Bill Lee: “This budget though calls for $170 million cut in PEPFAR, which does not make any sense.”

So far as we know, the Department of Correction followed exactly the protocol that was outlined and vetted and approved by the attorney general’s office.

The people of Tennessee have determined that the death penalty is the appropriate penalty for the most heinous crimes in the state.

We have really seen the airport board and commissioners just step right into one decision to the next to make sure that this happened.

I will seek an independent investigation and pause all executions for the rest of 2026.