The Kentucky General Assembly,also called the Kentucky Legislature,is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It comprises the Kentucky Senate and the Kentucky House of Representatives.
The Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly. It is composed of 100 Representatives elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. Not more than two counties can be joined to form a House district,except when necessary to preserve the principle of equal representation. Representatives are elected to two-year terms with no term limits. The Kentucky House of Representatives convenes at the State Capitol in Frankfort.
Augustus Owsley Stanley I was an American politician from Kentucky. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 38th governor of Kentucky and also represented the state in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. From 1903 to 1915,Stanley represented Kentucky's 2nd congressional district in the House of Representatives,where he gained a reputation as a progressive reformer. Beginning in 1904,he called for an antitrust investigation of the American Tobacco Company,claiming they were a monopsony that drove down prices for the tobacco farmers of his district. As a result of his investigation,the Supreme Court of the United States ordered the breakup of the American Tobacco Company in 1911. Stanley also chaired a committee that conducted an antitrust investigation of U.S. Steel,which brought him national acclaim. Many of his ideas were incorporated into the Clayton Antitrust Act.
Jordan Palmer is an American social activist,Kentucky politician,civil rights activist,entrepreneur,and the founder of the Kentucky Equality Federation. Palmer is from Hazard,Kentucky and is credited for having Kentucky Constitutional Amendment 1,being struck down by a Kentucky judge,pushing the first hate crime convictions under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act,and holding the first equality protests against a sitting governor and members of the Kentucky House of Representatives. Palmer was the first openly gay person to run for the Kentucky Senate.
The Jewish lobby are individuals and groups predominantly in the Jewish diaspora that advocate for the interests of Jews and Jewish values. The lobby references the involvement and influence of Jews in politics and the political process,and includes organized groups such as the American Jewish Committee,the American Israel Public Affairs Committee,B'nai B'rith,and the Anti-Defamation League.
David Lewis Williams is an American attorney,Republican politician,and a judge from the U.S. state of Kentucky. From the year 1987 to 2012,Williams represented Senate District 16,a position he secured upon the retirement of fellow Republican Doug Moseley. When Republicans gained control of the state senate in 2000,Williams was chosen as President of the Senate,and held that post continuously until his resignation in November 2012. In September 2010,he announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor in the 2011 gubernatorial election. On May 17,2011,Williams secured the Republican nomination over Tea Party movement-backed Phil Moffet. However,he lost the general election by twenty points to incumbent Democratic Governor Steve Beshear. In November 2012,Williams resigned his Senate seat to accept a circuit court judgeship.
Antisemitism at universities has been reported and supported since the medieval period and,more recently,resisted and studied. Antisemitism has been manifested in various policies and practices,such as restricting the admission of Jewish students by a Jewish quota,or ostracism,intimidation,or violence against Jewish students,as well as in the hiring,retention and treatment of Jewish faculty and staff. In some instances,universities have been accused of condoning the development of antisemitic cultures on campus.
The 1899 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on November 7,1899,to choose the 33rd governor of Kentucky. The incumbent,Republican William O'Connell Bradley,was term-limited and unable to seek re-election.
Garland Hale "Andy" Barr IV is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Kentucky's 6th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served in the administration of Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher.
Walter Arnold Baker was an American lawyer and politician who served in both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly,in the presidential administration of Ronald Reagan,and on the Kentucky Supreme Court. A graduate of Harvard Law School,Baker also served as a judge advocate general in the Kentucky Air National Guard for 20 years.
Cannabis in Kentucky is illegal for recreational use,and legal for medical use under executive order,with full medical legalization statute taking effect in 2025. Non-psychoactive CBD oil is also legal in the state,and Kentucky has a history of cultivating industrial hemp for fiber since 1775.
The 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election took place on November 5,2019,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Kentucky. The Democratic nominee,Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear,defeated Republican incumbent Matt Bevin by just over 5,000 votes,or 0.37%,making this the closest gubernatorial election in Kentucky since 1899 by total votes,and the closest since 1915 by percentage. It was also the closest race of the 2019 gubernatorial election cycle.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky were held on November 6,2018,to elect the six U.S. representatives from the state of Kentucky,one from each of the state's six congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections.
This timeline of antisemitism chronicles the facts of antisemitism,hostile actions or discrimination against Jews as a religious or ethnic group,in the 21st century. It includes events in the history of antisemitic thought,actions taken to combat or relieve the effects of antisemitism,and events that affected the prevalence of antisemitism in later years. The history of antisemitism can be traced from ancient times to the present day.
Since the foundation of the Conservative Party in 1834,there have been numerous instances of antisemitism in the party,from both Conservative party leaders and other party figures.
Abortion is illegal in Kentucky. There were laws in Kentucky about abortion by 1900,including ones with therapeutic exceptions. In 1998,the state passed legislation that required clinics to have an abortion clinic license if they wanted to operate. By the early 2010s,members of the Kentucky Legislature attempted to ban abortion in almost all cases and had also introduced the early abortion bans. Prior to 2019,Kentucky law prohibited abortions after week 22. This changed when the state legislature passed a law that moved the prohibition to week 6 in the early part of the year. A bill passed and made effective in April 2022 lowered the threshold to 15 weeks,the second most restrictive limit in effect in the United States behind Texas,and introduced regulations that made abortion illegal until it was blocked in federal court.
The 2023 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on November 7,2023,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Kentucky. Incumbent Democratic governor Andy Beshear won re-election to a second term,defeating Republican state Attorney General Daniel Cameron. Had Cameron won,he would have become Kentucky's first African-American governor.
Pamela D. Stevenson is an American politician,attorney,and retired U.S. Air Force Colonel. She is a Democrat and represents District 43 in the Kentucky State House. In 2023,she unsuccessfully ran as the Democratic nominee in the 2023 Kentucky Attorney General election losing to Republican nominee Russell Coleman.
Savannah Lee Maddox is an American politician. She is a Republican and represents District 61 containing Grant County,Gallatin County,and parts of Kenton and Boone Counties in the Kentucky House of Representatives. Maddox is viewed as one of the General Assembly's furthest-right members.
Claudia Riner is an American politician who served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1978 to 1981,representing the 36th district. She was the first woman from Madisonville,Kentucky,to hold high public office. Riner was characterized by colleagues in the legislature as a polarizing figure,due to her conservatism and religious activism,but she was also known as a persistent and adept legislator. She proposed multiple bills related to her Christian values,including her most well-known "Ten Commandments law",requiring that a copy of the Ten Commandments be posted in a plaque in every Kentucky classroom. She also proposed bills to teach creation science in public schools,ban the sale and distribution of pornography to minors,and require that misdemeanor offenders compensate their victims.
