Melinda Dickinson

Alabama lawmakers weigh strict ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion ban

August 25, 2021 at 2:24 a.m.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday approved a bill that would ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is heard, which will almost guarantee a legal challenge from opponents....

Alabama lawmakers weigh strict ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion ban

May 23, 2019 at 9:29 p.m.

Alabama county emerges from second-largest municipal bankruptcy

August 24, 2021 at 10:53 p.m.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Alabama's Jefferson County on Tuesday closed on a $1.78 billion sewer bond deal and brought an end to what had been the biggest U.S. municipal bankruptcy...

File photo: Joe Minter, a resident of Jefferson county for 66 years, pickets in front of the Jefferson County Municipal building protesting the sewer bond debt, in Birmingham, Alabama, in this file image from August 2011. Alabama's Jefferson County filed for bankruptcy court protection on November 10, 2011 in the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. History.

Bankrupt Alabama county threatens to end workout plan

November 4, 2021 at 12:25 a.m.

(Reuters) - Alabama's Jefferson County on Thursday threatened to cancel a plan for exiting its $4.2 billion bankruptcy unless Wall Street creditors agree to more concessions, possibly delaying the resolution...

Bankrupt Alabama county threatens to end workout plan

December 24, 2018 at 11:04 a.m.

Judge OKs vote on Alabama county’s bankruptcy plan

August 24, 2021 at 6:55 p.m.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday cleared the way for Wall Street banks and others owed $4.2 billion by Alabama's Jefferson County to vote on a plan...

Bankrupt Alabama county makes another deal ahead of final plan

August 24, 2021 at 5:34 p.m.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Alabama's Jefferson County on Thursday approved another negotiated settlement covering $138 million of creditors' claims as the local government put finishing touches on a plan to...

Bankrupt Alabama county OK’s debt deal with European bank

August 24, 2021 at 4:17 a.m.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Officials in Alabama's bankrupt Jefferson County approved a deal on Thursday with European Depfa Bank Plc to cut interest charges on about $162 million of the...

Bankrupt Alabama county OK’s debt deal with European bank

August 22, 2019 at 1:51 p.m.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Officials in Alabama's bankrupt Jefferson County approved a deal on Thursday with European Depfa Bank Plc to cut interest charges on about $162 million of the...

Alabama’s Jefferson County votes to skip bond payment

August 23, 2021 at 12:31 p.m.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - County legislators for Alabama's bankrupt Jefferson County voted unanimously on Tuesday to skip a $15 million payment due October 1 on about $200 million of Jefferson...

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