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Tennessee governor appears ready to mobilize National Guard for deportation - MSN
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is set to use state personnel, likely National Guard troops and highway patrol officers, to back ...
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Tennessee Republican primary for governor: Who’s in, who’s out and more for 2026 elections
The 2026 race for Tennessee governor is on. Gov. Bill Lee, who is term-limited, will leave the Tennessee governor’s office in January 2027. Voters will decide in November 2026 who will succeed ...
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Tennessee governor repays trip after ethics panel finds a group shouldn't have covered it
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has repaid about $1,900 for a trip to a conference after ethics officials found that he shouldn't have relied on an outside group to cover the travel.
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Tennessee's governor vetoes easier denial of parole bill, his first since taking office - MSN
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has vetoed his first bill since taking office in 2019, nixing a measure that would make it easier for a state board to deny parole.
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Tennessee governor’s race: Who’s in, who’s out and who’s looking
Gov. Bill Lee, who is term-limited, will leave the Tennessee governor’s office in January 2027. Voters will decide in November 2026 who will succeed him. With Tennessee a heavily Republican ...
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Tennessee’s GOP governor is pardoning 43 more people. He stresses it’s not like what Biden did
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee on Friday announced he is pardoning 43 people who have served out their sentences, stressing that his actions are “very different” ...
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Tennessee governor pledges support for nuclear projects
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee gives the State of the State address (Image: screengrab from YouTube/Gov. Bill Lee) The commitments in Tennessee's proposed budget were outlined by Governor Bill Lee in his ...
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Attorneys ask Tennessee governor to pause executions until legal challenge is resolved - The Spec
FILE - Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee delivers his inaugural address in War Memorial Auditorium, on Jan. 19, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File) MH Home ...
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Tennessee Republican governor vetoes easier denial of parole bill | AP News - Associated Press News
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has vetoed his first bill since taking office in 2019, nixing a measure that would make it easier for a state board to deny parole. ... Vetoes can also leverage the political ...
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Tennessee governor proposes another $1B toward roads amid a $30B project backlog - Financial Post
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Monday proposed an injection of more than $1 billion into road projects to help address the state’s $30 billion projects backlog, which will again ...
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Tennessee’s Reform Governor: Austin Peay | The Knoxville Focus
The governor declared newspapers could be an effective instrument for progress in Tennessee, but lamented, “they won’t tell the truth in some instances.” Peay dismissed opposition based on his seeking ...