In 1612, Virginia’s governor, Sir Thomas Dale ... tradition of capital punishment (there had been no hanging since 1830, before statehood) and because frontier Michigan had few established ...

(AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has vetoed his first ... Vetoes can also leverage the political weight of the governor's office in hopes of convincing lawmakers not to override.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has vetoed his first ... Vetoes can also leverage the political weight of the governor's office in hopes of convincing lawmakers not to override. One prominent example ...

Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton has appointed former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam to the University of Tennessee System Board of Trustees. The UT Board of Trustees oversees governance and ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton has tapped Bill Haslam, the former governor of Tennessee and Knoxville mayor, to serve on the University of Tennessee Board of ...