Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has repaid about $1,900 for a trip to a conference after ethics officials found that he shouldn’t have relied on an outside group to cover the travel.

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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has repaid about $1,900 for a trip to a conference in Florida after ethics officials found he shouldn’t have relied on an outside group to cover

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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has repaid about $1,900 for a trip to a conference in Florida after ethics officials found he shouldn’t have relied on an outside group to cover the travel

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has repaid about $1,900 for a trip to a conference after ethics officials found that he shouldn't have relied on an outside group to cover the travel.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has repaid about $1,900 for a trip to a conference after ethics officials found that he shouldn’t have relied on an outside group to cover the travel. The Tennessee Ethics Commission released the opinion Tuesday, ruling that the payment violated a state law banning officials like the governor from accepting gifts directly or indirectly from a lobbyist or a lobbyist’s employer. The Republican govern…

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Gov. Bill Lee spoke at the Alliance Defending Freedom's annual conference in July. In a meeting Tuesday, the state Ethics Commission found he violated ethics rules.

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Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has repaid about $1,900 for a trip to a conference in Florida after ethics officials found he shouldn’t have relied on an outside group to cover the travel. The Tennessee Ethics Commission released the opinion Tuesday. It ruled the payment violated a state law banning officials from accepting gifts directly or indirectly from a lobbyist or a lobbyist’s employer. The Republican gove…

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Gov. Bill Lee has repaid travel expenses from a trip to an island in Florida originally covered by a nonprofit with a branch that employs lobbyists in Tennessee after, at the governor's request, the Ethics Commission issued an advisory opinion the paid trip was considered an illegal gift under the state's ethics laws. In July, Gov. Lee traveled to Marco Island, FL to speak at an annual conference hosted by the Christian…

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Gov. Lee repays travel costs covered by group with lobbyist ties following new ethics commission opinion

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