December 22, 2011
The city council of Harrisburg, Pa., on Thursday continued the fight to resuscitate its derailed bankruptcy case, this time challenging a decision that scuttled earlier appeal efforts over the dismissal of its Chapter 9 petition.
December 14, 2011
A bankruptcy judge on Tuesday nixed a bid by the Harrisburg, Pa., city council to appeal her dismissal last month of its Chapter 9 petition, which cleared the way for a state takeover of the financially troubled Pennsylvania capital.
December 12, 2011
Harrisburg, Pa.'s city council notified a Pennsylvania bankruptcy judge on Saturday that it is appealing her decision dismissing the capital city's Chapter 9 petition, which set in motion a state takeover of efforts to fix the city's finances.
November 23, 2011
A Pennsylvania bankruptcy judge dismissed Harrisburg, Pa.'s Chapter 9 petition on Wednesday, clearing the way for a state takeover of the capital city and new efforts to ease its crippling debt load.
November 08, 2011
Harrisburg's city council agreed Monday to sell the city's trash incinerator and lease downtown parking garages, hoping to thwart a state takeover of the bankrupt Pennsylvania capital.
October 28, 2011
Bond insurer Ambac Assurance Corp. on Friday was one of several parties to beat a deadline for objections to Harrisburg, Pa.'s bankruptcy filing, arguing that state law prohibits the city from seeking a court restructuring.
October 27, 2011
The mayor of Harrisburg, Pa., who has argued that it was illegal for the city council to drag the state capital into a Chapter 9 proceeding, asked a bankruptcy court Thursday to allow the city to pay its employees and other bills.
October 26, 2011
A Covanta Energy Corp. unit on Wednesday objected to Harrisburg, Pa.'s recent Chapter 9 bankruptcy petition, saying the city is prohibited by state law to file for bankruptcy.
October 20, 2011
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett on Thursday signed legislation allowing the state to take over its financially troubled capital, Harrisburg, which recently filed a Chapter 9 bankruptcy petition at the behest of its city council.