Kentucky's Lt. Gov. joins educators and parents to speak against eliminating the Department of Education, Sen. McConnell also discusses education cuts, Congressman Barr defends DOGE, Gov. Beshear vetoes an anti-DEI bill, and why one library is offering a Little Free Shuttle.

Beshear vetoes legislation relating to the state's agriculture department, Sen. Stivers looks ahead to the remaining two days of the session, UK distances itself from a program that sparked a federal investigation, meet a freshman lawmaker representing Northeastern Kentucky, and a summit focused on the mental health of Kentucky's young adults.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, announced it arrested 81 people in Kentucky last week, saying they were in the country illegally, Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky says he's seeing a surge in support after going against President Donald Trump, and a Louisville man creates a quilt that’s getting a permanent home at the new Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.

Republican supermajorities passed changes to Kentucky's Medicaid program, meet a former Kentucky sheriff turned legislator, more federal offices in Kentucky end up on the DOGE chopping block, a celebration of life is planned for Junior Bridgeman, why overdoses are dropping in Lexington, and a growing Kentucky city wants your input.

Lawmakers pass a bill aimed at transgender inmates, schools that have missed lots of days stand to gain some relief, an amendment is added to a bill requiring a moment of silence in school, Gov. Beshear discusses tariffs on CNN, UK is named in a federal Dept. of Education investigation, and a big weekend for sports in the Commonwealth. 

Lawmakers advance a bill eliminating DEI at Kentucky's public colleges, attach an abortion-related measure onto a freestanding birthing center bill, make repeated disruptions of a legislative proceeding a felony, and pass a watered-down ban on cell phones in schools. 

Both sides of the abortion debate  find some common ground on a bill legally protecting doctors when treating medically-complex pregnancies, a measure that would undo the current ban on conversion therapy in the state sparks intense discussion during a hearing, and reaction to the death of former University of Louisville basketball star, Ulysses "Junior" Bridgeman.  

A bill that could give lawmakers more discretion when it comes to lowering Kentucky's income tax is swiftly moving through Frankfort, a measure to combat anti-semitism on college campuses advances despite some pushback, meet the youngest lawmaker in the state legislature, Murray State University announces its next president, and why President Trump wants someone to run against a Kentucky Congressman.

Efforts to blunt the sting of an anti-DEI bill fails to pass a committee, KCTCS President Ryan Quarles discusses how the college system has already made adjustments in anticipation of DEI legislation, Kentucky's hemp industry opposes amended efforts to regulate cannabis-infused drinks, and meet Rep. Erika Hancock who is serving in her first term as a state lawmaker.

Both chambers pass bill making sextortion a felony in Kentucky, the NAACP speaks out against anti-DEI legislation moving through the Kentucky statehouse, and Lexington Habitat for Humanity's new build raising awareness about mental health.