Oscar Franklin Smith, 75 and sentenced to die for a triple murder in Nashville in 1989, spoke his last words from a gurney on ...

Gov. Bill Lee has denied Oscar Smith’s request for clemency ahead of his execution scheduled for May 22. A reprieve from Lee ...

Gov. Bill Lee will visit Chattanooga's downtown riverfront at Ross's Landing to celebrate a $15 million state investment as ...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee vetoed the first bill of his administration, knocking back a piece of legislation that would have ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Governor Bill Lee officially made Tennessee the 27th state to ban Glock switches. On Wednesday, May 21, the governor inked his signature on a bill that ensures harsh ...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed legislation on Wednesday to ban Glock switches, making Tennessee the 27th state in the nation to do so.

Attorneys were looking for the governor to pause all executions, again, until a lawsuit regarding lethal injection protocol ...

Governor Bill Lee signed a bill making it a crime to hide people in the country illegally from law enforcement.

Gov. Bill Lee said he will not intervene in the execution of Oscar Franklin Smith two days before his execution date.

Gov. Lee, do you know what kind of people kidnap grandmas? Bad people. It doesn’t matter if they have badges. It doesn’t ...

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed the Farmland Preservation Act to protect agricultural land from development.

The law shields school staff from lawsuits for using legal names over the preferred pronouns of transgender students amid ...