Alabama

Alabama House of Representatives speaker Mike Hubbard faces 23 felony ethics law violations after being indicted by a grand jury on Monday.

Jefferson County said Friday it will appeal an Alabama federal judge's ruling that threatens investors' security in $1.8 billion of sewer warrants sold last year.

An Alabama federal judge set a July 2015 trial date for two ex-JPMorgan bankers facing pay-to-play charges in Jefferson County's sewer deals and swaps.

An Alabama federal judge's refusal to dismiss an appeal of Jefferson County's bankruptcy plan is credit negative for sewer warrant holders, Moody's said Oct. 6.

U.S. District Judge Sharon Blackburn ruled Tuesday that appeals in Jefferson County, Ala.'s bankruptcy case will go forward.

Two ex-JPMorgan bankers shouldn't be allowed to give statements six years after taking the Fifth Amendment in the Jefferson County, Ala., sewer bond and swap case, the SEC says.

An Alabama federal rejected ex-JPMorgan bankers' motions to dismiss the pay-to-play case against them involving Jefferson County, Ala.'s sewer deals and swaps.

Two ex-JPMorgan bankers seek to revise their statements in an SEC case about the sale of Jefferson County, Ala.’s sewer debt, now that a key player has been deposed.

Eleven months after the close of fiscal 2013, Jefferson County, Ala.'s audit sheds little light on the county's financial condition since emerging from bankruptcy.

Southeast municipal bond issuers sold $21.78 billion of debt in the first six months of the year, a 31.4% decline driven by fewer taxable and refunding deals.

The National Association of Bond Lawyers released a paper Tuesday to help educate bond lawyers and other market participants about general obligation bonds in the wake of the Detroit and Jefferson County, Ala. bankruptcy filings.

Alabama saved nearly $20 million on a July 24 refinancing of $200 million of outstanding general obligation bonds.

U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn orders briefs to determine if Jefferson County, Ala.'s bankruptcy appeal will be dismissed.

Based on two court cases, two former JPMorgan bankers want the SEC's pay-to-play case involving Jefferson County, Ala.'s failed sewer deals dismissed.

Birmingham, Ala. city councilor Sheila Tyson, saying her constituents can't afford Jefferson County's post-bankruptcy debt, is trying to boost public support for an appeal, as hearings commence.

Moody's dropped Alabama State University's $230 million of outstanding bonds three notches to junk citing an inability to cover debt service among the reasons.

Fitch revised the outlook to negative on Alabama's Birmingham Airport Authority bonds citing erosion in the enplanement base as debt service obligations begin to increase.

The first hearing in Jefferson County, Ala.'s bankruptcy appeal has been reset to July 18 from May 15 due to a court scheduling conflict.

Jefferson County, Ala.'s attorneys say petitions appealing the county's bankruptcy exit plan fail to address legal matters and contain "tangential allegations."

One judge was used to the limelight, the other wasn't. But Thomas Bennett and Mary France found themselves in the glare as they oversaw high-profile Chapter 9 cases.