UPDATE: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has officially signed into law the new map that redistricts Shelby County, home to Memphis, into three Republican-controlled districts on Thursday. On Thursday, during the third day of the Tennessee General Assembly’s 2026 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee speaks at Judge Steven Maroney's investiture ceremony at Union University in Jackson, Tenn., on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. As Bill Lee's tenure as Tennessee's ...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee granted executive clemency to 34 people Thursday, including pardons and one commutation for Thomas Clardy, whose murder conviction has been the subject of years of legal challenges.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee told reporters in Knoxville on Tuesday that there will be no changes to the protocol for capital punishment in the state following the botched execution attempt of death row inmate Tony Carruthers on May 21. In May, the Republican ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Bill Lee announced federal partners would begin arriving in Memphis the week of Sept. 29 as part of the "Memphis Safe Task Force" ordered by President Donald Trump earlier in the month.

Lee was in Memphis Friday, on what was likely one of his final trips to the Bluff City as governor. Here's what he talked about.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee pardoned country star Jelly Roll Thursday for his criminal past in the Volunteer State, including robbery and drug convictions. Lee granted the pardon for the 41-year-old rapper-turned-singer, whose real name is Jason Deford, citing ...

It was one of the attributes that drew us -- and others, we're sure -- to support Franklin businessman Bill Lee in the 2018 Tennessee Republican gubernatorial primary.