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Alabama's Largest County May Declare Bankruptcy

by Russell Lewis, NPR
July 28, 2011

Commissioners in Jefferson County, Ala., are expected to vote Thursday on whether to declare the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. The county, which is home to Birmingham — Alabama's largest city — owes more than $3 billion in debt taken out to upgrade its sewer system.

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