Tennessee will execute no one else this year. Governor Bill Lee stopped the one execution still planned after Christa Pike ...

Tennessee farmers and loggers will be allowed to use tax-exempt diesel — usually limited to off-road vehicles — on public roads through the end of the year, Gov. Bill Lee announced Tuesday. The move ...

Pike, who was sentenced to death for her role in a 1995 murder, was alive and snoring after officials administered a lethal drug late on Wednesday, Sept. 30 ...

Bill Lee indicates Christa Pike likely remains on death row after failed execution.

Before the state of Tennessee executes Christa Pike later this month for killing a fellow teenager in 1995, Pike's attorneys are highlighting her humanity in a plea to Gov. Bill Lee. "Through this ...

Gov. Bill Lee said Tennesseans expect death sentences to be carried out “in a manner that’s not only legal and constitutional, but effective. And that didn’t happen.” ...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has announced Tennessee’s intent to pursue the United States Space Academy, a campus established by President Donald J. Trump and designed to strengthen America’s space workfor ...

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed a proclamation designating Sept. 25 as Dolly Parton 9 to 5 Day.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced a new quantum initiative and a plan to give $25 million more to a nuclear grant program in an effort to make the Volunteer State the national leader on two emerging ...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee touted the state’s numerous economic achievements in his final annual Governor's Address hosted by the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, as he prepares to retire next year.

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 ...

At the National Prayer Breakfast, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee talked about truly understanding the brevity of life after his first wife's death. Lee also spoke about meeting country music singer Jelly ...