The students and teachers, must now live with the unimaginable trauma of experiencing a school shooting. Our classrooms should be sacred places to learn, and students, teachers, administrators and parents should feel the greatest sense of safety in every school in Tennessee.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Wednesday announced a special legislative session to advance his signature school voucher bill. The session, to convene on Jan. 27, will also encompass disaster relief funding and immigration issues, an unusual mix of topics to ...

Gov. Bill Lee has called a special legislative session for Jan. 27 to deal with school vouchers, disaster relief and immigration.

Gov. Lee is expecting lawmakers to address his largest legislative priority, school vouchers, alongside relief for counties hit hardest by Hurricane Helene, and then prepare the state for any directives by the Trump Administration to carryout deportation efforts.

After the collapse of his statewide private school tuition grant proposal last year, Gov. Bill Lee is back with a similar plan to try to convince lawmakers that Tennessee students need another taxpayer-funded alternative to traditional public schools.

Governor Bill Lee released his official proclamation announcing the proposals he'll focus on in his upcoming special session.

Republican Gov. Bill Lee is doubling down on his efforts to enact universal school vouchers throughout Tennessee.

The first topic in the proclamation would create a universal school voucher program, allowing families to use public dollars for private school costs.

After the collapse of his statewide private school voucher proposal last year, Gov. Bill Lee is back with a similar plan to try to convince lawmakers that Tennessee students need another taxpayer-funded alternative to traditional public schools.

Following years of decline, the state's prison population jumped by 8% in 2022, and signs indicate it's still on the rise.

Lee’s Scam Special Session carries $917 million price tag. * HB 6001 - Expands state government with the “centralized immigration enforcement division”; commits state dollars to enforcing federal immigration rules;