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. 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.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is calling a special session for lawmakers to pass his Education Freedom Act. Opponents are Democrats, but Republicans too.

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

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.

Lee’s agenda includes a framework to “strengthen immigration enforcement across Tennessee by creating a new division within the Department of Safety, supporting local law enforcement participation in federal programs, and revisiting state-issued identification policies,” according to a press release from the Office of the Governor.

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

Communities hit by Hurricane Helene still continue to work months after the storm hit, and are now hoping for new state dollars to help pay the bill.

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