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'We need help': Small cities face fiscal calamity from virus

by Associated Press
| June 10, 2020 6:27 AM

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Unfilled potholes, uncollected trash, unmown grass and, most significantly, fewer police on the street are some of what Allentown says it’s contemplating unless Washington helps it plug a multimillion-dollar budget hole left by the coronavirus pandemic.

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