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With the onset of COVID-19, families across Kentucky are grappling with a new reality - how to balance work, childcare, learning at home, and self-care needs. Renee Shaw hosts this live KET Forum that brings experts from education and healthcare fields together to share practical advice and resources for families facing this new challenge and to answer viewer questions. Watch now.

Renee Shaw speaks with Dr. Steven Stack, Kentucky's commissioner of public health. Then, Renee and four legislators discuss the end of the 2020 General Assembly. Guests: Kentucky House Speaker David Osborne, R-Prospect; House Minority Whip Angie Hatton, D-Whitesburg; Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown; and Senate Minority Caucus Chair Johnny Ray Turner, D-Prestonsburg.

Renee Shaw and guests discuss the latest developments in Kentucky's response to COVID-19. Guests: Kentucky Public Health Commissioner Dr. Steven Stack, M.D.; Betsy Johnson, president of the Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities; Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron; and Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams.

Renee Shaw and guests discuss the spread of coronavirus-19 disease, or COVID-19, in Kentucky. Guests: Kentucky Public Health Commissioner Steven Stack, M.D. (in a taped interview); Sen. Julie Raque Adams, R-Louisville; Rep. Joni Jenkins, D-Louisville; and Ashli Watts, president & CEO of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.

Renee Shaw and guests discuss the state budget. Scheduled guests: Sen. Christian McDaniel, R-Taylor Mill, chair of the Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee; Sen. Morgan McGarvey, D-Louisville, Senate Minority Floor Leader; Sen. David Givens, R-Greensburg, Senate President Pro Tempore; and Sen. Robin Webb, D-Grayson, member of the Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee.

Renee Shaw and guests discuss election and voting legislation. Scheduled guests: Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams; Bob Babbage, managing partner of Babbage Cofounder and former Democratic Kentucky Secretary of State from 1992 to 1996; Trey Grayson, managing director of CivicPoint at Frost Brown Todd, and a two-term Republican Kentucky Secretary of State from 2004 to 2011; and Joshua Dougl...

Renee Shaw and guests discuss the state budget. Scheduled guests: Rep. Steven Rudy, (R) Paducah, chair of the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee; Rep. James Tipton, (R) Taylorsville, member of the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee; Rep. Angie Hatton, (D) Whitesburg, House Minority Whip; and Rep. Joe Graviss, (D) Versailles, member of the Public Pension Oversight Board.

Renee Shaw and guests discuss the state budget and the 2020 Kentucky General Assembly. Scheduled guests: Jason Bailey, executive director of the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy; Terry Brooks, executive director of the Kentucky Youth Advocates; Anne-Tyler Morgan, member of the McBrayer law firm and senior fellow with Pegasus Institute; and Andrew McNeill, state director of Americans for Prosper...

Renee Shaw and guests discuss medical marijuana. Scheduled guests: Rep. Jason Nemes, a Republican from Louisville and sponsor of a medical marijuana legalization measure in the Kentucky General Assembly; Ed Shemelya, national coordinator of the National Marijuana Initiative, a branch of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program run by the United States Office of National Drug Control Policy...

Renee Shaw and guests discuss sports betting. Scheduled guests: State Rep. Adam Koenig, (R) Erlanger, chair of the House Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations Committee; State Rep. Al Gentry, (D) Louisville; Martin Cothran, Family Foundation of Kentucky; and Richard Dawahare, a Lexington attorney.

Renee Shaw and guests discuss the 2020 General Assembly. Scheduled guests: Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester; Kentucky House Speaker David Osborne, R-Prospect; Kentucky House Minority Whip Angie Hatton, D-Whitesburg; and State Sen. Reggie Thomas, D-Lexington.

Public Education Issues for the 2020 General Assembly Renee Shaw and guests discuss public education. Guests: Allison Slone, a special education teacher in Rowan Co. and founder of KYREADS; Eric Kennedy, director of advocacy for the Kentucky School Boards Association; Brigitte Blom Ramsey, president and CEO of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence; and Richard Innes, education analyst for...