Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has vetoed his first bill since taking office in 2019, nixing a measure that would make it easier for ...

The legislation would have given the state parole board more discretion to deny parole to state prisoners. The House passed the bill 75-16 on April 16 and the Senate passed it 22-4 on March 27. Gov.

Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson pushes a bill to enshrine primary voting while advocacy group Tennessee Stands argues ...

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee visited PURE Academy, a private residential school for at-risk boys in Memphis, and requested a $1 million state grant for the school. The governor was impressed by the ...

(AP) — Attorneys for two Tennessee inmates facing execution this ... Harwell and Henry both signed the Thursday letter asking the governor to once again pause executions, giving the judge ...

Applications are now open for the Governor’s Response and Recovery Fund (GRRF), a $100 million initiative established in Tennessee to provide flexible financial assistance for current and future ...