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This month's $18.7 billion agreement with BP p.l.c. positions struggling Gulf coast states to receive financial relief, though the years-long payout won't provide immediate respite for some.
July 15 -
Conditions in Jefferson County, Ala. are improving after its bankruptcy exit and the county is preparing for its first municipal bond market appearance since its 2013 exit from bankruptcy, said County Commission President Jimmie Stephens.
July 8 -
A federal judge in Alabama has ordered mediation in the Securities and Exchange Commissions pay-to-play suit against two ex-JPMorgan bankers involved in Jefferson County sewer deals.
June 26 -
Investors in the financing that enabled Jefferson County to exit bankruptcy should not have the rug pulled out from under them, the countys attorneys argued to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.
June 17 - Alabama
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley vetoed the states fiscal 2016 general fund budget after warning the GOP-led Legislature that the plan cut too deeply into essential government services.
June 8 -
Jefferson County, Ala., officials traveled to New York to meet the financial community and rating agencies on the countys progress since existing bankruptcy.
May 12 - Alabama
Standard & Poor's upgraded Jefferson County, Ala.'s limited-obligation school warrants two notches to A-minus from BBB.
May 4 -
Jefferson County, Ala., can proceed with an appeal related to the countys bankruptcy exit plan, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta ruled Wednesday.
April 23 -
Attorneys in the pay-to-play case involving Jefferson County, Ala.s sewer deals told a federal judge in recent filings that motions for summary judgment should not be granted.
March 13 -
Stifel Financial Corp. reportedly is in talks to buy Sterne Agee Group Inc., continuing an acquisition spree that's vaulted the St. Louis based brokerage and investment banking firm into the top 10 among municipal underwriters.
February 20