City of Chester, Pennsylvania

  1. November 22, 2022

    Chester Bankruptcy Won't Stop Council's Clash With Receiver

    A federal bankruptcy judge said she lacks jurisdiction to stop a case in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania over whether a receiver's recovery plan for the struggling City of Chester strips too many powers from elected officials, lifting a stay Tuesday that had been triggered by the city's Nov. 10 bankruptcy declaration.

  2. November 15, 2022

    Pennsylvania City Plans Bankruptcy Exit With New Business

    An attorney for the financially beleaguered city of Chester, sitting just outside Philadelphia, told a bankruptcy judge Tuesday that the city planned to crawl out of debt by attracting businesses and industry, as well as bringing the city's privatized water system back under municipal control.

  3. November 10, 2022

    Philly Suburb Hits Ch. 9 As Deficits Eclipse Growth

    The struggling city of Chester, Pennsylvania, filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy Thursday, after 27 years in financially distressed status under state law and buckling beneath pension obligations.