05,733 --> 00:04:08,400 -45 degree wind chill in Kentucky. 91 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:10,166 We're going through inflation 92 00:04:10,166 --> 00:04:12,400 while temporary, still tough on our families. 93 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:13,433 And we're even 94 00:04:13,433 --> 00:04:16,333 living through a war in Europe, something I thought I'd only 95 00:04:16,333 --> 00:04:17,900 read about in textbooks. 96 00:04:17,900 --> 00:04:21,166 He has been with Bowling Green and Our Darkest Hour 97 00:04:21,166 --> 00:04:23,533 with the tornadoes and through the pandemic, 98 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:25,766 he has shown true leadership 99 00:04:25,766 --> 00:04:28,100 this year, also receiving support from members 100 00:04:28,100 --> 00:04:31,533 of the United Auto Workers Local 2164. 101 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:33,433 I look around at our state 102 00:04:33,433 --> 00:04:36,933 where our unions are growing and are as busy as ever. 103 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,266 He never mentioned his opponent, Attorney General Daniel 104 00:04:40,266 --> 00:04:41,566 Cameron, by name, 105 00:04:41,566 --> 00:04:44,766 but he did respond to the anticipated attack ads 106 00:04:44,766 --> 00:04:46,933 that will be released leading up to November. 107 00:04:47,066 --> 00:04:49,866 I think the people are going to be able to see how we run 108 00:04:50,100 --> 00:04:51,733 and who talks about the future versus 109 00:04:51,733 --> 00:04:53,533 who talks about the other candidate. 110 00:04:53,533 --> 00:04:55,833 And they'll know who lives out their faith and values. 111 00:04:55,933 --> 00:04:58,400 For Kentucky Edition, I'm Laura Rogers. 112 00:04:59,700 --> 00:05:00,666 Thank you, Laura. 113 00:05:00,666 --> 00:05:02,766 Between Friday and Sunday, Beshear 114 00:05:02,766 --> 00:05:06,100 made stops all across the state from Paducah to Pikeville. 115 00:05:06,866 --> 00:05:09,600 The Republican Party of Kentucky put out a statement 116 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:11,633 in response to Bashir's bus tour. 117 00:05:11,866 --> 00:05:15,500 Spokesperson Sean Sather said, quote, No number of bus 118 00:05:15,766 --> 00:05:18,933 stops is going to make up for Andy's failed leadership. 119 00:05:18,966 --> 00:05:21,466 We need to make sure we can elect Daniel Cameron 120 00:05:21,700 --> 00:05:24,866 and the entire Republican ticket this November and rid 121 00:05:24,866 --> 00:05:27,833 ourselves of Joe Biden's man in Kentucky. 122 00:05:27,866 --> 00:05:29,266 End quote. 123 00:05:29,266 --> 00:05:32,433 Well, look back at last Tuesday's Kentucky primary and 124 00:05:32,500 --> 00:05:35,033 head to the general election in Kentucky tonight. 125 00:05:35,066 --> 00:05:35,666 Tonight, 126 00:05:35,666 --> 00:05:38,566 our panel includes two members of the Kentucky General Assembly 127 00:05:38,766 --> 00:05:41,766 and two political strategists, both Democrats and Republicans. 128 00:05:42,033 --> 00:05:44,000 And, of course, we want your questions and comments. 129 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,166 We want you to join us tonight at eight Eastern, 130 00:05:46,166 --> 00:05:50,733 seven Central for primary recap, 2023 right here on KCET. 131 00:05:51,666 --> 00:05:54,466 You know, there are often frequently asked questions, 132 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:58,766 fake news about why Kentucky's elections are the way they are. 133 00:05:59,033 --> 00:06:02,566 On Friday, we asked two former Kentucky secretaries of state 134 00:06:02,566 --> 00:06:05,600 why the Commonwealth has a closed primary system 135 00:06:05,833 --> 00:06:09,333 and option for straight party ticket voting and why statewide 136 00:06:09,333 --> 00:06:13,366 constitutional officers like governor are held in off years. 137 00:06:14,066 --> 00:06:17,133 Let's talk about some commonly asked questions that we get 138 00:06:17,300 --> 00:06:18,900 after a primary, particularly 139 00:06:18,900 --> 00:06:20,633 like the one that we've had here in Kentucky. 140 00:06:20,633 --> 00:06:21,700 I'll start with you, Trey. 141 00:06:21,700 --> 00:06:25,733 Many people say, first of all, why are our primaries closed? 142 00:06:25,766 --> 00:06:27,733 Why can't independence vote? 143 00:06:27,733 --> 00:06:30,100 Well, it's a state law, so it could be changed. 144 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:32,033 And it is different in some other states. 145 00:06:32,033 --> 00:06:33,400 Some states you don't even have. 146 00:06:34,766 --> 00:06:36,233 Party primaries are completely open. 147 00:06:36,233 --> 00:06:38,433 Other states, independents can come in. 148 00:06:38,433 --> 00:06:40,800 But it basically goes back to the fact that the candidate, 149 00:06:40,833 --> 00:06:43,200 the parties like the fact that it's their own people. 150 00:06:43,500 --> 00:06:44,733 They don't want interlopers. 151 00:06:44,733 --> 00:06:46,766 It also drives people to pick a party. 152 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:50,233 By forcing you to to be in a political party. 153 00:06:50,466 --> 00:06:53,333 And that's one of the reasons why Kentucky has roughly now 90% 154 00:06:53,333 --> 00:06:56,200 in either Republican or Democratic and 10%, 155 00:06:56,333 --> 00:06:58,933 whereas like Massachusetts is close to 40 or 50%. 