Jefferson County bankruptcy

Jefferson County has emerged from one the largest municipal bankruptcies in U.S. history. After two years of meeting with creditors and countless days in…

Jefferson County has closed the sale of nearly $1.8 billion in new debt and emerged from the nation's second largest municipal bankruptcy.Jefferson County…

A federal judge has approved Jefferson County's plan to exit the second-largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.Bankruptcy Court Judge Thomas Bennett…

The effort to sell $1.7 billion in refinanced Jefferson County sewer warrants begins this week with presentations by local officials in Birmingham and New…

Jefferson County commissioners have approved a more than $463 million budget presented by County Manager Tony Petelos. The commission approved the budget…

According to county records, nearly $3 million in Jefferson County business property taxes haven't been collected because there aren't enough agents on…

Attorneys for Jefferson County have filed a 101-page plan to exit the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history.The plan calls for cutting the…

Jefferson County commissioners have approved a plan to exit the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.The panel approved the plan on a 4-1 vote…

An Alabama county hopes to end the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history by the end of this year. A lawyer for Jefferson County laid out its time…

(Information in the following story is from: The Birmingham News, http://www.al.com/birminghamnews) A state representative from Birmingham has proposed a…