2020 Session of the KY General Assembly Preview
The 2020 session of the Kentucky General Assembly will be gaveled in on Tuesday, January 7. This will be a long, sixty-day, budget session that is now scheduled for sine die adjournment on April 15. Political Dynamics The 2020 session will begin a time of divided government in Kentucky. Governor Andy Beshear, a Democrat, narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Matt Bevin by just over 5,000 votes in the November general election. Beshear will be the first Democrat governor who will face not...
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Senate Republican Leadership announces new Senate committee chairmanships
FRANKFORT, Ky. (November 26, 2018) – Senator Ralph Alvarado (R-Winchester) has been named the new chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Health & Welfare. The Committee’s former chairwoman, Senator Julie Raque Adams (R-Louisville) relinquished her chairmanship when she was elected to Senate Leadership earlier this month as the Majority Caucus Chair. Senator Steve Meredith (R-Leitchfield) has assumed Senator Alvarado’s previous role as the vice-chairman of the Health & Welfare Committee. Senator Jared Carpenter (R-Berea) has been named the new...