Pay Raises

Alabama House, Senate approve bonuses for retired state employees, teachers

The two bills would give retired teachers and state employees a bonus of $2 per month for each year they were employed.

Eddie Burkhalter

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March 31, 2022

Alabama Republicans praise Ivey’s State of the State speech

Tuesday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) laid out an ambitious agenda in her annual State of the State Address that includes: building three new prisons, a three percent teacher pay raise, a two percent state employee pay raise, mental health crisis centers, broadband expansion, hiring more state troopers, workforce development, a governor’s study group on … Continued

Brandon Moseley

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February 5, 2020

Prisons, pay raises and pre-K: Gov. Kay Ivey’s ambitious agenda

From prison construction to pay raises for teachers and state employees, Gov. Kay Ivey pitched a wide-ranging and ambitious agenda to members of the Legislature gathered in the Old House Chambers of the State Capitol Tuesday for her second State of the State address. Ivey’s main priorities are raising the state’s motor fuels tax and … Continued

Chip Brownlee

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March 6, 2019

Palmer bill would rescind $1.6 billion of inactive funds

Thursday, Congressman Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) introducing a new bill that would rescind the $1.6 billion in unobligated balances remaining in the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) Fund. “The government is borrowing millions of dollars every day while we have $1.6 billion sitting in an account that cannot be used,” Palmer said. “Since 2015, the Government … Continued

Brandon Moseley

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September 10, 2018

Joffrion demands that Congress pass pay increases for federal workers

Friday, September 7, 2018 Congressional Candidate Peter Joffrion announced that he defends pay raises for federal civilian employees at Redstone Arsenal and across Madison County. On Thursday, August 30 President Donald J. Trump (R) sent a letter to the Speaker of the House and the Senate Majority Leader announced that due to the fiscal situation … Continued

Brandon Moseley

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September 10, 2018

Alabama leaders react to Toyota-Mazda announcement

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Mazda and Toyota announced Wednesday that they had selected the TVA mega site in Limestone County for their newest manufacturing plant.  The $1.6 billion joint venture in the city limits of Huntsville will employ up to 4,000 workers.  A number of Alabama elected leaders reacted to the good economic … Continued

Brandon Moseley

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January 11, 2018

Walt Maddox: The picture Ivey painted of the state was fiction

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, January 9, 2017, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey gave her first state of the state address to a joint session of the Alabama Legislature.  Ivey presented an optimistic, forward-thinking picture of Alabama with improving budgets, record levels of employment, pay raises for state employees, more teachers, and reforms … Continued

Brandon Moseley

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January 11, 2018

Governor pushes state employee pay raises, investment in education in first State of the State

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter A year ago, former Gov. Robert Bentley delivered his last State of the State address, setting goals for a Legislative Session that not only would see many of his priorities fall short but encompass the end his political career. Last night, Gov. Kay Ivey delivered her first — an … Continued

Chip Brownlee

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January 10, 2018

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Montgomery Republicans are Blind to the Problems Facing Alabama

By Rep. Darrio Melton Each year when the Legislature starts discussing the budget, the first items on the chopping block are always social services for our neediest neighbors.  While legislators have turned a blind eye to $60,000 pay raises for staff and trips to Vegas in the state airplane, they’ve been quick to set their sights on these programs … Continued

Darrio Melton

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April 19, 2016