60-day legislative session under with teacher pay at the top of the list

E-verify plan on local lawmaker’s radar, too.

Sen. Rob Bradley, the Fleming Island Republican who represents Columbia County in the Legislature, gives a thumbs up as he leads the Senate committee to the House for the start of a joint session on Tuesday. (STEVE CANNON/Associated Press)
Sen. Rob Bradley, the Fleming Island Republican who represents Columbia County in the Legislature, gives a thumbs up as he leads the Senate committee to the House for the start of a joint session on Tuesday. (STEVE CANNON/Associated Press)

Poised to tackle a variety of issues from teacher pay and healthcare to immigration, lawmakers assembled in Tallahassee at the start of a new legislative session Tuesday. 

State Rep. Chuck Brannan…