Tag: Jefferson County
Voters in Eastern JeffCo Affected by Congressional Map Ruling
New candidates have qualified to run against incumbents in House District 6 and 7.
Retired Judge Friday Steps in for Suspended Probate Judge Blanchard
A complaint against Blanchard focuses on her treatment of attorneys and slow handling of commitment cases.
Monday Morning Watch | Week of Jan. 26, 2026
BirminghamWatch’s weekly rundown of public meetings and agendas in the city of Birmingham and Jefferson County.
Bitter Cold Triggers School and Office Closings, Road Warnings
Black ice could be a threat on Birmingham-area roads Monday.
Monday Morning Watch | Week of Dec. 8, 2025
BirminghamWatch’s weekly rundown of public meetings and agendas in the city of Birmingham and Jefferson County.
Monday Morning Watch | Week of Nov. 10, 2025
BirminghamWatch’s weekly rundown of public meetings and agendas in the city of Birmingham and Jefferson County.
Monday Morning Watch | Week of Oct. 27, 2025
BirminghamWatch’s weekly rundown of public meetings and agendas in the city of Birmingham and Jefferson County.
‘We’re in the Jobs Business,’ JCEIDA Leader Says in Announcing New North JeffCo Industrial Park
Jefferson County Economic & Industrial Development Authority has added about 1,100 acres to its inventory of developable land to create its latest industrial park in north Jefferson County.
JeffMet North Industrial Park, off Interstate 65 at Exit 275 near the Gardendale/Morris area, sets the stage for the creation of an estimated 4,700 new jobs and is expected to be a lure for auto suppliers. Read more.
For the First Time in 37 Years, Jefferson County Makes Major Change to Tax Maps
For the first time in 37 years, the Jefferson County Tax Assessor’s Office has completed a comprehensive countywide resurvey that has modernized parcel data that will impact more than 600,000 residents and departments such as the Board of Equalization.
The tax map is the foundation for some of the county’s most important functions, from emergency services to the U.S. Postal Service and every municipality in the county. Read more.
How Jefferson County Pulled Off a Billion-Dollar Refinancing to Help Stabilize Sewer Rates and Regain Trust
Jimmie Stephens remembers he wasn’t proud of Jefferson County when he took office as a county commissioner in 2010.
“I was embarrassed and ashamed of what Jefferson County had become and what its reputation was, in the state and in the nation,” recalled Stephens, now the president of the commission.
Jefferson County had become by most accounts one of the worst financially managed governments in the nation laying off more than 1,000 of its employees and filing the then-largest municipal bankruptcy in November 2011.
But Stephens, his fellow commissioners, county manager and department heads no longer feel that sense of shame and embarrassment, they say.
Last month, Jefferson County got positive reviews from investors and financial publications that would have been unimaginable more than 10 years ago. Read more.
