by Richard Nelson | Dec 13, 2018 | Blog
The 2019 legislative session is just weeks away and a couple of bills proposed to solve Kentucky's financial problems. State Rep. Dennis Keene has introduced a bill to legalize wagering on professional and college sports. State Senator Julian Carroll...
by Richard Nelson | Dec 12, 2018 | Blog
Paradise, California has been nearly destroyed. The deadliest fire in California history took 85 lives, destroyed 14,000 homes and structures and left 153,336 acres of woodland charred. Paradise became a picture of hell on earth. The heat and flames, acrid smoke and...
by Richard Nelson | Dec 11, 2018 | Blog
The picture of Christmas is one of good cheer: family and friends surrounding a dinner table, presents being exchanged— good feelings all around. But this isn't the case for everyone. Some will have no families to celebrate with and others have such painful...
by Richard Nelson | Dec 10, 2018 | Blog
The Eastern Kentucky city of Somerset is updating its human rights ordinance to elevate sexual orientation and gender identity to civil right status. The goal is to protect those in the LGBT community from unjust discrimination. They're called fairness laws but...
by Richard Nelson | Dec 7, 2018 | Blog
Public profanity seems to be on the rise but if you're living in the West Kentucky City of Paducah, you may be hearing more of it. That's because the Paducah City Commission is repealing a 50-year old law that restricts profanity within the city. This is on...
by Richard Nelson | Dec 6, 2018 | Blog
13 federal government agencies released a report with dire warnings about climate change. The report concludes that extreme hot weather is getting more common, and cold weather more rare; That sea levels will continue to rise and that forest fires will intensify....
by Richard Nelson | Dec 5, 2018 | Blog
According to Wallethub, Kentucky ranks second in the nation when it comes to collecting and distributing food to the needy. This is good, but we're in last place when it comes to the percentage of people who donate their time. And we're 48th in the nation with...
by Richard Nelson | Dec 4, 2018 | Blog
Last week, CPC held a press conference in the state Capitol and raised concerns over the proposed Oak Grove casino expansion. We also raised concerns over Attorney General Andy Beshear's memo urging legislators to legalize casinos and dedicating the revenue...
by Richard Nelson | Dec 3, 2018 | Blog
There’s a lot of talk about what a casino would do to boost tax revenue but consider what Les Bernal shared in a Congressional Committee last month. “Americans are expected to lose $118 billion of their personal wealth to commercialized gambling in 2018....
by Richard Nelson | Nov 30, 2018 | Blog
The Gov.-elect of Kansas Laura Kelly is opposed to a law that protects religious freedom for faith-based adoption and foster care agencies. The laws intended to protect the religious convictions of the agencies and shield them from being forced to place children in...
by Richard Nelson | Nov 29, 2018 | Blog
The Trump administration approved a plan to incentivize benefits for Kentucky's Medicaid recipients. This is round two since a federal judge struck down the original Medicaid requirements back in June. The judge said the state didn't consider how it will...
by Richard Nelson | Nov 28, 2018 | Blog
Stories of gender ideology imposed on our children are becoming more common. Celine Dion launched a new clothing line that according to the website “liberates children from the traditional roles of boy/girl." ‘Good Morning America’ normalized...
by Richard Nelson | Nov 27, 2018 | Blog
The cost to casino gambling is high: those prone to addiction. The family whose breadwinner gambled away the week's grocery money. The businesses who've been embezzled by a wayward employee. And the judicial system burdened with cases related to gambling...
by Richard Nelson | Nov 26, 2018 | Blog
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission approved a plan to expand casino gambling in the West Kentucky community of Oak Grove. It's a huge development with a horse track, restaurants, hotel and entertainment complex. But the biggest attraction is the casino which...
by Richard Nelson | Nov 23, 2018 | Blog
Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) recently held listening sessions where parents could raise concerns and share input about their child's education. Much of it has to do with which school their child will attend. You see, not all Louisville schools are...
by Richard Nelson | Nov 22, 2018 | Blog
The first Thanksgiving in America was in 1621, when Gov. William Bradford called for a celebratory feast after a good corn harvest. Bradford and the pilgrims barely made it through the first winter. Half their number had died. And those that made it didn't know...
by Richard Nelson | Nov 21, 2018 | Blog
We live in a post-truth age where personal belief and emotion trump objective facts. But when heartfelt emotion meets the hard truth of objective reality there is conflict and confusion. The latest comes from the Netherlands where 69-year-old Emile Ratelband is suing...
by Richard Nelson | Nov 20, 2018 | Blog
Florida is once again the center of national attention over election results. Seats for Florida governor and U.S. Senator at stake. Republicans are ahead in vote counts by razor thin margins but actions by Broward County Supervisor of Elections, Brenda Snipes, casts...
by Richard Nelson | Nov 19, 2018 | Blog
Attorneys with the Bevin administration went to federal court last week to defend a recently enacted pro-life law that bans what is known as dismemberment abortion. Steve Pitt, Gov. Bevin’s general counsel called it a "gruesome procedure" where the...
by Richard Nelson | Nov 18, 2018 | Opinion Pieces
The people of West Kentucky have many reasons to be grateful as we enter Thanksgiving week but news of the $150 million casino expansion project in Oak Grove is not one of them. The hype of Big Gambling's economic feast welcoming everyone to join will likely...
