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Bankrupt Town's Mayor Committed Massive Foreclosure Fraud

Reuters | Posted 11.19.2012 | Business
Read More: Video, Bankrupt City, Foreclosure Crisis, Charles Moreau, Chapter 9, Reuters, Municipal Bankruptcy, Central Falls Rhode Island, Michael Bouthillette, Foreclosure Fraud, Business News

* US prosecutors to recommend prison for mayor, backer * City saw 156 foreclosures in 2008 * Central Falls filed for ban...

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Bankrupt City Slashes Benefits

Reuters | Posted 09.26.2012 | Business
Read More: Video, Bankruptcy, Chapter 9, Reuters, Municipal Bankruptcy, Health Care, Retiree Health Care, Health Benefits, Stockton, Business News

By Jim Christie and Peter Henderson SAN FRANCISCO, July 27 (Reuters) - A federal bankruptcy judge on Friday cleared the way for Stock...

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'I Don't Want My City Dissolved'

Reuters | Posted 09.16.2012 | Business
Read More: Gold Bar, Video, Chapter 9, Gold Bar City Council, Reuters, Municipal Bankruptcy, Public Records Act, City Bankruptcy, Tax Hikes, Business News

By Laura L. Myers GOLD BAR, Washington, July 17 (Reuters) - Residents of a century-old Washington state town facing possible municipal...

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California Ski Town In Trouble

AP | Posted 09.01.2012 | Business
Read More: Video, Central Valley, Town Bankruptcy, Chapter 9, Ski Town Bankruptcy, Sierra Nevada, Municipal Bankruptcy, Mammoth Lakes Land Acquisition, Ski Town, Mammoth Lakes Bankruptcy, Ap, California Tourism, Stockton, Business News

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Councilmembers in a small ski town high in California's Sierra Nevada voted unanimously Monday to file for bankruptcy, the second...

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Pennsylvania Capital's Bankruptcy Filing Rejected By Federal Judge

AP | MARC LEVY | Posted 01.23.2012 | Business
Read More: City Council, Debt, Video, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Bankruptcy, Constitutional Law, Chapter 9, Budget Gaps, Bond Insurers, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, Business News

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A federal bankruptcy judge on Wednesday threw out a petition by the City Council of Pennsylvania's debt-choked capital of Harr...

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Struggling East Bay Town Finally Recovers From Bankruptcy Nightmare

Aaron Sankin | Posted 01.02.2012 | San Francisco
Read More: Vallejo Not Bankrupt, Video, Chapter 9, Solano County, Vallejo Bankrupt, Municipal Bankruptcy, Michael Lewis, California City Bankrupt, Vallejo Bankruptcy, San Francisco News

After spending three years as one of the highest-profile municipalities in the nation to go bankrupt, the Northern California city of Vallejo has emer...

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Smallest City In Smallest State Files For Bankruptcy

Posted 10.01.2011 | Business
Read More: Harrisburg, Bankruptcy, Wall Street, Governor Lincoln Chafee, Chapter 9, "The Big Ask", Economic Recession. Great Recession, Breckinridge Capital Advisors, Rhode Island, Central Falls, Municipal Debt, Business News

(Edith Honan) - Central Falls, Rhode Island, one of a handful of U.S. cities and counties facing fiscal collapse in the wake of the economic reces...

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Alabama County Likely To Declare Bankruptcy

Posted 09.20.2011 | Business
Read More: Creditors, JPMorgan Chase, Alabama, Bankruptcy, Municipal Bond Market, Jefferson County, Default, Chapter 9, Sewer System, Commissioners, Business News

Alabama's troubled Jefferson County faces an 80 percent chance of declaring bankruptcy, one of its commissioners said on Thursday, as U.S. experts...

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