Michigan House votes to subpoena former health director Robert Gordon over departure
By Jack Nissen
Former health director Robert Gordon
The Michigan House Oversight Committee voted 6-3 to give it power to subpoena former Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Robert Gordon to testify about severance pay he received after he abruptly left his position earlier this year.
The committee said Gordon had refused several invitations to discuss his departure from the department.
Citing a lack of transparency being an issue with the state government, Rep. Pat Outman (R-Six Lakes) and five other Republicans on the committee voted in favor of the subpoena. The three Democrats on the committee voted against it.
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LANSING, MI – Four members of the Wolverine FLL lottery club are the newest millionaires in Michigan after coming forward to claim a $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot. However, despite state law that requires the identities of multi-state jackpot winners to be made public, it appears the identities of three members of the group will remain anonymous.
Jake Harris, a spokesperson with the Michigan Lottery, said five different lottery clubs have claimed Mega Millions or Powerball jackpot prizes in the last 20 years and others have claimed smaller wins.
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Members of Michigan’s House Oversight Committee grilled the acting head of the state Unemployment Insurance Agency Thursday on a wide range of issues ranging from the former director s separation agreement to why unemployment offices aren t open to the public.
Often, exchanges between the lawmakers, who were in Lansing, and Liza Estlund Olson, the acting director of the agency who appeared virtually, were testy. It s no surprise to anyone that this is one of the biggest issues this year, state Rep. Steven Johnson, R-Allegan County, said at the hearing, referring to the massive influx of new jobless claims the state has seen during the pandemic.