Kyle Whitmire Draws Parallels from Special Sessions in 1975

| August 12, 2015 

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One special session of the Alabama legislature is in the books, another is looming. That’s because the lawmakers were unable to agree on how to fund the state’s $200 million dollar shortfall in the General Fund. Kyle Whitmire is the state political columnist for The Birmingham News and AL.com, and he talks about this issue and some of the history of special legislative sessions in Alabama with WBHM’s Michael Krall.

 

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