US - The Mayor of Philadelphia is seeking the approval of state legislation to defer pension payments in order to prevent job losses and other cuts in the city.
Mayor Michael Nutter said Philadelphia will be forced to make 3000 city worker redundancies in October and implement other budget cuts if lawmakers do not approve the pension changes to Pennsylvani...
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