Proposal Would Allow Local Option for Casinos in KY

by | Feb 7, 2025 | Blog

On January 7, a Kentucky legislator introduced House Bill 33, which would allow for local option elections to bring casinos into Kentucky communities. It also proposes that the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation license and regulate casinos statewide. Some...

Highlands Latin School Contract Canceled

by | Feb 6, 2025 | Blog

Highlands Latin School, a classical Christian school in Louisville, lost its 20-year lease with Crescent Hill Baptist Church. This was the result of series of critical stories in the Louisville Courier-Journal attacking Highlands Christian values. The reporting was...

FEMA Under Fire

by | Feb 5, 2025 | Blog

Back in June, Hurricane Helene swamped North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia with massive floods. Hundreds lost their lives and resulted in an estimated quarter of a trillion dollars in damage. President Trump and Vice President Vance surveyed the devastation last...

KY Legislative Session Reconvenes Today

by | Feb 4, 2025 | Blog

The Kentucky Legislature reconvenes today in Frankfort to address important issues. One proposal is to raise the Kentucky minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour. The bill sponsor argues that people should be able to live off their wage without assistance. Republicans...

101st Airborne Sent to Southern Border

by | Feb 3, 2025 | Blog

Last week, Troops stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, were deployed to the southern border following President Trump’s national emergency declaration. The 716th Military Police Battalion, under the command of Lt. Col. Phillip Mason, will work with the...

Debanking Must Be Stopped

by | Jan 31, 2025 | Blog

Ever here of the term “debanking”? It refers to an attempt by major financial institutions to deny, restrict, or terminate banking services based on a customer’s ideological, political, religious, and social views. And it’s been a practice used in...

A Medical Conscience Rights Bill Would Protect Providers

by | Jan 30, 2025 | Blog

One of the most egregious and underreported actions of the Biden Administration undermined conscience rights of doctors and nurses by forcing them to participate in abortions. Healthcare providers have the right to refuse to perform procedures that violate their...

Biden and Trump Use Pardons for Good and Ill

by | Jan 29, 2025 | Blog

Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump made use of the pardon power last week. Biden preemptively pardoned several of his own family. He also pardoned political allies including Dr. Anthony Fauci, and the January 6 Committee. He also commuted the sentences of several...

Three Bills Would Protect Religious Liberty

by | Jan 28, 2025 | Blog

Three bills introduced in the Kentucky legislature aim to protect religious freedom. State Sen. Jimmy Higdon (R-Lebanon) is proposing to allow churches to build affordable housing units on their own property. Church buildings are used once, maybe twice per week and...

Trump’s First Day of Executive Orders

by | Jan 27, 2025 | Blog

President Donald Trump signed several executive orders on his first day in office. He declared the southern border a national emergency, and withdrew the US from the Paris climate agreements. Trump recognized male and female as the only two sexes recognized in federal...

CPC Opposes House Bill 33

by | Jan 27, 2025 | Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASECPC Opposes House Bill 33January 27, 2025 CONTACT: Richard Nelson (richard@commonwealthpolicy.org) (Frankfort, KY) – On Tuesday, January 7, 2025, the State House introduced legislation that would expand casino gambling in...