There are 335 article(s) tagged Gov. Bill Lee:
In 2024, ABB’s revenue in the U.S. was $9 billion, more than a quarter of the ABB Group’s total. The company, present in all 50 states, has 17,000 employees and 40 facilities nationwide.
While the $447 million initiative has been touted as a “universal” program for anyone interested, Republican leaders included a key provision: Students living in the country illegally will be prohibited from participating.
Gov. Bill Lee’s inclusion of a proposed Downtown safety program comes as the city has embarked on a plan for hardening security on FedExForum game nights. State of the State: Gov. Lee proposes $1B toward $30B road projects backlogRelated content:
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Monday proposed more than $1 billion into road projects financed by a one-time use of general state tax money and a plan to shift $80 million annually from the sales tax on tires.
The Lakeland School System Board of Education has taken a stance on Gov. Lee’s voucher program, seeking equal standards for between public and private schools receiving the funds.
“Every vote for vouchers takes tax money, your money, from already underfunded public schools and gives it to private schools.”
“It’s a one-time bonus that’s basically asking us to sell out our public schools,” said Liz Marable, a longtime Memphis educator who is currently president of the United Education Association of Shelby County. “But we are not for sale.”
Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson told school board members the governor is planning a “substantial” increase for public education funding in 2025 but didn’t specify how much or for what.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell joined Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday to celebrate Tennessee’s new law requiring all high schools to keep an automated external defibrillator available during classes, athletic practices and games.
The new Tennessee law, which goes into effect July 1, authorizes the state to pursue capital punishment when an adult is convicted of aggravated rape of a child.
Gov. Bill Lee said Tuesday, May 7, the ability to open carry firearms — and “constitutional rights” — are not the issue when it comes to Memphis and Shelby County crime.
Gov. Bill Lee was able to secure a deal on the $1.9 billion tax cut and refund for businesses. The amount is almost 4% of the state’s $52.8 billion budget — which largely does not contain tax breaks for most Tennesseans.
Some opponents of the bill hope liability concerns may make teachers and schools think twice before adopting the program.
Even with the budget approved in the House and Senate, lawmakers still remained divided on whether they’ll advance any proposal to spend vastly more public money to send students to private schools throughout the state.
The Tennessee bill says law enforcement agencies and officials “shall” cooperate in various immigration tasks already spelled out in state law, instead of saying they “are authorized” to do so.
The bill says the video, produced by an anti-abortion group, must be shown as part of a school’s family life curriculum.Related story:
Bill Lee signed a law that nullifies a Memphis ordinance that banned pretextual stops, which was passed in 2023 after Tyre Nichols’ death.
Tyre Nichols’ parents have released a letter asking to sit down with Gov. Bill Lee before he signs a bill that would ban traffic stop ordinances like the one passed by the Memphis City Council. Tyre Nichols’ parents furious after meeting with state Sen. Brent TaylorRelated story:
In a rare action, the state Board of Education passed a resolution questioning whether the 2021 law targets the right age group.
The tax cut is among the biggest expenses in the governor’s budget, and comes as state revenues are stagnating. Lee argues the state can afford it because revenue is stabilizing at a level significantly above where it was a few years ago.
Also happening this week: The Memphis City Council votes on extending health benefits to themselves, and Monday is the first day to pull qualifying petitions for August state and federal primary elections.
Gov. Bill Lee has now appointed a majority of the Tennessee Supreme Court’s justices.
The details of the Education Freedom Scholarship Act draft — which was filed and quickly withdrawn on Monday — conform to those Gov. Bill Lee laid out when he announced the proposal in late November.
“Lee thinks his voucher program will become a national model. The lies told to get it, and the threats and pressure brought to bear, have already made it a national embarrassment.”
A legal challenge to Tennessee’s private school voucher law is back on track after a state appeals court ruled that a lower court erred in dismissing the case.