Kentucky Tonight

Renee Shaw and guests discuss the 2023 Kentucky General Assembly. Guests: State Rep. David Meade (R-Stanford), House Speaker Pro Tem; State Rep. Derrick Graham (D-Frankfort), House Minority Floor Leader; State Sen. Robert Stivers (R-Manchester), Senate President; and State Sen. Gerald Neal (D-Louisville), Senate Minority Floor Leader.

Renee Shaw and guests discuss the upcoming 2023 Kentucky legislative session. Guests: State Sen. Damon Thayer (R-Georgetown), Senate Majority Floor Leader; State Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson (D-Lexington), House Democratic Caucus Chair; State Rep. David Osborne (R-Prospect), Kentucky House Speaker; and State Sen. Reggie Thomas (D-Lexington), Senate Minority Caucus Chair (via video call).

Renee Shaw and guests discuss national politics and how they impact Kentucky. Guests: Ellen Williams, a Republican strategist and owner of a consulting and government relations firm; Mike Ward, a former Congressman and Democratic strategist; Anne Cizmar, Ph. D., a government professor at Eastern Kentucky University; and Steve Voss, Ph. D., a political science professor at the University of Kentuck...

This forum honors the service and sacrifice of Kentucky's veterans and their families.

Renee Shaw and guests preview the 2022 election. Guests: Bob Heleringer, a Louisville attorney and former Republican Kentucky state Representative; Mike Ward, a former Democratic Congressman for Kentucky's third district; Rebecca Hartsough, senior policy advisor for the lobbying firm Babbage Cofounder; and Morgan Eaves, education consultant, attorney and former advisor for Governor Andy Beshear.

Renee Shaw and guests discuss inflation and the economy. Guests: John Garen, Ph. D., economics professor, University of Kentucky; Janet Harrah, senior director of the Center for Economic Analysis and Development, Northern Kentucky University; Jason Bailey, executive director, Kentucky Center for Economic Policy; and Charles Aull, executive director, Kentucky Chamber Center for Policy and Research.

Panelists discuss Constitutional Amendments 1 & 2. Guests: Sen. David Givens (R-Greensburg), Senate President Pro Tem; Sen. Reginald Thomas (D- Lexington), Senate Minority Caucus Chair; Rep. David Osborne (R-Prospect), Speaker of the Kentucky House; Rep. Jeffery Donohue (D- Fairdale); Addia Wuchner, Kentucky Right to Life; and Tamarra Weider, Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates.

Renee Shaw discusses issues in Kentucky's 4th Congressional District with Matt Lehman – Democratic nominee. Next, a discussion of issues in Kentucky's 5th Congressional District with Rep. Hal Rogers – Republican incumbent. Then, a discussion of issues in Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District with Geoff Young – Democratic nominee.

Renee Shaw discusses issues in Kentucky's 1st Congressional District with Rep. James Comer, Republican nominee. Next, a discussion of issues in Kentucky’s 2nd Congressional District with Hank Linderman, Democratic nominee. Then, a discussion of issues in Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District with Morgan McGarvey, Democratic nominee and Stuart Ray, Republican nominee.

Renee Shaw talks about Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race with Charles Booker, Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate.

Renee Shaw and guests discuss the flooding in eastern Kentucky and its impact on schools in the area. Guests include: Commissioner Jason Glass, Kentucky Department of Education; Jonathan Jett, Superintendent of Perry County Schools; Phillip Watts, Superintendent of Breathitt County Schools; Wallace Caleb Bates, Kentucky Department of Education Communications.

Renee Shaw and guests discuss infection rates of COVID-19, monkeypox, and influenza.

Renee Shaw and guests discuss the Eastern Kentucky flooding and legislative relief package. Guests: Rocky Adkins, senior l advisor to Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear; State Sen. Robert Stivers (R-Manchester), Kentucky Senate President; State Rep. Angie Hatton (D- Whitesburg), House Minority Whip; State Rep. John Blanton (R-Salyersville); and State Sen. Robin Webb (D-Grayson).

