Lee's office on Wednesday released details of a new legislative proposal that will be considered in next week's special session.

President Donald Trump visited western North Carolina on Friday to tour some of the hardest hit areas of Hurricane Helene. Related Coverage: President Trump visits Asheville to tour Hurricane Helene damage Among those to meet with Trump in Asheville was Gov.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee will meet with President Donald Trump during his visit on Friday to Asheville following Helene.

A special session primarily developed around Gov. Bill Lee's signature education voucher proposal will now also include prominent immigration issues.

The special session would allow lawmakers to focus on the topics in a more dedicated way. The special session would begin Jan. 27.

Tennessee’s public schools are a plane on fire, and Gov. Bill Lee is handing out parachutes to children and families who need them. That’s a welcome development for students stuck in chronically underperforming schools with nearby private school options.

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

As Tennessee lawmakers consider Gov. Bill Lee’s proposal for a statewide school voucher program, advocates of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship, including U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, are raising concerns that one provision in the bill could create a long-term ...

Lawmakers said they were surprised that a special session would include immigration issues in Tennessee, but Gov. Bill Lee has now released his slate of policy hopes.

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.

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

Lee’s Scam Special Session carries $917 million price tag. * HB 6001 - Expands state government with the “centralized immigration enforcement division”; commits state dollars to enforcing federal immigration rules;