156 00:06:58,933 --> 00:07:00,733 Independents because they have an open primary. 157 00:07:00,733 --> 00:07:02,600 But we're growing we're double digits now, 158 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:04,600 and we weren't just a little while ago. 159 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:05,700 So which is sort of 160 00:07:05,700 --> 00:07:06,633 an indictment of the parties, 161 00:07:06,633 --> 00:07:08,300 because these people are willing to say, 162 00:07:08,300 --> 00:07:09,233 I'm not going to vote 163 00:07:09,233 --> 00:07:12,133 in my party primary, which usually determines the 164 00:07:12,500 --> 00:07:13,066 at a lot 165 00:07:13,066 --> 00:07:14,566 of local counties, it's who's going to be 166 00:07:14,566 --> 00:07:16,833 the winner in the fall is determined in the primary. 167 00:07:16,833 --> 00:07:19,133 And some of our most of our congressional districts. 168 00:07:19,233 --> 00:07:19,800 Whoever wins 169 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:22,033 the primary is going to be the winner in the fall. 170 00:07:22,566 --> 00:07:24,366 And so, yeah, that's that's telling 171 00:07:24,366 --> 00:07:25,333 people say, you know, I don't care. 172 00:07:25,333 --> 00:07:27,400 I don't want to be part of either of those institutions. 173 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,300 And the discussions about this haven't really gone very far. 174 00:07:30,466 --> 00:07:31,533 They haven't. 175 00:07:31,533 --> 00:07:34,766 That's because people who are most interested 176 00:07:34,766 --> 00:07:38,066 write the rules, whether it's for Medicaid or road building or 177 00:07:39,300 --> 00:07:40,300 elections. 178 00:07:40,300 --> 00:07:41,666 And the parties have an interest 179 00:07:41,666 --> 00:07:43,966 in keeping elections working the way they were. 180 00:07:45,033 --> 00:07:46,366 So changing. 181 00:07:46,366 --> 00:07:49,800 There's not an independent party that shows up 182 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:51,100 for a convention to say, hey, 183 00:07:51,100 --> 00:07:54,100 let's march on the Capitol and get in the process. 184 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:55,733 Yeah, we Republicans might have wanted it 185 00:07:55,733 --> 00:07:57,200 to be open when we were in the minority. 186 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:57,700 That's right. 187 00:07:57,700 --> 00:07:58,966 Yeah. Now we're in the majority. Why? 188 00:07:58,966 --> 00:08:00,133 Why would you want that? 189 00:08:00,133 --> 00:08:01,433 Same thing with a straight ticket option 190 00:08:01,433 --> 00:08:04,533 that benefits the party in power next day? 191 00:08:04,633 --> 00:08:04,866 Yeah. 192 00:08:04,866 --> 00:08:07,300 Go back in history several years ago. 193 00:08:07,566 --> 00:08:10,533 25, Probably several. 194 00:08:10,533 --> 00:08:11,866 Oh, the slow summer news day. 195 00:08:11,866 --> 00:08:14,400 A reporter calls me and says, What about open primaries? 196 00:08:14,433 --> 00:08:16,333 I said, I think a great, great idea. 197 00:08:16,333 --> 00:08:19,100 Let's make people have an easy way to participate. 198 00:08:19,133 --> 00:08:22,233 They also called another Bob, the legendary Bob Gable, 199 00:08:22,966 --> 00:08:25,366 and he said, great, put them in. 200 00:08:27,166 --> 00:08:29,500 Then several days later, we conferred. 201 00:08:29,866 --> 00:08:33,133 The feedback he got or not got was not particularly canned. 202 00:08:33,166 --> 00:08:38,066 Yeah, it was summarily rejected by our friends in politics. 203 00:08:38,566 --> 00:08:41,333 So it just doesn't it doesn't come around very 204 00:08:41,333 --> 00:08:45,233 easily as a point of discussion, although it may now it could. 205 00:08:45,566 --> 00:08:47,233 But to have 10%, 206 00:08:47,233 --> 00:08:48,066 I think about 207 00:08:48,233 --> 00:08:50,300 one in every ten people you run into is an independent 208 00:08:50,633 --> 00:08:52,900 and that number is growing faster than the Republican 209 00:08:52,900 --> 00:08:55,033 growth has been to catch up with the Democrats. 210 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:59,600 And as traces in other states, it can be 2030 is not uncommon. 211 00:08:59,866 --> 00:09:01,400 Another big state. 212 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:03,366 Yeah. So straight party ticket voting. 213 00:09:03,366 --> 00:09:04,666 That's another question we get. 214 00:09:04,666 --> 00:09:06,466 Why do we have that option? 215 00:09:06,466 --> 00:09:06,733 Again, 216 00:09:06,733 --> 00:09:07,166 it does 217 00:09:07,166 --> 00:09:10,400 benefit the party in power in the find at the local level 218 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:11,600 because there are parts of the state 219 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:12,966 that are very democratic 220 00:09:12,966 --> 00:09:15,066 and there are parts of the state that are very Republican. 221 00:09:15,300 --> 00:09:17,300 It also it does speed the time to vote, 222 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:19,033 makes it easier to do that. 223 00:09:19,033 --> 00:09:21,833 When I was secretary, actually always recruited 224 00:09:22,333 --> 00:09:24,100 at the time a Republican House member to 225 00:09:24,100 --> 00:09:25,533 try to get rid of the straight take a vote. 226 00:09:25,533 --> 00:09:27,666 I call it lazy voting. 