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...So the numbers are so much bigger,” Max Caller, the government-appointed commissioner who was sent in last year to take control of the city’s finances after the council was forced to declare that it was...
...Birmingham city council, which has been placed under the oversight of government appointed commissioners after issuing a Section 114 notice, is preparing to sell off £750mn of assets over the coming two...
...The dates have been set for a re-run in the contentious battle for a union at the facility in Bessemer, a southwestern suburb of Birmingham in the state’s most populous county of Jefferson....
...It has taken Jefferson County in Alabama, for instance, decades to ensure equal employment opportunities and remedy past discrimination....
...The roles of mayor and police commissioner should be combined. Most crime arises from complex causes....
...Twelve governorships are up for grabs, as are 93 state executive offices including attorneys-general and insurance commissioners, according to Ballotpedia....
...His other profession adds to his presidential stature, as it did with Jefferson....
...I want to thank Andrew Adonis and his fellow Commissioners for getting off to such a strong start. They’ve already produced three impressive reports....
...Jefferson county’s bankruptcy supplanted Orange County, California, as the largest municipal bankruptcy. Orange County entered court protection in 1994 after losing $1.7bn on interest-rate bets....
...Instead, only Bristol accepted the challenge, while other cities like Manchester and Birmingham decided to stick with their old local government structures....
...Jefferson County, Alabama, has filed for bankruptcy in the largest such municipal filing in US history....
...“It was our only option,” Jimmie Stephens, a county commissioner, told the FT. “The citizens are demanding a resolution.”...
...“I think we may well get a mini-general election this autumn: there will be three by-elections, a mayoral election in Birmingham and the polls on police commissioners,” the peer says....
...Jefferson County in Alabama, home to Birmingham, on Friday agreed to the framework for a settlement with creditors owed $3.14bn of debt, averting an imminent filing of the largest municipal bankruptcy in...
...Jefferson County’s troubles began during the financial crisis when costs on the sewer debt soared....
...A meeting on Thursday by commissioners could pre-empt lenders by choosing Chapter 9 bankruptcy. Ominously, commissioners retained the same attorney who helped Orange County....
...Labour group on Birmingham city council....
...This year, Central Falls, Rhode Island, filed for bankruptcy and Jefferson County, home to the city of Birmingham in Alabama, repeatedly threatened bankruptcy, but has agreed on a tentative settlement with...
...Sir David said he had excused himself from discussing Birmingham city council’s successful £15.7m bid to move a road so Birmingham airport’s runway could be extended, among other decisions....
...An imminent bankruptcy for Jefferson County, home to Birmingham in Alabama, which would have been the largest filing for a US municipality, was averted on Friday when the state governor convinced local officials...
...Last month, an imminent bankruptcy for Jefferson County, home to Birmingham in Alabama, was averted when the governor intervened, asking local officials to negotiate with creditors....
...The filing also comes as Jefferson County, home to the city of Birmingham in Alabama, is negotiating with its bondholders to avert an imminent bankruptcy....
...Jefferson County, home to Birmingham in Alabama, is negotiating concessions with its bondholders to try to sidestep a bankruptcy filing....
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