May 20th through May 26th

• A review of news headlines of a holiday week.
• today’s the day Harrisburg–“A New Receiver of the City of Harrisburg”
• Businessweek–“Harrisburg Receiver Quit Amid Concern He Would Be Fired”
• Reuters–“Harrisburg’s new receiver to be affirmed”
• WHTM 27–“Piccola: Unkovic testimony not relevant”
• The Patriot News–“Harrisburg City Council hires Mendez-Saldivia as chief operating officer”
• Central Penn Business Journal–“Harrisburg City Council confirms COO appointment”
• The Washington Post–“Vallejo, Calif., once bankrupt, is now a model for cities in an age of austerity“
• Reuters–“Alabama’s Jefferson County votes to skip bond payment”
• Bloomberg–“Stockton Creditors Extend Talks to Avert Bankruptcy”
• Philadelphia Inquirer–“PA cities: Closer to bankruptcy?”