227 00:09:27,666 --> 00:09:29,733 You know, when I go, I'm Republican. Republican. 228 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:31,833 But I you know, I'm going through race by race. 229 00:09:32,466 --> 00:09:34,266 But it does you know, people kind of like it. 230 00:09:34,266 --> 00:09:35,500 It makes it makes it shorter. 231 00:09:35,500 --> 00:09:36,233 So in some respects, 232 00:09:36,233 --> 00:09:37,800 it makes it easier for election administrators 233 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:40,166 because you just color in the one spot and you're done. 234 00:09:40,333 --> 00:09:42,733 Yeah, but it makes a lazy electorate, though, right? 235 00:09:42,733 --> 00:09:43,100 I mean, 236 00:09:43,100 --> 00:09:45,266 it takes out some of those with trail, 237 00:09:45,266 --> 00:09:47,433 like pulling the levers in the old days. Yeah. 238 00:09:47,433 --> 00:09:49,533 Going right to race, whether there's a constitutional 239 00:09:49,533 --> 00:09:50,600 amendment or a local stuff 240 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:52,166 or a judicial race or whatever it is. 241 00:09:52,166 --> 00:09:52,600 Yeah. 242 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:56,200 So with 14.45% voter turnout in the primary this time, 243 00:09:56,366 --> 00:09:59,400 why not move the governor primary, 244 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:01,800 the governor's race to a presidential election year 245 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:03,633 to boost up that voter participation? 246 00:10:03,633 --> 00:10:04,733 So in northern Kentucky, 247 00:10:04,733 --> 00:10:05,066 we've actually 248 00:10:05,066 --> 00:10:06,266 had a lot of conversation about this 249 00:10:06,266 --> 00:10:08,166 because we're generally the area that votes 250 00:10:08,166 --> 00:10:10,133 the lowest in primaries and lowest 251 00:10:10,133 --> 00:10:12,333 except in the presidential year and the general. 252 00:10:12,333 --> 00:10:13,066 And so we thought, wow, 253 00:10:13,066 --> 00:10:14,866 we could really boost our influence in the state 254 00:10:14,866 --> 00:10:16,966 because we take our big population 255 00:10:16,966 --> 00:10:19,166 and then have a higher voter turnout. 256 00:10:19,166 --> 00:10:20,566 But I think there's again, 257 00:10:20,566 --> 00:10:22,933 there's the politics, just like with everything else. 258 00:10:22,933 --> 00:10:25,566 So one is the statewide candidates, 259 00:10:25,566 --> 00:10:26,833 because they're run as their own, 260 00:10:26,833 --> 00:10:29,100 you get to focus completely on them. 261 00:10:29,300 --> 00:10:30,566 It's easier for fundraising for them. 262 00:10:30,566 --> 00:10:32,133 They also don't compete as much 263 00:10:32,133 --> 00:10:33,666 with the folks who are running in other year. 264 00:10:33,666 --> 00:10:35,066 So legislators, 265 00:10:35,066 --> 00:10:36,566 if you move the statewide 266 00:10:36,566 --> 00:10:38,800 to one of those years, all of the state House members 267 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:40,833 would always have to compete with the statewide 268 00:10:40,833 --> 00:10:41,866 and the Senate. 269 00:10:41,866 --> 00:10:43,933 Every two years would have to do it. 270 00:10:43,933 --> 00:10:46,700 So that's I think the biggest thing is the politics. 271 00:10:46,700 --> 00:10:48,433 It would increase turnout. 272 00:10:48,433 --> 00:10:51,300 You know, the argument for it is it allows more attention 273 00:10:51,300 --> 00:10:53,200 to be paid on those statewide candidates. 274 00:10:54,300 --> 00:10:55,033 And I think it 275 00:10:55,033 --> 00:10:56,933 also gives a little bit more national coverage 276 00:10:56,933 --> 00:10:58,900 because we're the year before the presidential. 277 00:10:58,900 --> 00:11:00,100 It would save money. 278 00:11:00,100 --> 00:11:01,433 You know, there's a there's a cost savings. 279 00:11:01,433 --> 00:11:04,000 And that's why we move from having an election every year. 280 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:04,433 Right. 281 00:11:04,433 --> 00:11:07,433 In the early nineties, we eliminated the counties 282 00:11:07,566 --> 00:11:09,300 election and the odd year and moved it. 283 00:11:09,300 --> 00:11:10,966 There was a five year term 284 00:11:10,966 --> 00:11:14,100 and so we elected folks in 93 to a five year term, 285 00:11:14,100 --> 00:11:15,233 so we moved that to 98. 286 00:11:15,233 --> 00:11:17,500 So there is a precedent for consolidating. 287 00:11:17,733 --> 00:11:18,800 But I do think a lot of it's 288 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:21,500 that that, you know, the politics behind it 289 00:11:22,233 --> 00:11:23,100 prevent that from happening. 290 00:11:23,100 --> 00:11:24,033 And it's the status quo. 291 00:11:24,033 --> 00:11:25,566 You know, like as Bob said, 292 00:11:25,566 --> 00:11:27,533 the rules work for the people who win. Right. 293 00:11:27,533 --> 00:11:28,666 That's what I want to change. 294 00:11:28,666 --> 00:11:29,866 Do you want to change 295 00:11:29,866 --> 00:11:32,533 nationalization of the races to write more 296 00:11:32,533 --> 00:11:33,933 so than what it is now? 297 00:11:33,933 --> 00:11:34,766 If you stack a U.S. 298 00:11:34,766 --> 00:11:35,266 Senate race 299 00:11:35,266 --> 00:11:38,200 on top of the state races and congressional races on top, 300 00:11:38,533 --> 00:11:41,300 and you've got other races than the office 301 00:11:41,300 --> 00:11:44,000 like we ran for and served in, Secretary of state is squished 302 00:11:44,466 --> 00:11:46,666 even further down less attention. 