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Alabama’s Jefferson County votes to skip bond payment
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...
Alabama county could hike rates to pay sewer debt: receiver
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Politically unpopular rate hikes could cover the debt service on the $3.14 billion of sewer-system debt that drove Alabama's Jefferson County last year to file the...