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In November 2020, Bedford Public Schools Board of Education member Todd Bruning won election to the Bedford Township Board as a trustee in Monroe County, Michigan. His current term on the school board expires in 2022. Despite winning the township board...
On March 17, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2021-59 that provided an automatic extension of the due date for certain federal income tax returns and payments from April 15, 2021 to May 17, 2021. This was in response to the ongoing COVID-19...
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared that the COVID-19 outbreak was officially a pandemic as rates of infection rose significantly in the U.S. and across the world. On March 13, 2020, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in...
On October 12, 2020, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a package of seven bills into law that have been collective known as the “Clean Slate” legislation. The purpose of these new provisions is to expand the eligibility for people convicted of crimes to expunge...
When a personal representative finishes a decedent’s estate and either obtains either a certificate of completion or a court order from the probate judge, it is natural to assume that the entire matter is done forever. However, circumstances may arise where it...
The benefits of incumbency cannot be overstated in a U.S. election. Incumbents are returned to the U.S. House of Representatives over 90% of the time. The incumbent benefits from name recognition, the use of government resources in elections (e.g. franking...
In lieu of incarceration, corrections departments in Michigan can effectively supervise offenders in the community by requiring them to participate in an electronic monitoring system. This usually takes the form of an ankle monitor that the offender must wear...
There are few things more valuable in the world than owning land. Real estate can be used by the owner to live upon or utilized as a capital asset to generate additional income. It can be retained for the lifetime of the owner and passed on to his heirs and...
We live in the 21st century where technology has allowed us to reach nearly anyone anywhere on the planet at any time. A text message can be sent from Detroit to Paris, France within mere seconds. An email travels from Grand Rapids to Beijing, China at the...
Under the right circumstances, the Internal Revenue Service can designate a taxpayer’s account as “currently not collectible” (or CNC), meaning that collection activities on past due delinquent taxes will cease. The immediate effect is that all efforts to...