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Gov. Bill Lee calls special session to tackle vouchers, disaster relief and immigration

The session, to convene on Jan. 27, will also encompass disaster relief funding and immigration issues, an unusual mix of topics to tackle in the targeted special session. This will be the seventh special legislative session for Lee since coming into office in 2019 – more than any other governor in state history.

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Tennessee Gov. Lee renews push for school vouchers, adds hurricane relief and immigration to effort

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

WCYB Tri-Cities TN on MSN · 1d

Gov. Lee calls special session for Helene relief, school choice, & immigration

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced Wednesday that he will call for the Tennessee General Assembly to convene a special session on Monday, January 27.Accordin

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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee should listen to citizens and drop school vouchers plan | Opinion

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is pushing for his Education Freedom Act, but voters show they don't want vouchers and they pose a threat to public schools.

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Gov. Bill Lee finalizing strategy for a potential special session on vouchers, Helene relief

Gov. Bill Lee said he is finalizing a strategy for a potential special session to establish an educational voucher program in Tennessee along with help East Tennessee after Hurricane Helene.

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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s school voucher bill could cost $400M: Here's what's in it

Gov. Bill Lee has called a special legislative session for Jan. 27 to deal with school vouchers, disaster relief and immigration.

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Questions rise on Tennessee governor’s special session mix of school vouchers and storm relief

Gov. Bill Lee called a special session Wednesday for late January when Tennessee lawmakers will be asked to take up his private-school voucher bill, immigration measures and a plan to provide funding for hurricane-ravaged counties in Northeast Tennessee,

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Tennessee governor announces special session for school voucher expansion

Gov. Bill Lee is calling a special legislative session focused on his latest effort to pass a statewide school voucher plan. Lee said the special session, which starts Jan. 27, will also include Hurricane Helene recovery efforts and "public safety measures related to illegal immigration.

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Tennessee governor to call special legislative session on school vouchers, disaster relief, immigration policy

Gov. Bill Lee announced Wednesday that he'll call Tennessee lawmakers into a special session this month to take up his statewide school voucher proposal, as well as "public safety measures" to prepare for immigration policies under President-elect Donald Trump's administration.

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Three big issues that could determine if Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee gets his way on private school tuition grants

After the collapse of his statewide private school tuition grant proposal last year, Gov. Bill Lee is back with a similar ...

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Gov. Lee orders flags be raised to full-staff for Trump inauguration

Flags over Tennessee state buildings are set to fly at full-staff for the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump, putting ...

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7 Northeast Tenn. county mayors sign letter supporting Gov. Lee’s school voucher program

All seven of Northeast Tennessee’s county mayors have signed a letter voicing support for Gov. Bill Lee’s Education Freedom Scholarship Act, commonly ...

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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee touts expanded vouchers in new ad from school-choice group

A new television advertisement airing across the state features Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee promoting his proposal to expand school vouchers statewide. In the new 30-second ad launched Monday by the ...

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Gov. Lee grants executive clemency to more than 40 people

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Governor Bill Lee spent Friday morning calling the families of 43 people across Tennessee with the news that they have been granted executive clemency. Those granted ...