303 00:11:46,666 --> 00:11:48,966 And you're fundraising capacity shrinks. 304 00:11:48,966 --> 00:11:50,933 Fundraising is challenged, but you need to raise more 305 00:11:50,933 --> 00:11:53,533 to try to compete with all that other information. 306 00:11:53,633 --> 00:11:56,300 Mm hmm. Now, because I actually I do support it. 307 00:11:56,300 --> 00:11:58,000 I would rather be I think it'd be better 308 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,966 to have two big election years and let us focus. 309 00:12:00,966 --> 00:12:02,866 Let's it'd be easier on election administrators. 310 00:12:02,866 --> 00:12:05,066 And I do appreciate the higher turnout. 311 00:12:05,066 --> 00:12:06,600 And if we're worried about competition, well, 312 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,066 maybe we shouldn't elect as many people to those offices. 313 00:12:09,066 --> 00:12:10,600 Maybe we should eliminate some of those offices 314 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:13,100 to make them appointed like State Treasurer, 315 00:12:13,266 --> 00:12:15,800 potentially State treasurer or some of county offices. 316 00:12:16,466 --> 00:12:17,900 County offices? Yeah. What are you. 317 00:12:17,900 --> 00:12:19,766 Are you for it or get it? 318 00:12:19,766 --> 00:12:22,766 I can see the point and maybe we ought to move that direction. 319 00:12:22,766 --> 00:12:25,633 But I remember hearing Happy Chandler speak one time. 320 00:12:25,633 --> 00:12:26,733 He said It's like Arkansas. 321 00:12:27,766 --> 00:12:29,500 They change their name. 322 00:12:29,533 --> 00:12:31,200 It reads Arkansas or Kansas. 323 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:31,766 Right. 324 00:12:32,700 --> 00:12:34,400 But they don't because they like it. 325 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:35,666 So we like what we've got. 326 00:12:35,666 --> 00:12:38,266 And a lot of people who set those 327 00:12:40,100 --> 00:12:43,166 those frameworks in place probably would 328 00:12:43,166 --> 00:12:46,200 say, let's just keep it the way we've got the money factor. 329 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,366 Is there several million dollars to have an election? 330 00:12:48,366 --> 00:12:52,066 But we do get distinction in the nation. 331 00:12:52,066 --> 00:12:53,466 People watch from all directions. 332 00:12:53,466 --> 00:12:54,533 I mean, when are we going to get calls 333 00:12:54,533 --> 00:12:55,633 from The Washington Post 334 00:12:55,633 --> 00:12:58,500 and other kinds and Politico and other. 335 00:12:58,733 --> 00:13:00,533 Yeah, it was in The Washington Post today referencing 336 00:13:00,533 --> 00:13:02,300 my my Senate was was an article 337 00:13:02,300 --> 00:13:03,666 about Cameron and the role of McConnell. 338 00:13:03,666 --> 00:13:05,500 And like, okay, I'm going to be in the story. 339 00:13:05,500 --> 00:13:06,666 What's my descriptor? 340 00:13:06,666 --> 00:13:10,133 Former McConnell acolyte Trey Grayson lost by a ton 341 00:13:10,366 --> 00:13:12,033 when I was in Politico for the first time. 342 00:13:12,033 --> 00:13:14,166 It was like a 17 word end of the article 343 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:16,766 barely mentioned, 344 00:13:16,766 --> 00:13:19,700 but it's a mention probably in the presidential year. 345 00:13:19,700 --> 00:13:20,233 Not so much. 346 00:13:20,233 --> 00:13:20,600 Not so much. 347 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:21,133 Right. 348 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:44,033 In other news, there is a new baby box in Kentucky. 349 00:13:44,033 --> 00:13:48,066 The newest safe Haven baby box was unveiled at the Corbin Fire 350 00:13:48,066 --> 00:13:50,766 Department in southern Kentucky this afternoon. 351 00:13:51,133 --> 00:13:54,500 The department shared these pictures on social media today. 352 00:13:54,500 --> 00:13:56,966 A baby box allows for the legal, safe 353 00:13:57,233 --> 00:13:58,166 and anonymous 354 00:13:58,166 --> 00:14:01,566 surrender of an infant provided under the Safe Haven law. 355 00:14:01,900 --> 00:14:03,866 It features silent alarms alerting 356 00:14:03,866 --> 00:14:06,766 first responders in the event a child is dropped off. 357 00:14:07,133 --> 00:14:09,700 Earlier this year, a baby box in Bowling Green 358 00:14:09,700 --> 00:14:11,200 became the first in Kentucky 359 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:13,400 to see an infant anonymously surrendered. 360 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:17,200 There are now 17 baby boxes across Kentucky. 361 00:14:18,533 --> 00:14:21,700 After many months of negotiations, it looks like 362 00:14:21,700 --> 00:14:22,866 there is a deal to develop 363 00:14:22,866 --> 00:14:26,600 a parking lot across from Rupp Arena in downtown Lexington. 364 00:14:26,933 --> 00:14:28,633 The Herald later reports the Lexington 365 00:14:28,633 --> 00:14:29,633 Central Corporation 366 00:14:29,633 --> 00:14:31,400 selected the Lincoln Webb Group 367 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:33,400 to build a multi-use development. 