Alabama’s new statehouse might get money meant for rising teacher PEEHIP costs

Alabama lawmakers hope to redirect some money that had been planned to offset costs of teacher health insurance to the construction of the new $400 million statehouse in Montgomery.

Lawmakers need to find $75 million this year to begin paying on the new statehouse, which is expected to open in January 2027.

On Wednesday, the House Ways and Means Education Committee approved $180 million for PEEHIP in the Education Trust Fund, less than initially requested by Gov. Kay Ivey…

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