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October 14, 2011

Long road ahead for bankrupt Penn. city

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The years-long buildup of debt in Pennsylvania's capital city to transform its aging, polluting trash incinerator is headed for a fight in a federal bankruptcy court, where the outcome is far from clear and could be years away, not to mention costly.

The filing came after two years of politically charged efforts to deal with a looming debt that dwarfed Harrisburg's annual operating budget and the city's ability to pay. That compounded the city's history of unwise spending decisions.


 
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