368 00:14:33,766 --> 00:14:37,166 Initial plans call for apartments, shops, a hotel, 369 00:14:37,166 --> 00:14:39,533 a grocery store and five parking garages, 370 00:14:39,766 --> 00:14:42,966 which would nearly double the number of current parking spots. 371 00:14:43,266 --> 00:14:45,133 Construction could begin next year, 372 00:14:45,133 --> 00:14:48,100 and it could take up to three years to complete the project. 373 00:14:57,766 --> 00:15:00,066 Federal money will help Kentucky students 374 00:15:00,066 --> 00:15:03,300 with access to school based mental health services. 375 00:15:03,633 --> 00:15:06,566 Details and our look at mental health news. 376 00:15:07,033 --> 00:15:08,666 The money is from the U.S. 377 00:15:08,666 --> 00:15:10,066 Department of Education. 378 00:15:10,066 --> 00:15:13,166 It adds up to almost $17 million. 379 00:15:13,466 --> 00:15:15,666 The West Kentucky Educational Cooperative 380 00:15:15,666 --> 00:15:20,100 will get $2.9 million over five years and will partner 381 00:15:20,100 --> 00:15:20,933 with Murray State 382 00:15:20,933 --> 00:15:23,866 University to train 30 mental health providers 383 00:15:24,133 --> 00:15:27,466 who will go to work in 14 school districts in western Kentucky. 384 00:15:27,766 --> 00:15:29,200 The Green River Regional 385 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:33,000 Educational Cooperative will receive almost $14 million. 386 00:15:33,300 --> 00:15:33,866 It will work 387 00:15:33,866 --> 00:15:37,900 with Western Kentucky University to train and hire 45 mental 388 00:15:37,900 --> 00:15:41,966 health counselors who will work in 184 schools. 389 00:15:43,566 --> 00:15:46,400 Kentucky is among the worst states in the U.S. 390 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:49,500 when it comes to the number of child maltreatment cases. 391 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,733 Sometimes, even for doctors, it can be hard to know 392 00:15:52,733 --> 00:15:56,266 if a bruise is just an accident or something way worse. 393 00:15:56,666 --> 00:15:59,466 Now, a tech company in Louisville has created an app 394 00:15:59,466 --> 00:16:02,500 that's helping doctors spot signs of child abuse. 395 00:16:02,933 --> 00:16:06,900 Elle Kast is a mobile app that we've developed 396 00:16:06,900 --> 00:16:08,266 in partnership with Dr. 397 00:16:08,266 --> 00:16:09,433 Mary Clyde Pierce, 398 00:16:09,433 --> 00:16:12,900 who is a premier expert in the field of child abuse. 399 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:15,866 And it's a tool for clinicians to use 400 00:16:15,866 --> 00:16:19,166 to screen children for child abuse. 401 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:23,533 So if a clinician is suspicious that a child, 402 00:16:23,766 --> 00:16:25,566 they see an injury on a child and they think 403 00:16:25,566 --> 00:16:28,833 maybe this kid's being abused, they can open up the app, 404 00:16:29,333 --> 00:16:30,966 plug in some information, 405 00:16:30,966 --> 00:16:32,366 and the tool will tell them, yes, 406 00:16:32,366 --> 00:16:33,633 that injury is likely because of 407 00:16:33,633 --> 00:16:37,333 abuse or actually it's probably an accident. 408 00:16:37,533 --> 00:16:39,000 As a clinician, what you need to do 409 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:42,500 is look over the child and see kind of do an exam and see what 410 00:16:42,500 --> 00:16:46,066 bruises they have and say, Oh, there's a bruise on the ear. 411 00:16:46,900 --> 00:16:49,200 Say there's a bruise on the cheek in this area, 412 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:52,400 in this area and say on the chest. 413 00:16:52,633 --> 00:16:54,800 The app will then answer a few more questions 414 00:16:55,166 --> 00:16:56,633 and then it will show you the results. 415 00:16:56,633 --> 00:16:58,600 And the results will tell you, 416 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:02,066 you know, likely abuse, likely accident, indeterminate. 417 00:17:02,466 --> 00:17:05,400 And it's based on research that's been peer 418 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,466 reviewed and published by Dr. Pierce. 419 00:17:07,466 --> 00:17:10,933 She actually created the ten four rule, which is 420 00:17:11,933 --> 00:17:12,266 one of 421 00:17:12,266 --> 00:17:16,666 the early child abuse rules, where basically if you're a kid 422 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:18,033 and you have a bruise 423 00:17:18,033 --> 00:17:21,366 on your torso, ear or neck and you're under four months of 424 00:17:21,366 --> 00:17:27,033 age, it's about a 95% chance those bruises are from abuse. 425 00:17:27,066 --> 00:17:27,700 You know, 426 00:17:27,700 --> 00:17:30,933 if you think about a kid with a bruise under four years of age, 427 00:17:31,533 --> 00:17:34,466 you know, toddlers have bruises all the time, right? 428 00:17:34,466 --> 00:17:36,700 They're running around. They're running into things. 429 00:17:36,700 --> 00:17:39,100 They're running in the chairs, falling off things. 430 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:41,766 And so bruises often you don't 431 00:17:41,833 --> 00:17:43,833 you don't think, oh, that's a sign of abuse. 432 00:17:43,833 --> 00:17:45,100 But what's 433 00:17:45,100 --> 00:17:48,300 really great about this app is that all the data is based 434 00:17:48,300 --> 00:17:51,100 around bruises and everybody has biases, right? 