While the legislature has repeatedly voted on proposals to make the Bible a state book, this is the first bill to be successful. In 2016, then-Gov. Bill Haslam vetoed a bill designating the Bible ...

Opinion: Gov. Bill Lee seemed to have an easy win with his Education Freedom Scholarship Act, but politics and the people's ...

Former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam is no longer on the board of trustees at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. He served as chairman from 2020 until 2023.

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam declined to either sign or veto the state's so-called "monkey bill," which prohibits public school officials from stopping a teacher who aims to teach alternatives to ...