All that they can't leave behind

Alabama legislators will convene Monday for their final meeting day of this year's regular session. As always, plenty of important work remains undone, most notably passage of the $1.5 billion General Fund budget.

Other significant measures include bills to fight back against the methamphetamine problem that plagues rural Alabama, to exempt the state's college-savings plan from state income taxes, and to move our presidential primary to the first Saturday after New Hampshire's vote.