435 00:17:51,100 --> 00:17:52,466 Even if you're 436 00:17:52,466 --> 00:17:55,533 perfectly decent person, you just have these built in biases. 437 00:17:55,666 --> 00:17:58,333 So if you're a clinician and you're unsure 438 00:17:58,900 --> 00:18:02,200 if a kid's been abused, this tool empowers you to have 439 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:03,666 that information. And so 440 00:18:04,866 --> 00:18:06,566 not only will it just tell you the results say 441 00:18:06,566 --> 00:18:08,766 this is likely accident, likely abuse, 442 00:18:08,766 --> 00:18:10,533 they'll actually show you the statistics. 443 00:18:10,533 --> 00:18:13,433 As new data is published, we can add it to the app. 444 00:18:14,033 --> 00:18:14,800 As a user, 445 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,166 you just get the latest version and then you have it. 446 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:18,800 We've collected a lot of feedback 447 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:22,133 along the way from clinicians and it's been very positive 448 00:18:22,133 --> 00:18:24,733 clinicians want something where they can. 449 00:18:24,733 --> 00:18:27,400 They want another tool that will help support, you know, 450 00:18:27,500 --> 00:18:30,266 support them in their job because this is a serious issue. 451 00:18:31,266 --> 00:18:32,800 They want to help kids. 452 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:34,166 They can download the app, it's free. 453 00:18:34,166 --> 00:18:36,100 They can just enter and it takes 454 00:18:36,100 --> 00:18:39,100 maybe 2 minutes to get through and they can have now more data 455 00:18:39,900 --> 00:18:41,633 to support whatever decisions they make. 456 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:44,866 Good information there. 457 00:18:44,866 --> 00:18:48,500 The CEO of Slingshot says the app took ten years to develop, 458 00:18:48,766 --> 00:18:51,733 most of which was spent gathering research for the app. 459 00:18:52,033 --> 00:18:55,433 The research was based on more than 2000 patients. 460 00:19:04,900 --> 00:19:08,066 After years of offering second chance employment. 461 00:19:08,066 --> 00:19:11,700 Rob Perez of Deviate Kitchen says he thought he knew it all 462 00:19:11,900 --> 00:19:13,733 when it came to the challenges faced 463 00:19:13,733 --> 00:19:16,666 by those reentering society after addiction 464 00:19:16,900 --> 00:19:18,666 or incarceration. 465 00:19:18,666 --> 00:19:21,566 But a reentry simulation by the Kentucky Department 466 00:19:21,566 --> 00:19:23,800 of Corrections opened his eyes. 467 00:19:24,066 --> 00:19:27,566 Now he's helping educate others about the hardships faced 468 00:19:27,566 --> 00:19:29,266 by those in reentry. 469 00:19:29,266 --> 00:19:31,733 By hosting his own simulations, 470 00:19:33,366 --> 00:19:36,766 we've been employing people that have a past for over 471 00:19:36,766 --> 00:19:37,700 six years. 472 00:19:37,700 --> 00:19:40,700 And I went through one of the reentry simulations 473 00:19:40,700 --> 00:19:42,233 thinking I knew everything. 474 00:19:42,233 --> 00:19:43,633 But I really didn't 475 00:19:43,633 --> 00:19:46,500 understand all that people had to go through 476 00:19:46,833 --> 00:19:47,666 when just trying 477 00:19:47,666 --> 00:19:52,100 to get back into the community after jail or addiction. 478 00:19:52,133 --> 00:19:54,933 This is the first simulation and we're setting up 479 00:19:55,100 --> 00:19:56,400 a series of them 480 00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:00,466 so that we can get people that currently may not have 481 00:20:00,466 --> 00:20:03,400 the understand, adding that we were lucky enough to have. 482 00:20:03,533 --> 00:20:06,966 I work at Natalie's Sisters, which is a nonprofit 483 00:20:06,966 --> 00:20:10,466 that kind of helps women who pertain to this situation. 484 00:20:10,500 --> 00:20:13,600 So I thought that I had kind of 485 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:17,266 a better understanding of it, and I was sorely mistaken. 486 00:20:17,566 --> 00:20:19,200 It was a lot harder than I thought. 487 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:22,000 The first week I walked around like 488 00:20:22,433 --> 00:20:24,700 five times in a circle because I couldn't find, 489 00:20:25,100 --> 00:20:26,600 you know, where I needed to go for work. 490 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:28,800 And I was like, in real life, you know, 491 00:20:28,833 --> 00:20:31,100 that's absolutely something that they go through. 492 00:20:31,133 --> 00:20:34,700 We needed to have a bus pass for every place that we went, 493 00:20:34,733 --> 00:20:36,400 which is also something that I deal 494 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:38,700 with on a daily basis at work. 495 00:20:38,700 --> 00:20:39,966 But I didn't think it had 496 00:20:39,966 --> 00:20:42,900 as big of an impact as it does in real life. 497 00:20:43,166 --> 00:20:45,666 When I was reviewing an application 498 00:20:46,066 --> 00:20:49,633 and weeding out people to interview because they had gaps 499 00:20:49,633 --> 00:20:50,666 in their employment and 500 00:20:50,666 --> 00:20:53,400 I didn't know how many barriers as an employer I had put up. 501 00:20:53,433 --> 00:20:56,533 We all say that people, when they get out of jail 502 00:20:56,533 --> 00:20:58,766 or out of recovery, they need to pull themselves up 503 00:20:58,766 --> 00:21:00,133 by their own bootstraps. 