Monty Burks, previously deputy director of the Governor’s Faith-Based and Community Initiative, was one of 33 people to whom Lee granted a pardon on Dec. 18. Burks, 50, is now director of Center for Faith for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Lee called Burks a leader in the recovery and reentry community.

Gov. Bill Lee proposed his Education Savings Accounts program in 2019 as an empowerment tool for low-income students to access better education.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — In his “State of the State” address Monday, Governor Bill Lee pledged the state would be a beacon of opportunity for Tennesseans. The speech discussed everything from crime prevention grants, investment in public school ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Republican Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed a bill late last week making it a crime to hide people who live in the United States illegally from law enforcement. Lee signed the bill on May 9 after Republican lawmakers approved it in ...

A student request for a Turning Point USA chapter at Oak Ridge High School was approved by the Oak Ridge Board of Education Nov. 17.