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19, May 2013 - Lee, AL Jefferson County deputies arrest unregistered Michigan sex offender
A 48-year-old man convicted of multiple sexual crimes and registered as a sex offender in Michigan has been arrested for failing to register in Alabama.
19, May 2013 - Jefferson County, AL Bankrupt Alabama county sees exit plan in June: lawyer
By Melinda Dickinson and Sherrel Stewart BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Alabama's Jefferson County expects to file a plan by late June to exit its landmark $4.2 billion municipal bankruptcy, a lawyer for the county said on Thursday. The 18-month-old case is a testing ground for how bondholders fare when a local government debtor becomes insolvent. Jefferson County, whose exit plan appears ...
19, May 2013 - State briefs: Death sentence reversed for Jefferson Co. man
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals has overturned the capital murder conviction and death sentence of a Jefferson County man.
19, May 2013 - Birmingham, AL Bankrupt Alabama county sees exit plan in June-lawyer
By Melinda Dickinson and Sherrel Stewart BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Alabama's Jefferson County expects to file a plan by late June to exit its landmark $4.2 billion municipal bankruptcy, a lawyer for the county said on Thursday. The 18-month-old case is a testing ground for how bondholders fare when a local government debtor becomes insolvent. Jefferson County, whose exit plan appears ...
18, May 2013 - Jefferson, AL Death sentence reversed for Jefferson County man
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals has overturned the capital murder conviction and death sentence of a Jefferson County man. Jeffery Tyrone Riggs had been convicted in the January 2008 shooting death of his former girlfriend, Norber Payne, at her apartment in Center Point.
18, May 2013 - Jefferson, AL Alabama businessman sentenced for bribery
An Alabama businessman will serve five years and three months in federal prison for wire fraud and paying bribes to a U.S. Coast Guard transportation officer, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
17, May 2013 - Birmingham, AL Judge may set workout deadline in biggest U.S. muni bankruptcy
By Michael Connor (Reuters) - Alabama's Jefferson County will brief a federal judge on Thursday on its progress toward exiting from bankruptcy, as the county appears likely to become the first big U.S. local government to impose losses on bondholders since the 1930s. The case is seen as a testing ground for how bondholders fare when a local issuer breaks under excessive financial pressure ...
16, May 2013 - Justice Bolin to stay at Alabama Supreme Court
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Supreme Court Justice Mike Bolin has decided to stick with his current job rather than resigning to become Jefferson County's attorney. The Jefferson County Commission voted 3-2 last week to hire Bolin to represent Alabama' s most populous county as it deals with bankruptcy and other issues. Commissioners said they received a letter from Bolin on Tuesday ...
16, May 2013 - Birmingham, AL New JeffCo attorney withdraws from position
Alabama Supreme Court Justice Mike Bolin has withdrawn from his position as the new Jefferson County Attorney.
16, May 2013 - Birmingham, AL Newly appointed Jefferson Co. attorney backs out of job
Alabama Supreme Court Justice Mike Bolin has withdrawn from his position as the new Jefferson County Attorney.
28, Mar 2012 - Jeremiah Korfe writes new song for Paige Duke from 'Sweet Home Alabama' - Worldnews.com
One result was that Jefferson County, containing Birmingham's industrial ... After 1972, the state's white voters shifted much of their support to Republican candidates in presidential elections (as also occurred in neighboring southern states).
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