Lawrence Edwin Craig is an American retired politician who served in the United States Senate representing Idaho from 1991 to 2009 and in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Idaho's 1st District from 1981 to 1991. A Republican,his 28 years in Congress rank as the second-longest in Idaho history,trailing only William Borah,who served over 32 years in the Senate.
Jeffrey Roy Holland is an American educator and religious leader. He served as the ninth president of Brigham Young University (BYU) and is the acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve,Holland is accepted by the church as a prophet,seer,and revelator. Currently,he is the third most senior apostle in the church.
Utah Tech University (UT),formerly Dixie State University (DSU),is a polytechnic 4-year public university in St. George,Utah. The university offers doctoral degrees,master's degrees,bachelor's degrees,associate degrees,and certifications. As of fall 2022,there are 12,556 students enrolled at UT.
Kay Mortensen was an American retired professor of mechanical engineering at Brigham Young University who was murdered at his home in 2009. After family members were initially charged with the crime,the son of a friend of Mortensen was charged and convicted of the murder.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012,and elected the four U.S. representatives from the state of Utah,an increase of one seat in reapportionment following the 2010 United States census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial federal presidential election,a concurrent quadrennial statewide gubernatorial election,all other simultaneous quadrennial statewide executive official election,and an election to the U.S. Senate. Primary elections were held on June 26,2012.
Derek Edwin Brown is an American politician who served as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from his election in 2010,until his departure in 2014. He represented House District 49,which constitutes the Sandy and Cottonwood Heights areas. Brown left the legislature in January 2014,when he was selected by US Senator Mike Lee to be his deputy chief of staff.
Ralph Allan Lee Shortey is an American convicted sex offender and former politician and businessman. A member of the Republican Party,he was elected to the Oklahoma Senate in 2010,defeating several challengers in primary elections,re-elected in 2014 and served his term until 2017. During his tenure,he established a Republican consulting firm. Shortey was the state campaign chair for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.
David Stringer is an American politician who was elected in 2016 to represent district 1 in the Arizona House of Representatives. After being reelected in 2018,he resigned in March 2019 after refusing to cooperate with an ethics investigation into 1983 charges against him for sexually molesting two boys. A member of the Republican Party,Stringer has been co-chair of the GOP finance committee for Yavapai County,in addition to a Republican precinct committeeman and state committeeman.
Scott Wiggam is the state representative for the 77th district of the Ohio House of Representatives. He is a Republican. The district consists of Wayne County.
The 2017–18 United States political sexual scandals saw a heightened period of allegations of sexual misconduct,harassment and assault,and resulted in the subsequent firings and resignations of American politicians. Some of the allegations are linked to the aftermath of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases starting in October 2017 amid the wider MeToo movement.
Payson-Dixon line or Payson-Dixie line is an unofficial political boundary sometimes referred to in Utah politics. It refers to the area south of Payson,Utah,down to St. George,Utah which carries the nickname of Utah's Dixie. It is a pun on the well known Mason-Dixon line,an unofficial delineation of where the American south begins.
The Ohio nuclear bribery scandal (2020) is a political scandal in Ohio involving allegations that electric utility company FirstEnergy paid roughly $60 million to Generation Now,a 501(c)(4) organization purportedly controlled by Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives Larry Householder in exchange for passing a $1.3 billion bailout for the nuclear power operator. It was described as "likely the largest bribery,money laundering scheme ever perpetrated against the people of the state of Ohio" by U.S. Attorney David M. DeVillers,who charged Householder and four others with racketeering on July 21,2020. According to prosecutors,FirstEnergy poured millions into the campaigns of 21 candidates during the 2018 Ohio House of Representatives election,which ultimately helped Householder replace Ryan Smith as Republican House speaker.
Jonathan Derrick Evans is an American far-right politician and convicted felon who served as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates for the 19th district from December 1,2020,to January 9,2021.
The 81st Oregon Legislative Assembly was the legislative session of the Oregon Legislative Assembly that convened on January 11,2021 and adjourned June 26th. Its even-year short session of 35 days convened on February 1,2022 and adjourned sine die on March 4,2022.
The 64th session of the Utah State Legislature sat from 2021 to 2022. House members were elected at the 2020 Utah House of Representatives election. Fifteen Senate members were elected at the 2020 Utah Senate election.
Ryan Martinez is an American politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 39th District from 2016 through his resignation in 2023. An influential member during his tenure,Martinez resigned after charges for driving under the influence generated a political scandal and a lawsuit seeking his removal from office.
The 2022 BYU Cougars baseball team represented Brigham Young University during the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood began the season as acting head coach of the Cougars for a tenth consecutive season. However,on April 11 Littlewood announced he was stepping away from BYU Baseball for personal reasons that were undisclosed. Assistant coach Trent Pratt was named acting head coaching for the remainder of the season.
This is a timeline of LGBT Mormon history in the 1960s,part of a series of timelines consisting of events,publications,and speeches about LGBTQ+ individuals,topics around sexual orientation and gender minorities,and the community of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Although the historical record is often scarce,evidence points to queer individuals having existed in the Mormon community since its beginnings. However,top LDS leaders only started regularly addressing queer topics in public in the late 1950s. Since 1970,the LDS Church has had at least one official publication or speech from a high-ranking leader referencing LGBT topics every year,and a greater number of LGBT Mormon and former Mormon individuals have received media coverage.
