Tackling Alabama's Funding Crisis

Accountability provisions and even tax increases will be on the table when a bipartisan committee of Alabama legislators convenes Tuesday to discuss the state’s funding crisis.

At the top of the agenda will be Gov. Bob Riley’s $1.3 billion spending plan for state agencies next year.

If the group doesn't think it's workable, "We'll talk about how we might address some shortfalls," said Hammett, the top-ranking member of the state House of Representatives.

Some legislators on the committee already have called for tax increases.

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