Judge ordered to trial for alleged crimes in divorce case
BRIGHTON (AP) — A Livingston County judge has been ordered to trial on criminal charges related to her divorce.
The decision Wednesday came a week after the Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments about removing Theresa Brennan from the bench in a separate matter.
Brennan is accused of perjury and destroying evidence in her divorce case. Prosecutors say she got rid of evidence before recusing herself from her own divorce litigation. Judge David Guinn, who ordered her to trial, says it should have been a “no-brainer” for Brennan to immediately give up the case.
Defense attorney Larry Willey says any delay wasn’t significant. Brennan was suspended in February by the state Supreme Court but still is being paid.
Plans move ahead for site of shuttered Michigan prison
MUSKEGON (AP) — Plans are moving forward to redevelop the site of a shuttered prison in western Michigan.
The Michigan Land Bank Fast Track Authority this week announced the sale of the former West Shoreline Correctional Facility to the City of Muskegon for redevelopment.
The facility opened in 1987 and closed in 2018 . City officials are discussing plans for the 60-acre property, but it could become part of the existing Port City Industrial Park.
The Michigan Department of Corrections closed the prison due to a decline in the state's prison population. The facility had 1,245 prisoners and 174 employees.
Supreme Court to review insurers’ claims for $12B
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will decide whether insurance companies can collect $12 billion from the federal government to cover their losses in the early years of the health care law championed by President Barack Obama.
The justices said this week they will hear appeals in the fall from insurers who argue that they are entitled to the money under a provision of the “Obamacare” health law that promised insurers a financial cushion for losses they might incur by selling coverage to people in the marketplaces created by the health care law.
The companies cite Health and Human Services Department statistics to claim they are owed $12 billion.
But Congress inserted a provision in the department’s spending bill to limit payments under the “risk corridors” program.
Police arrest man accused of stealing 26 street signs
GEORGIA, Vt. (AP) — Deputies have arrested a Vermont man who is accused of stealing more than two dozen street signs.
Mynbc.com reports Joshua Hanselman has been charged with larceny and unlawful mischief after acknowledging that he and others stole the 26 street signs.
The signs were stolen between April and May from the towns of Georgia and Fairfax. Charges against the other individuals involved are pending. Hanselman told deputies the group stole the signs so they could display them in their homes.
Authorities said Hanselman, 19, was ordered to appear in court July 15.
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