Alabama’s 140 state lawmakers will earn $66,659 next year, a 7.15% increase over this year, according to the Alabama State Personnel Department.
A decade ago, a 2012 voter-approved constitutional amendment tied legislators’ salaries to the state’s median household income.
The amendment initially was a pay cut for many lawmakers, putting their salaries at $42,849 in 2015. Since then, they’ve received raises each year except for two…