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Alabama AG is calling on the criminal justice system to reevaluate "ultra-lenient" incentive time law following death of Bibb County K-9 Deputy Brad Johnson.

“I know I speak for every elected leader throughout the state when I say we all owe the people of Alabama a debt of gratitude for their willingness to work with us as we have navigated one of the most challenging years in our state’s history,” Ivey said. “Make no mistake, this time last year things were different, much different.” The governor made few major proposals outside the pay raise, which she said was a way of expressing thanks for the dedication of educators and state employees during the pandemic. The teacher pay raise would cost $88 million; the state employee pay raise w...

Gov. Kay Ivey proposes teacher, state employee pay raises; defends prison plan The Montgomery Advertiser 2/3/2021 Brian Lyman, Montgomery Advertiser Gov. Kay Ivey Tuesday called for a 2% pay raise for teachers and state employees in a State of the State address that set goals for 2021 under the long shadow of 2020.  The COVID pandemic was evident in the text of the 25-minute speech, in which the governor reviewed her administration’s response; in a more modest agenda than one outlined last year, and in the setting. Traditionally delivered in the Old House Chamber of the A...