Alabama Lawmakers

Lawmakers will debate the legislation over the next several months, likely accepting some of Ivey's proposals and rejecting others. She proposed one-time tax rebates of $400 for individuals and $800 for married couples, as well as 2% pay raises for teachers and state employees.

Alabama legislative leaders will proceed with plans to build two super-size prisons. This comes after the Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority increased the spending cap for the 4,000-bed prison now under construction in Elmore County, from $623 million to $975 million.

A sitting Alabama lawmaker died Wednesday morning. Dmitri Polizos was the state representative for District 74 in Montgomery. On Tuesday afternoon he…