Gov. Bill Lee issued a proclamation Friday afternoon making official his call for a special session aimed at passing his private-school voucher plan and creating a centralized immigration enforcement agency.

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has called a special legislative session to push for universal school vouchers, alongside addressing other critical issues, including a $450 million hurricane relief package.

Never one to get ahead of itself, the lobbying group Americans for Prosperity announced the start of a statewide ad campaign in which Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs back Gov.

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,

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

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.