Grassley bill seeks to protect charitable gifts in bankruptcy cases
Lawmaker Chuck Grassley proposes a simple rule to shield ordinary charitable tithes from post bankruptcy clawbacks. Critics warn it could enable debtors to divert funds from creditors, while supporters say it preserves religious giving and avoids abuse.
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Grassley
Bauer
Donald Bernstein
New York
National Bankruptcy Conference
Cedar Rapids
Tom Fiegen
Ruling Split Over Tithes Versus Credit Claims in Bankruptcy
Cedar Rapids judges diverge on whether tithing to a church can be treated as a reasonable expense in Chapter 13 plans. In 1988 Melloy discharged $24,000 in student loans despite $171 monthly tithes. in 1995 Kilburg rejected a $560 monthly church donation as unreasonable while creditors were slated to receive only $200 monthly.
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Ray Terpstra
Terpstra
Grassley
Carroll Brown
Salem United Methodist Church
Cedar Rapids
Churches United
Minnesota
Brown
Supreme Court
8Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Crystal Evangelical Free Church
New Hope
Minn
8Th Circuit
Bruce
Nancy Young
Dale Kueter
Michael Melloy
Paul Kilburg
Idaho
Kilburg
Growth Forecasts Committee Appointed by Regional Plan Panel
The Population and Economic Forecasts Technical Advisory Committee, chosen by the Regional Planning Commission chair, will project Linn County growth. Members come from banking, real estate, development, planning and economic sectors to estimate future jobs and transportation demand.
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Regional Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Linn County
Olson
Sam Granato
Dirty medical instruments cited in tuberculosis cases
Two hospital TB cases traced to poorly cleaned bronchoscopes. Maryland case linked a 68 year old woman to a prior TB patient two days earlier. South Carolina case involved three patients in 1995 with a highly drug resistant strain. JAMA editorial urges procedural review and better instrument sterilization.
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Baltimore Sun
Baltimore
Maryland
South Carolina
Journal of the
American Medical Association
JAMA
Tray Agerton
U.S
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
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Canon U.S.A., Inc
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