Governor to Veto General Fund Budget

| March 25, 2016 

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Governor Robert Bentley announced Thursday he’d veto the General Fund Budget passed by the Legislature, saying it would make the state’s Medicaid system unsustainable. 

“The General Fund Budget is unacceptable because it lacks adequate funding for essential government services,” Bentley said in a statement. “The proposed appropriation falls short of what the Medicaid Agency will require to provide services for the over one million Alabamians, most of them children, covered by Medicaid.”

This action caps a rollercoaster week for the Governor, with all attention on his alleged affair with a top advisor.  This week also marks the end of the first half of the 2016 Legislative Session. Don Dailey, host of Alabama Public Television’s Capitol Journal, joins WBHM to discuss the state’s budget woes, how Bentley’s personal troubles hit lawmakers in Montgomery, and what to expect after legislators return from Spring Break.

 

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