Wednesday - April 15, 2026

News Tipoffs - Michigan Editors

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AG Nessel Alerts Municipalities to Extended Kroger Opioid Settlement Sign-On Deadline, Urges Participation
LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 14 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: The deadline by which counties and local municipalities must register for payments from the $1.2 billion national Kroger settlement has been extended to Wednesday, September 11th, 2024. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel urges local governments who have not yet enrolled in the settlement to complete and submit their participation paperwork by this new deadline. Local Michig  more
Attorney General James Takes Action to Protect Regulations on Gun Sales
ALBANY, New York, Aug. 14 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: * * * AG James Leads Multistate Coalition in Amicus Brief to Support Commonsense State and Federal Regulations on Sale of Guns * * * NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 22 attorneys general in support of commonsense state and federal laws that regulate the sale of guns to keep communities safe. Attorney General James and the coalitio  more
Calif. U.S. Attorney: Former General Motors Manager Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Receiving Bribe From Foreign Auto Parts Supplier Seeking Contract
LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: A former manager at General Motors was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison for conspiring to solicit and receive a $5 million bribe from a South Korean company in return for a promise to deliver a contract worth more than $100 million for various car parts. Hyoung Nam So, 49, a.k.a. "Brian So," of Irvine, was sentenced by United S  more
Kothari, Oppmann Joining Board of Governors
MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: Two longtime Civil Air Patrol members will join CAP's Board of Governors, bringing decades of experience serving on boards and leading other organizations. Col. Rajesh "Raj" Kothari and Lt. Col. Andrew J. Oppmann will officially join the board -- CAP's top governing body -- in December as members-at-large selected recently by CAP's Senior Advisory Group. The 11-member board, which meets  more