For the past four months, legislators met in Montgomery to address issues that affect Alabamians every day. Lawmakers brought back a handful of victories to their districts – policies that will directly impact their neighbors’ quality of life and shape their communities for years to come. They also returned with a litany of accomplishments that will sustain the vitality and future development of our state as a whole.

It’s not an easy job — in my 20 years on the floor of the House and Senate, the biggest challenges came from competing interests, complex problems and a ticking clock. Multifaceted issues call for consequential decisions that can obfuscate the makings of even the best legislative session. And yet this was a very successful session for our state leaders. Most importantly, many

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