State integrity news for Alabama, from the Montgomery Advertiser:

The Legislature may have capped gifts to teachers at $25, but there are no similar limits to the trips lawmakers can take abroad. At least four lawmakers took a jaunt to Turkey last year where travel and accommodations were paid in whole or in part by a group promoting bonds between Turkey and the United States.

The groups sponsoring the trip offered a similar package to lawmakers at the beginning of the month, a journey that for individuals would cost anywhere from $4,000 to $14,000, according to pricing on the web site Travelocity.

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Photo credit: Alabama State Capitol (Carol M. Highsmith).