If there’s a warrant out for your rest because you’re accused of rape, it’s probably best not to taunt the cops who are after you. But that good advice escaped Dustin McCombs, who was happy to toy with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department on the department’s Facebook page.
When you scratch at what makes Jefferson County’s budget different than other counties, the answer is Cooper Green Mercy Hospital. But are residents willing to continue indigent care?
Kenneth Klee, a bankruptcy lawyer for Jefferson County, says non-user fees are still an option as the county prepares its plan to emerge from Chapter 9 bankruptcy. Meanwhile, Commission Pres. David Carrington says eventual rate increases are inevitable.
Will Jefferson County’s push for a new occupational tax turn into a fight over the future of Cooper Green? Commission President David Carrington says he’s not afraid of a debate, but the county doesn’t have that much time before it runs out of money.
Jefferson County commissioners want to renew job tax but don’t count on Montgomery’s support.
All five Jefferson County Commissioners agreed Wednesday that the only solution to the county’s $40 million budget deficit is a new occupational tax, likely identical to the one struck down by the courts two years ago.
It’s bad news for former Birmingham mayor Larry Langford. On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Langford’s last chance for a direct appeal on a 15-year sentence for public corruption.
The Over the Mountain Democrats are convening a panel of media figures, including Weld publisher Mark Kelly and Birmingham News writers John Archibald and Chuck Dean, to discuss local and state politics for 2012.
Beason says that, after a lot of prayer and counsel with his family he felt “led” to run against Rep. Spencer Bachus, who has represented Alabama’s 6th Congressional District since 1992.
Regions Financial has agreed to sell its brokerage unit, Morgan Keegan, to investment and financial planning services firm Raymond James Financial for a total of $1.18 billion.
