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No Flint water crisis attorney has agreed to cap on fees for defending state employees Updated May 06, 2021; Posted May 06, 2021 Former Gov. Rick Snyder walks out from the Genesee County Jail alongside his attorney after a video arraignment on charges related to the Flint water crisis on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021 in downtown Flint. Snyder faces two counts of willful neglect of duty, each a one year misdemeanor and/or $1,000 fine. (Jake May | MLive.com)Jake May | Mlive.com Facebook Share FLINT, ...

Michigan House votes unanimously to curb separation deals View Comments Lansing — The Michigan House voted unanimously Tuesday to place new limits on separation agreements between agencies and departing state employees two months after revelations of secret deals roiled the Capitol. Most notably, Robert Gordon, the former state health director, received nine months of pay after he resigned on Jan. 22, and Steve Gray, the former unemployment director, got nearly seven months of pay when he lef...

Associated Press THEN-MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT of Health and Human Services Robert Gordon addresses the state in December. Gov. Gretchen Whitmers office said Thursday the state and her former health director amended his $155,000 severance deal to remove a confidentiality clause that had drawn criticism. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP, File) LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s former health director said Thursday that he resigned in January after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer told him it was “tim...

LANSING — Michigan’s former health director said Thursday that he resigned in January after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer told him it was “time to go in a new direction,” telling lawmakers he was comfortable signing an order to relax COVID-19 restrictions despite having had a different opinion than the governor. Robert Gordon’s statement confirmed what Whitmer’s office had refused to say publicly despite his controversial $155,000 severance deal — that he was ousted after two years on the...

Need to Know: Vaccine benchmarks, microchip pain and more from the week in review Michigan Governors Office Robert Gordon quit as Michigan health director in January on the same day he signed an order allowing restaurants to reopen for indoor dining after a monthslong shutdown following a resurgence of COVID-19. WHITMER OUTLINES VACCINE BENCHMARKS THE NEWS: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday announced a plan to tie the lifting of coronavirus pandemic restrictions to Michigans vaccination rate, m...

Elkan Abramowitz, who is representing Cuomos office, said the administration was hesitant to release the numbers because they were unsure if they were reliable. "The chamber was never satisfied that the numbers that they were getting from DOH were accurate," Abramowitz told the Times. The Times also highlighted a Health Department report that was allegedly rewritten by Cuomo senior advisers a number of times. The final draft of that report insisted that admissions coming from hospitals were "no...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigans former health director said Thursday that he resigned...

Robert Gordon resigned as head of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services in January. LANSING — Michigans former health director said Thursday that he resigned in January after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer told him it was "time to go in a new direction." Robert Gordons statement to a legislative committee confirmed what the governors office had refused to say publicly despite his $155,000 severance deal: that he was ousted after two years on the job. Gordon, with Whitmers support, issu...

Former Michigan health director acknowledges disagreements with Whitmer before resignation Updated Apr 29, 2021; Posted Apr 29, 2021 Robert Gordon, director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, is pictured on June 26, 2019. The MDHHS ordered a three-week ban on all in-person dining, as well as some other activities, starting Nov. 18. (Emily Lawler | MLive.com)Emily Lawler | MLive.com Facebook Share Former Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Robert Gor...

Robert Gordon: Whitmer told me it was time for a new direction View Comments Lansing — Robert Gordon, Michigans former health director who abruptly resigned on Jan. 22, said he made the decision after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer told him it was time to go in a "new direction." Gordon revealed the comment at the beginning of a Thursday morning state House Oversight Committee hearing. The Republican-controlled panel subpoenaed Gordon last week to appear before the panel. GOP lawmakers voiced concerns...