Voters in Alabama decided overwhelmingly to cut lawmakers' pay.

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VOTERS IN ALABAMA DECIDED OVERWHELMINGLY TO CUT LAWMAKERS' PAY by passing a constitutional amendment preventing the Legislature from setting its own compensation and linking it to the state's median household income. In 2007, the Legislature voted itself a 61 percent pay raise and annual cost of living increases, which last year equaled $55,022. When Republicans took...