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How Harold Love secured the largest-ever funding boom for TSU — and what comes next

By Camellia Burris

December 17, 2025

Some 50 years after efforts by his father, state Rep. Harold Love provided proof to lawmakers that the state underfunded TSU.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Cameron Sexton, George Floyd, Gov. Bill Lee, Harold Love Jr., House Speaker Cameron Sexton, Rep. Harold Love, Tennessee State University, TSU, University of Tennessee

How an all-girls private school in Nashville is using vouchers to serve Black students

By Camellia Burris

December 4, 2025

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In the divide over vouchers, schools like BE Academy say they wouldn’t exist without Tennessee’s program.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Education Freedom Scholarship Act, Gov. Bill Lee, school vouchers, vouchers

Tennessee families are suing over state voucher program they claim is unconstitutional

By Camellia Burris

November 21, 2025

Tennessee parents are suing the state over the universal voucher program, arguing that it violates the state constitution by diverting public funds to private schools.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Education Freedom Scholarships, Gov. Bill Lee, public schools, school vouchers, vouchers

More Tennessee school voucher data arrives after ongoing requests for transparency

By Camellia Burris

September 26, 2025

The Tennessee Department of Education recently released data about the new statewide voucher program after months of pushback from lawmakers seeking more transparency.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, Davidson County, Education Freedom Scholarship Act, Education Freedom Scholarships, Gov. Bill Lee, hamilton county, school voucher, shelby county, TDOE, tennessee department of education, vouchers

The Governor’s family business and major lobbying companies received thousands from new franchise tax refunds

By Paige Pfleger

June 1, 2025

Tennessee’s Department of Revenue has officially released the names of businesses that received tax refunds due to the franchise tax reform bill passed last year.  

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: CoreCivic, Gov. Bill Lee, taxes, Tennessee GOP

Tennesseans have dim view of U.S. economy, poll finds

By Char Daston

May 8, 2025

The majority of Tennesseans from across the political spectrum say the U.S. economy is in bad shape, according to a new poll from Vanderbilt University.

Filed Under: Business, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, Donald Trump, economy, Gov. Bill Lee, Vanderbilt Poll, Vanderbilt University

Death row lawyers ask governor for another execution moratorium while courts review protocol

By Catherine Sweeney

April 10, 2025

Attorneys for nine death row inmates argue the state’s new lethal injection protocol contains even fewer protections than the plan found deficient in 2022.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, death penalty, death row, Gov. Bill Lee, lethal injection, Oscar Smith, Tennessee Department of Correction

Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s approval remains strong across party lines, poll finds

By Cynthia Abrams

April 4, 2025

While politicians nationwide are seeing a stark partisan divide in their approval ratings, Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s is sitting high at 67%.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Freddie O'Connell, Gov. Bill Lee, state legislature, Vanderbilt Poll, Vanderbilt University

Tennessee is set to resume executions, now using a single drug for lethal injection

By Catherine Sweeney

December 27, 2024

Tennessee will soon resume executions, after an Associated Press investigation led the state to pause all lethal injections and redesign its protocol. The Tennessee Department of Corrections will use a single-drug protocol. It will rely on pentobarbital, a sedative that is notoriously difficult for governments to source.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Commissioner Frank Strada, execution, Gov. Bill Lee, lethal injection, pentobarbital

Gov. Bill Lee supports in vitro fertilization access. Polls show most Tennesseans agree.

By Catherine Sweeney

December 4, 2024

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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has clarified his support for in vitro fertilization as debate over the procedure continues in the U.S.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Gov. Bill Lee, IVF, Rep. Harold Love, reproductive health, Sen. Raumesh Akbari

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