Guests discuss childcare in Kentucky. Guests: State Sen. Danny Carroll (R-Benton) and a daycare owner; State Rep. Josie Raymond (D-Louisville); Sarah Vanover, policy and research director, Kentucky Youth Advocates; Lydia Irby, human resources senior manager, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky; and Charles Aull, executive director, the Center for Policy and Research, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.

Renee Shaw and guests discuss work, wages and welfare. Scheduled guests: Aaron Yelowitz, Ph. D., economics professor at the University of Kentucky; Dustin Pugel, policy director at the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy; Charles Aull, executive director at the Center for Policy and Research at the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce; and Peter Fosl, Ph. D., philosophy professor at Transylvania Universit...

Panelists discuss Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination in any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. Guests: State Sen. Robin Webb (D-Grayson); Todd Allen, Kentucky Department of Education; Christi Thomas, UK Sports Network; Kathy DeBoer, American Volleyball Coaches Association; and Jennifer Smith, University of Kentucky School of Journalism.

Renee Shaw and guests discuss the U.S. Supreme Court. Guests: April Wimberg, a Louisville attorney and member of the Federalist Society Louisville Chapter; Scott White, former Kentucky Deputy Attorney General and Lexington lawyer; Samuel Marcosson, a constitutional law professor at the University of Louisville; and Paul Salamanca, University of Kentucky law professor.

Renee Shaw and guests discuss Kentucky's ban on abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade. Guests: Tamarra Wieder, Kentucky state director of Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates; Addia Wuchner executive director of Kentucky Right to Life; Rep. Nancy Tate (R- Brandenburg); and Rep. Josie Raymond (D- Louisville).

Renee Shaw and guests discuss COVID-19. Guests: Mark Dougherty, M.D., infectious disease specialist at Baptist Health Lexington; Fadi Al Akhrass, M.D., medical director of infectious disease & infection prevention at Pikeville Medical Center; Ilhem Messaoudi, Ph. D., University of Kentucky College of Medicine researcher; and Jon Klein, M.D., vice dean of research at the University of Louisville.

Renee Shaw and guests discuss opioid addiction. Scheduled guests: Van Ingram, Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy; Tiffany Hall, Volunteers of America; Tim Robinson, Addiction Recovery Care; Sen. Ralph Alvarado (R-Winchester), chair of the Senate Health & Welfare Committee; and Rep. Joni Jenkins (D-Shively), House Minority Floor Leader.

Renee Shaw and her guests discuss mass shootings and gun laws. Guests: Mark Bryant, Gun Violence Archive; Edwin Nighbert, League of Ky. Sportsmen; Whitney Austin, mass shooting survivor and gun safety advocate; David Burnett, attorney, ICU nurse, and self-defense advocate; U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, (D-KY3) (pre-recorded); and Shawn Morrow, special agent in charge, ATF of Louisville (pre-recorded).

Renee Shaw and her guests discuss gas prices and inflation. Scheduled guests: Michael W. Clark, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research and an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Kentucky?s Gatton College of Business and Economics; Chris Phillips, Professor of Economics, Humanities, Fine Arts, & Social Sciences at Somerset Community College; Kenya Stump, executi...

Renee Shaw previews Kentucky's 2022 primary election with guests Colmon Elridge, chair of the Kentucky Democratic Party; Tres Watson, Republican strategist and founder of Capitol Reins PR; Morgan Eaves, former member of the Beshear administration and government relations professional and strategist; and Anne-Tyler Morgan, attorney and member of McBrayer PLLC.

Renee Shaw talks with qualifying Democratic primary candidates in Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District. Guests: State Senator Morgan McGarvey, 3rd District Democratic Congressional candidate and State Representative Attica Scott, 3rd District Democratic Congressional candidate.

Renee Shaw talks with qualifying candidates in the 2022 Primary Election. Scheduled guests: Charles Booker, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate; E. Lee Watts, 2nd District Republican Congressional candidate; and Claire Wirth, 4th District Republican Congressional candidate.