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September 2020
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Watch Live: Gov. Bill Lee’s briefing
Watch Gov. Bill Lee’s briefing, with Tennessee updates, starting at 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17.
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Gov. Lee backs education commissioner Penny Schwinn: ‘I am pleased’ with her work
Lee was twice asked to address the lack of confidence in Schwinn among some of his own party’s lawmakers. At least one Republican legislator has suggested holding a no-confidence vote on the education chief.
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Watch live: Gov. Bill Lee’s latest briefing
Gov. Bill Lee’s Thursday press briefing is in progress.
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Rose talks Megasite, state economic recovery at Arlington chamber luncheon
State Sen. Paul Rose wants to make sure that Gov. Bill Lee lives up to his stance that West Tennessee will get its fair share of attention.
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Tennessee to publish school-related COVID data
The information will be published and updated weekly by the state education department — not the health department — and will rely on reports from the state’s 147 school districts.
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August 2020
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Governor extends state of emergency through September
Bill Lee signed executive orders Friday extending Tennessee’s state of emergency until Sept. 30 and allowing mayors to put mask mandates in place.
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Tennessee resists White House COVID-19 recommendations
Despite calls from a White House task force leader for Tennessee to take stronger steps to curb the coronavirus spread, Gov. Bill Lee reiterated he doesn't plan to close down the state economy again and resisted the call for a statewide mask mandate.
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Watch live: Gov. Bill Lee’s latest briefing
Gov. Bill Lee’s latest coronavirus briefing is in progress.
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Governor lists school vouchers among his biggest accomplishments – and disappointments
Gov. Bill Lee expects the voucher rollout, which was halted when a Nashville judge overturned the 2019 law in May, will be resurrected in 2021. The Tennessee Court of Appeals is expected to rule this fall on the state’s appeal.
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Watch live: Gov. Bill Lee’s latest briefing
Gov. Bill Lee’s media briefing is scheduled for 4 p.m. today.
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Video: Gov. Bill Lee’s Aug. 13 briefing
Gov. Bill Lee’s press briefing is scheduled for 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13.
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State officials detail relief for individuals, families, nonprofits
Tennessee Department of Human Services Commissioner Danielle Barnes said 450,000 kids have been approved to receive EBT as part of pandemic food insecurity programs.
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Watch LIVE: Governor’s latest COVID-19 briefing
The governor and his team are addressing education at today's briefing.
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Watch live: Gov. Bill Lee’s latest briefing
Gov. Bill Lee is scheduled to speak today at a 3 p.m. press briefing.
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Tennessee, among first to reopen schools in person, serves as ‘experiment’ in COVID safety
Starting with small clusters of students, a Tennessee school became one of the nation’s first to reopen its campus to students during the pandemic. Within two days, a teacher with the sniffles tested positive for COVID-19.
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Most suburban high schools moving ahead with sports
Collierville, Arlington and Germantown will continue contact sports for the upcoming school year as districts try to mesh sports and a pandemic.
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Governor calls special session Aug. 10 to focus on COVID-19 lawsuits
Gov. Bill Lee Monday, Aug. 3, called a special legislative session for Aug. 10 at which legislators will focus on adopting COVID-19 liability immunity legislation designed to protect small businesses and schools from an outbreak of coronavirus lawsuits.
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July 2020
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Gov. Lee recommends in-person classes, outlines contingency plans
Gov. Bill Lee outlined the contingency plan the day after Shelby County Schools Superintendent Joris Ray said a safe reopening of in-person classes was "largely a myth" with the number of COVID-19 virus cases growing. The Memphis and Nashville school systems are the only two in the state starting the school year with online classes only.
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Executive order paves way for fall high school sports to start on time
Gov. Bill Lee's announcement allows for full-contact sports to begin practice.
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Teacher anxiety grows as COVID cases surge weeks before school reopenings
Teachers in Tennessee and across the nation face hard choices. Should I return to my school building? Should I pursue a remote teaching option if my district offers one? Should I leave the profession altogether?
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State offers $115M more to most local governments for pandemic relief
The Lee Administration is making $115 million in federal funds available to local governments to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Opinion: We need to get past politics to reopen schools
Everything about the coronavirus has become politicized, so why not a return to school? The answer is simple: The losers will be our children, and that is not an acceptable price to pay for political points.
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To reopen schools, Tennessee plans to distribute millions of masks to teachers, students
The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency last week began delivering 298,000 masks to school districts for the state’s 66,000 public school teachers and other school staff.
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Governor supports moving Forrest bust to State Museum
Gov. Bill Lee is expected to tell the State Capitol Commission he believes the monument should be moved to the State Museum.
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