Gov. Bill Lee

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is looking to address the state’s growing population alongside conservation efforts.

Gov. Bill Lee wants to create a new state division to enforce immigration laws, mirroring a push from President Donald Trump to expel a record-number of migrants from the country.

Gov. Bill Lee’s plan to use state resources for immigration enforcement will cost Tennessee taxpayers $20.5 million annually, an analysis from the state’s fiscal review committee found.

Gov. Bill Lee will call a special legislative session to focus on passing an expansion to his school voucher program. The announcement Wednesday morning comes less than 24 hours after lawmakers began this year’s regular session.

With the start of Tennessee’s legislative session less than a week away, Gov. Bill Lee is deciding whether the General Assembly will have a special session to focus on expanding school vouchers and providing relief for areas hard hit by the remnants of Hurricane Helene.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee says he is pardoning 43 people who have served out their sentences in what he says is “very different” than President Joe Biden’s recent wave of commutations. Lee’s latest clemency moves are nearly double his next highest total for a single year.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is set to use state personnel, likely National Guard troops and highway patrol officers, to back President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to deport millions of immigrants when he takes office in January 2025.

Proposal would give families making nearly $175,000 funds to enroll children in private school

National health care groups warned in 2022 that the unusual Tenncare fund now being used for disaster relief would redirect dollars away from low-income enrollees

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee made waves in early 2023, when he rejected millions of dollars in federal HIV prevention programming. Since then, the state has been replacing that money. But that new process is already causing damage, according to public health experts, and models show this could mean more infections and more deaths in the long term.