Alabama county files biggest municipal bankruptcy

By Carol Robinson — The Birmingham News An investigator studies the crime scene in west Jefferson County where a son allegedly killed his mother and father. (The Birmingham News/Carol Robinson) JEFFERSON COUNTY, Alabama — A 17-year-old Jefferson

Jefferson County has long been the canary in the municipal bond market coal mine – a sign that there were big problems brewing in the market for local government debt that could spread like the bank problems in 2008, and

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama's most populous county filed what became the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history in an effort to retake control of its beleaguered sewer system and wipe away as much of its

Jefferson County, Alabama filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history on Wednesday after the County Commissions found its billions

By Melinda Dickinson BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) – Alabama's Jefferson County filed for bankruptcy court protection on Wednesday in the biggest municipal bankruptcy in US history. Commissioners for the county, which is home to Birmingham,