Just How Bad Is Alabama’s General Fund Budget Shortfall?

| November 26, 2014 

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Alabama has had its fare share of budget trouble, and this fiscal year is no different. Governor Robert Bentley, in a speech last week, said Alabama’s General Fund could be short about $250 million. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Kyle Whitmire of Al.com and the Birmingham News discusses the extent of the state’s financial woes with WBHM’s Rachel Osier Lindley.

 

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