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New fiscal year begins, teachers and state employees looking good

The budget includes a 4 percent raise for teachers and lump-sum bonuses for retirees.
September 28, 2022

Education and state retirees also deserve a pay raise

Sometimes I feel like a broken record, but here we are once again. Another year, another budget, and another failure to provide our retirees with a cost-of-living pay raise. It’s becoming a disturbing tradition that every year I have to write about our State Legislature’s failure to treat our retirees with the respect they deserve. … Continued
May 17, 2019

A good solution to the two-tier retirement system

Unintended consequences are a common problem when it comes to making laws and government policy. A good example of this is the changes lawmakers made in 2012 to the retirement systems for education and state employees. The economic recession that began in 2008 had severely hurt the Retirement Systems of Alabama’s investments. The slowness of … Continued
April 11, 2019

House concurs on Education Budget, passes bonus money for education retirees

Tuesday, the Alabama House of Representatives voted to concur with the conference committee version of the Education Trust Fund budget. The House also passed legislation giving Alabama’s Education retirees a one-time bonus check. House Bill 175, the Education Trust Fund (ETF) budget, had already passed both Houses of the Alabama Legislature; but each House had … Continued
March 28, 2018

Committee gives, bill requiring retired law enforcement to be trained as security guards, a favorable report

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The House Committee on Boards, Agencies, and Commissions gave a favorable report to a bill that would strengthen training requirements for licensed security guards last Wednesday. Certified active duty law enforcement officers would be exempt from having to do the training in order to work security on the side, … Continued
February 26, 2018

House passes 2.5 percent pay raise for education employees

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama House of Representatives voted to pass a 2.5 percent across-the-board pay raise for all current education employees. The bill, House Bill 174, was sponsored by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Poole, R-Tuscaloosa. Everyone supported the bill to give the teachers and state employees a pay … Continued
February 14, 2018

Educators, retirees deserve a pay raise

By Rep. Craig Ford Eleven years is a long time to go without a pay raise. But for educators, state employees and retirees in Alabama, that’s how long it has been. And for retirees and many state employees, they have actually had their pay cut during those eleven years. You may be thinking that educators, … Continued
February 9, 2018