Lawyers representing four South Shore cities will appear in court Monday to try to prevent a historic land transfer from the provincial government to the Kahnawake Mohawk territory. The cities filed suit four years ago, after the Quebec government signed an agreement to return 500 acres of land that had been appropriated, in 2006, for the construction of Highway 30. Had the transfer gone …
With early voting in Minnesota starting in less than two weeks, Secretary of State Steve Simon is urging the state Supreme Court to decide a D-F-L lawsuit by Monday. That suit seeks to block Donald Trump from Minnesota’s presidential ballot. Republicans call it “a blatant and frivolous attempt to disenfranchise voters.”
Attorneys for the IRS have gotten their hands on an email that appears to buttress their case that Herb Simon received a sweetheart deal when he acquired his ailing brother Mel’s 50 percent ownership in the Indiana Pacers in early 2009, just a few months before Mel died at age 82. Whether Mel got full value for his stake matters because, if he didn’t, Herb effectively received a massive …