504 00:21:00,133 --> 00:21:01,466 The reality of it is, 505 00:21:01,466 --> 00:21:01,733 is that 506 00:21:01,733 --> 00:21:03,633 the private sector decides that they're 507 00:21:03,633 --> 00:21:07,433 going to put barriers on jobs, on housing and opportunities 508 00:21:07,433 --> 00:21:08,433 every day. 509 00:21:08,433 --> 00:21:11,433 And it becomes so hard to just make ends meet 510 00:21:11,566 --> 00:21:14,166 that people go back to addiction, 511 00:21:14,166 --> 00:21:16,933 go back to jail, because it's just not possible. 512 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:20,933 People think that getting an ID is super easy, getting, 513 00:21:20,966 --> 00:21:21,233 you know, 514 00:21:21,233 --> 00:21:23,166 your Social Security card is super easy, 515 00:21:23,166 --> 00:21:26,000 but you can't do any of that if you don't have an address. 516 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:27,333 If you're coming straight out of jail, 517 00:21:27,333 --> 00:21:30,433 you don't have an address, you've got to start paying rent. 518 00:21:30,433 --> 00:21:32,466 But to pay rent, you have to have a job. 519 00:21:32,466 --> 00:21:34,266 To have a job, you have to have a house. 520 00:21:34,266 --> 00:21:36,666 And it's just it's a cyclical type of thing. 521 00:21:36,700 --> 00:21:39,600 I'm hoping that people that have jobs to offer have 522 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:43,900 housing to offer, opportunities that they reevaluate. 523 00:21:43,966 --> 00:21:45,333 Just say no. 524 00:21:45,333 --> 00:21:46,133 When asked 525 00:21:46,133 --> 00:21:48,966 if they can give opportunities to people with a past. 526 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:51,166 It's easy to look at somebody and say, you know, 527 00:21:51,166 --> 00:21:52,566 they were incarcerated. 528 00:21:52,566 --> 00:21:54,766 You know, they did this to themselves. 529 00:21:54,766 --> 00:21:56,400 But I think having that empathy 530 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:58,966 and looking at it from their point of view is a big step 531 00:21:58,966 --> 00:22:01,033 in being able to acknowledge that 532 00:22:01,066 --> 00:22:04,800 these kind of issues do happen and the best way to fix them. 533 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:08,600 Rob Perez says Diva Kitchen plans 534 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:11,466 to house more reentry simulations in the future. 535 00:22:11,733 --> 00:22:13,900 Once confirmed, those dates will be announced 536 00:22:13,900 --> 00:22:16,300 on social media. 537 00:22:16,900 --> 00:22:20,133 Construction on a new museum is underway in Louisville. 538 00:22:20,166 --> 00:22:22,133 The American Printing House for the Blind 539 00:22:22,133 --> 00:22:25,166 is the only federally funded source for educational texts 540 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:28,366 for blind or low vision people in the U.S.. 541 00:22:28,666 --> 00:22:30,100 Today, the group broke ground 542 00:22:30,100 --> 00:22:33,233 on a new project called the DART Experience. 543 00:22:33,466 --> 00:22:35,866 One of its goals is to serve as a global model 544 00:22:35,866 --> 00:22:39,200 by being the most accessible museum in the world. 545 00:22:39,500 --> 00:22:40,466 The DOD experience 546 00:22:40,466 --> 00:22:43,366 will also work to change perspectives about blindness, 547 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:46,066 something leaders say will create a more open 548 00:22:46,066 --> 00:22:47,266 minded society 549 00:22:47,266 --> 00:22:49,766 that seamlessly includes people with disabilities 550 00:22:49,966 --> 00:22:52,600 and the workforce, schools and communities. 551 00:22:54,300 --> 00:22:59,533 You heard it the most accessible museum in the world. 552 00:23:00,933 --> 00:23:02,233 No matter your 553 00:23:02,233 --> 00:23:05,900 ability, you will be able to experience it. 554 00:23:06,866 --> 00:23:10,666 It will demonstrate the past and the current great work 555 00:23:11,233 --> 00:23:12,700 of the American Printing House 556 00:23:12,700 --> 00:23:16,333 of the Blind in existence for 165 years. 557 00:23:16,866 --> 00:23:19,866 This is a wonderful concept for an attraction. 558 00:23:20,233 --> 00:23:23,133 CB To hear that we are going to have the most accessible 559 00:23:23,133 --> 00:23:26,966 museum in the world right here in Louisville is amazing. 560 00:23:27,300 --> 00:23:30,733 It will give people another unique, uniquely 561 00:23:30,733 --> 00:23:34,666 Louisville attraction to visit when they're here in Louisville. 562 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:36,833 It's going to be as distinct and unique 563 00:23:36,833 --> 00:23:39,366 as it's in its own way as the Slugger Museum. 564 00:23:39,533 --> 00:23:43,233 As the Kentucky Derby Museum is the Muhammad Ali Center, 565 00:23:43,366 --> 00:23:46,200 or one of our many bourbon attractions, 566 00:23:48,233 --> 00:23:50,866 The $22 million Museum will be nearly 567 00:23:50,866 --> 00:23:54,033 five times larger than the group's existing space. 