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Small City in Alabama Files for Bankruptcy Amid Pandemic

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Small City in Alabama Files for Bankruptcy Amid Pandemic
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Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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5/20/2020|Updated: 5/20/2020

A small city in Alabama, which for years has struggled to make ends meet and has seen several businesses close due to the pandemic, on Tuesday filed for bankruptcy.

Fairfield, which some 11,000 people call home, registered a Chapter 9 filing at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama in Birmingham on Tuesday, Bloomberg reports.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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