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Shelly Sigo

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New Date for Sentencing
September 16, 2009 A federal judge in Birmingham has set Nov. 12 as the new date that former Jefferson County commissioner Mary Buckelew will be...

Fitch Sinks Port Bonds
September 16, 2009 Fitch Ratings Tuesday downgraded $236 million of outstanding Alabama State Port Authority revenue bonds to BBB-plus from...

PECO Debt Gets the Nod
September 16, 2009 Florida’s Division of Bond Finance Tuesday received authorization to sell $727.1 million of bonds.

Miami-Dade OKs Termination of Swaps
September 16, 2009 BRADENTON, Fla. - Miami-Dade County, Fla., hopes to terminate swaps insured by troubled Ambac Assurance Corp.

Miami-Dade OKs Wachovia LOC for Tunnel
September 17, 2009 BRADENTON, Fla. — The $1 billion Port of Miami Tunnel project inched forward Tuesday when Miami-Dade County commissioners...

Moody’s Downgrades Florida’s Turnpike Revenue Bonds to Aa3
September 22, 2009 BRADENTON, Fla. — Moody’s ­Investors Service late Monday downgraded the Florida Department of...

Rollback on JeffCo Layoffs?
September 23, 2009 Jefferson County commissioners Tuesday adopted an $808 million budget for fiscal 2010 that includes funding to return most...

Nemours Health Loses AAA
September 23, 2009 Fitch Ratings on Monday downgraded to AA-plus from AAA its rating on $71 million of Nemours Foundation outstanding health care...

Perdue Seeks Fed Flood Aid
September 23, 2009 Gov. Sonny Perdue Tuesday asked the Obama administration for an emergency declaration to assist the 17 Georgia counties with...

School Issue Wins by 88%
September 23, 2009 Madison County voters last week overwhelmingly authorized the school board to issue $61 million of general obligation bonds.

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