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Just because California has legalized gay marriage doesn’t mean Bill Hobbs is ready to raise the white flag in the culture wars:

In 2000, California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 22, which defined marriage as a relationship between a man and a woman. Then, in 2004, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom began issuing more than 4,000 marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

Community Development Services, which benefits from the Lions Club Telethon held each year in Paducah, is going through a financial crisis.

Rep. Mark Maddox is trying to help:

Adam Groves shares the news of Rep. Brian Kelsey lone vote against lowering the eligible GPA for students seeking lottery scholarships:

Rep. Mike Turner offers an alternative to Governor Bredesen’s solution to the budget shortfall:

State Rep. Mike Turner (D-Old Hickory) is pushing a $100 million budget amendment to prevent layoffs of state employees for one year.

Smart City Memphis comments on Rep. Ulysses Jones’ governmental agoraphobia:

State Rep. Ulysses Jones must have been frightened by sunshine while he was in his crib.

Cara Kumari notes that Democratic state Rep. Nathan Vaughn this morning took issue with some of the budget decisions the Governor has made:

A bill sponsored by State Rep. Curt Cobb that was signed into law last week will create new requirements for individuals engaged or seeking to operate in the mortgage industry in Tennessee, including...

Staffers and volunteers gathered on Patten Parkway in downtown Chattanooga Saturday for the kickoff to "Vote for Change," a national voter registration effort sponsored by the Barack Obama campaign. Organizers say some 55 volunteers gathered 140 voter registration forms in over two dozen locations throughout Hamilton County.