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America's Gun Laws

Bill Goodman and his guests discuss gun laws. Guests include State Rep. Reginald Meeks, D-Louisville; State Rep. Brian Linder, R-Dry Ridge; Pam Gersh, Kentucky chapter of Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense In America; and Alisha Arnold, Kentucky chapter of Gun Rights Across America.
Season 20 Episode 40 Length 56:33 Premiere: 09/29/13

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KET’s Kentucky Tonight, hosted by Renee Shaw, brings together an expert panel for in-depth analysis of major issues facing the Commonwealth.

This weekly program features comprehensive discussions with lawmakers, stakeholders and policy leaders that are moderated by award-winning journalist Renee Shaw.

For nearly three decades, Kentucky Tonight has been a source for complete and balanced coverage of the most urgent and important public affairs developments in the state of Kentucky.

Often aired live, viewers are encouraged to participate by submitting questions in real-time via email, Twitter or KET’s online form. Viewers with questions and comments may send an email to kytonight@ket.org or use the contact form. All messages should include first and last name and town or county. The phone number for viewer calls during the program is 800-494-7605.

After the broadcast, Kentucky Tonight programs are available on KET.org and via podcast (iTunes or Android). Files are normally accessible within 24 hours after the television broadcast.

Kentucky Tonight was awarded a 1997 regional Emmy by the Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The series was also honored with a 1995 regional Emmy nomination.

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Renee Shaw is the Director of Public Affairs and Moderator at KET, currently serving as host of KET’s weeknight public affairs program Kentucky Edition, the signature public policy discussion series Kentucky Tonight, the weekly interview series Connections, Election coverage and KET Forums.

Since 2001, Renee has been the producing force behind KET’s legislative coverage that has been recognized by the Kentucky Associated Press and the National Educational Telecommunications Association. Under her leadership, KET has expanded its portfolio of public affairs content to include a daily news and information program, Kentucky Supreme Court coverage, townhall-style forums, and multi-platform program initiatives around issues such as opioid addiction and youth mental health.  

Renee has also earned top awards from the Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), with three regional Emmy awards. In 2023, she was inducted into the Silver Circle of the NATAS, one of the industry’s highest honors recognizing television professionals with distinguished service in broadcast journalism for 25 years or more.  

Already an inductee into the Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame (2017), Renee expands her hall of fame status with induction into Western Kentucky University’s Hall of Distinguished Alumni in November of 2023.  

In February of 2023, Renee graced the front cover of Kentucky Living magazine with a centerfold story on her 25 years of service at KET and even longer commitment to public media journalism. 

In addition to honors from various educational, civic, and community organizations, Renee has earned top honors from the Associated Press and has twice been recognized by Mental Health America for her years-long dedication to examining issues of mental health and opioid addiction.  

In 2022, she was honored with Women Leading Kentucky’s Governor Martha Layne Collins Leadership Award recognizing her trailblazing path and inspiring dedication to elevating important issues across Kentucky.   

In 2018, she co-produced and moderated a 6-part series on youth mental health that was awarded first place in educational content by NETA, the National Educational Telecommunications Association. 

She has been honored by the AKA Beta Gamma Omega Chapter with a Coretta Scott King Spirit of Ivy Award; earned the state media award from the Kentucky Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 2019; named a Charles W. Anderson Laureate by the Kentucky Personnel Cabinet in 2019 honoring her significant contributions in addressing socio-economic issues; and was recognized as a “Kentucky Trailblazer” by the University of Kentucky Martin School of Public Policy and Administration during the Wendell H. Ford Lecture Series in 2019. That same year, Shaw was named by The Kentucky Gazette’s inaugural recognition of the 50 most notable women in Kentucky politics and government.  

Renee was bestowed the 2021 Berea College Service Award and was named “Unapologetic Woman of the Year” in 2021 by the Community Action Council.   

In 2015, she received the Green Dot Award for her coverage of domestic violence, sexual assault & human trafficking. In 2014, Renee was awarded the Anthony Lewis Media Award from the Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy for her work on criminal justice reform. Two Kentucky governors, Republican Ernie Fletcher and Democrat Andy Beshear, have commissioned Renee as a Kentucky Colonel for noteworthy accomplishments and service to community, state, and nation.  

A former adjunct media writing professor at Georgetown College, Renee traveled to Cambodia in 2003 to help train emerging journalists on reporting on critical health issues as part of an exchange program at Western Kentucky University. And, she has enterprised stories for national media outlets, the PBS NewsHour and Public News Service.  

Shaw is a 2007 graduate of Leadership Kentucky, a board member of CASA of Lexington, and a longtime member of the Frankfort/Lexington Chapter of The Links Incorporated, an international, not-for-profit organization of women of color committed to volunteer service. She has served on the boards of the Kentucky Historical Society, Lexington Minority Business Expo, and the Board of Governors for the Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 

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Expanded Gambling
S20 E44 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 10/27/13

Federal Budget & Debt Ceiling
S20 E43 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 10/20/13

Affordable Care Act
S20 E41 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 10/06/13

America's Gun Laws
S20 E40 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 09/29/13

Federal Budget and Debt Ceiling
S20 E39 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 09/22/13

Bluegrass Pipeline Project
S20 E38 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 09/15/13

Syria
S20 E37 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 09/08/13

War On Drugs
S20 E35 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 08/25/13

New Science Standards in Kentucky
S20 E34 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 08/18/13

Jobs and the Economy
S20 E33 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 08/11/13

State Tax Reform
S20 E30 Length 56:34 Premiere Date 07/13/13

Immigration Reform
S20 E29 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 07/07/13

Future of Coal and Energy
S20 E28 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 06/30/13

Local Option Sales Tax
S20 E27 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 06/23/13

Health Care Debate
S20 E25 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 06/09/13

Counterterrorism Policy
S20 E24 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 06/02/13

Foreign Policy
S20 E23 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 05/26/13

2014 Election
S20 E22 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 05/19/13

Public Employee Pensions
S20 E21 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 05/12/13

Rand Paul & John Yarmuth
S20 E20 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 05/12/13

Federal Budget
S20 E19 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 04/28/13

Immigration Reform
S20 E18 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 04/21/13

Gun Laws
S20 E17 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 04/14/13

Federal Budget
S20 E14 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 03/24/13

2013 General Assembly
S20 E13 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 03/17/13

Public Employee Pensions
S20 E12 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 02/25/13

Telephone Deregulation
S20 E11 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 02/18/13

State Tax Reform
S20 E10 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 02/11/13

Industrial Hemp
S20 E9 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 02/04/13

School Dropout Age
S20 E8 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 01/28/13

Proposed Statewide Smoking Ban
S20 E7 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 01/14/13

2013 General Assembly
S20 E6 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 01/07/13

Public Employee Pensions
S20 E5 Length 56:30 Premiere Date 12/17/12

Tax Reform in Kentucky
S20 E4 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 12/10/12

The Fiscal Cliff
S20 E3 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 12/03/12

Electoral College
S20 E2 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 11/12/12

2012 Election
S20 E1 Length 56:46 Premiere Date 11/05/12

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