Governor Bentley Vetoes Budget, Pledges to Bring Legislators Back for Special Session

| June 5, 2015 

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Alabama’s 2015 Legislative session ended last night with Governor Robert Bentley vetoing an austere General Fund Budget that cut $200 million from state agencies. That means lawmakers will be back later this summer for a special session.

For more on this and the rest of the news from the legislature, we turn to Don Dailey. He’s the host of Capitol Journal on Alabama Public Television and he talks with us each Friday during the legislative session.

 

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