568 00:23:54,366 --> 00:23:57,966 The Dodd experience will open in 2025. 569 00:24:07,066 --> 00:24:08,033 Sadly, there will 570 00:24:08,033 --> 00:24:10,900 not be a Triple Crown winner this year. 571 00:24:11,166 --> 00:24:12,466 Derby winner Mage 572 00:24:12,466 --> 00:24:15,433 finished third in the Preakness Stakes over the weekend. 573 00:24:15,700 --> 00:24:17,733 National Treasure came in first. 574 00:24:18,033 --> 00:24:19,533 The horse is trained by Bob 575 00:24:19,533 --> 00:24:23,033 Baffert, who won the Preakness for a record eighth time. 576 00:24:23,333 --> 00:24:24,866 Another of Baffert's horses 577 00:24:24,866 --> 00:24:27,500 was euthanized on the track hours earlier. 578 00:24:27,766 --> 00:24:30,033 Horse racing was already facing questions 579 00:24:30,033 --> 00:24:33,266 after several horses died at Churchill Downs in the lead 580 00:24:33,266 --> 00:24:36,366 up to the Kentucky Derby. 581 00:24:36,366 --> 00:24:39,533 The Kentucky Connection to a baseball first and a look 582 00:24:39,533 --> 00:24:43,066 back at some of Queen Elizabeth's visits to Kentucky. 583 00:24:43,300 --> 00:24:45,766 Our Toby Gibbs has more in tonight's 584 00:24:45,766 --> 00:24:48,066 Look at this week in Kentucky history. 585 00:24:52,833 --> 00:24:54,400 Kentucky's first ever church 586 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:59,000 service was May 28, 1775, when an Episcopalian minister 587 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,666 led an Anglican service at Fort Boonesborough. 588 00:25:03,900 --> 00:25:06,900 165 people died in the Beverly Hills Supper 589 00:25:06,900 --> 00:25:10,466 Club Fire in Newport on May 28th, 1977. 590 00:25:10,766 --> 00:25:13,366 It's the worst disaster in northern Kentucky history 591 00:25:13,566 --> 00:25:16,433 and led to stronger fire laws throughout the U.S.. 592 00:25:18,733 --> 00:25:20,333 Queen Elizabeth, like Kentucky. 593 00:25:20,333 --> 00:25:22,466 And she liked to visit in late May. 594 00:25:22,666 --> 00:25:26,433 The queen arrived in the Blue grass on May 22nd, 1986. 595 00:25:26,700 --> 00:25:32,033 May 26, 1989, and May 23rd, 1991. 596 00:25:34,233 --> 00:25:37,066 Happy birthday to a pair of popular Kentucky singers. 597 00:25:37,266 --> 00:25:41,300 Rosemary Clooney was born in Maysville May 23rd, 1928. 598 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:44,433 Tom T Hall was born in Olive Hill, May 599 00:25:44,433 --> 00:25:48,400 25th, 1936. 600 00:25:48,666 --> 00:25:51,000 The Kentucky colonels won the American Basketball 601 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:54,833 Association Championship on May 22nd, 1975. 602 00:25:54,966 --> 00:25:58,200 It's the only major professional sports title ever won 603 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:01,800 by a Kentucky based team. 604 00:26:02,333 --> 00:26:04,266 Major League Baseball's first ever night 605 00:26:04,266 --> 00:26:08,100 game was in Cincinnati on May 24th, 1935. 606 00:26:08,366 --> 00:26:11,300 At the White House, President Franklin D Roosevelt turned 607 00:26:11,300 --> 00:26:15,066 a switch, turning on the lights at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. 608 00:26:15,266 --> 00:26:16,166 And the Reds starting 609 00:26:16,166 --> 00:26:19,733 pitcher was Paul Derringer, a native of Springfield, Kentucky. 610 00:26:20,066 --> 00:26:21,266 And those are the highlights. 611 00:26:21,266 --> 00:26:23,266 This week in Kentucky history. 612 00:26:23,266 --> 00:26:25,333 I'm Toby Gibbs. 613 00:26:25,333 --> 00:26:27,233 Thank you, as always. Toby Gibbs. 614 00:26:27,233 --> 00:26:30,866 A Kentucky native is fulfilling a childhood dream. 615 00:26:32,100 --> 00:26:33,300 And let's 616 00:26:34,066 --> 00:26:35,800 go back to 617 00:26:36,166 --> 00:26:39,533 John Shoffner is aboard the International Space Station. 618 00:26:39,533 --> 00:26:40,300 He piloted 619 00:26:40,300 --> 00:26:43,933 Axiom Space is a X2 mission which launched yesterday. 620 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:45,833 We spoke to the Middlesboro 621 00:26:45,833 --> 00:26:48,166 native about this mission earlier this month, 622 00:26:48,166 --> 00:26:51,666 and you can see that interview now online on demand at Ted 623 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:55,433 Dawgs Kentucky Edition coming up 624 00:26:55,433 --> 00:26:59,033 tomorrow on Kentucky addition, Hollywood comes to Kentucky. 625 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:03,000 I'm really happy to say that we've come here to Kentucky 626 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:05,366 as a family filmmaking venture 627 00:27:05,366 --> 00:27:08,700 and that we are invested for long term. 628 00:27:09,866 --> 00:27:11,800 The Bluegrass State has become attractive 629 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:14,200 to the entertainment industry for a number of reasons. 630 00:27:14,233 --> 00:27:15,966 We'll explore the economic impact. 631 00:27:15,966 --> 00:27:18,633 Plus meet filmmakers behind a current project 632 00:27:18,633 --> 00:27:20,400 at Heart County tourist attraction. 633 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:23,333 That's tomorrow on Kentucky Edition, which I'll see you for 634 00:27:23,333 --> 00:27:26,933 630 Eastern, 530 Central right here on KET. 635 00:27:26,966 --> 00:27:29,166 I'm Renee Shaw. Take good care and have a good night.