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Whitmer dropped off the call before her Chief Legal Counsel Mark Totten “offered me an opportunity to resign, and I did,” Gordon testified. “I think (Totten) mentioned on the phone call that he would give me the name of an attorney who would tell me more about the possibility of an executive severance agreement.” Republican lawmakers have blasted the resulting severance agreement as “hush money” because it included a confidentiality clause that Whitmer and Gordon later agreed to wai...

Gordon says he resigned after Whitmer told him it was "time to go in a new direction." By David Eggert Robert Gordon spoke Thursday about his resignation as the Michigan health director. LANSING, Mich. - 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 severa...

NY wont say what it told DOJ about nursing home outbreaks MARINA VILLENEUVE, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3FILE - In this June 15, 2020, file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo removes a mask as he holds a news conference in Tarrytown, N.Y. Cuomos office said it wont reveal what it told the U.S. Justice Department about COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes, partly because doing so would be an "invasion of personal privacy."Mark Lennihan/APShow MoreShow Less 2of3FILE —...

NY won’t say what it told Justice Department about nursing home outbreaks Updated Apr 23, 2021; Posted Apr 23, 2021 Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City earlier in April.Timothy A. Clary | AFP via AP Facebook Share Albany, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office said it won’t reveal what it told the U.S. Justice Department about Covid-19 outbreaks in nursing homes, partly because doing so would be an “invasion of personal privacy.” The Justi...

Cuomo administration wont reveal nursing home statistics sent to Justice Department By Marina Villeneuve article NEW YORK CITY, UNITED STATES - 2020/04/17: Ambulance workers pickup an elderly man from Cobble Hill Health Center, the nursing home that recently registered an alarming amount of covid-19 deaths. (Photo by Braulio Jatar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Ge Expand NEW YORK - Gov. Andrew Cuomos office said it wont reveal what it told the U.S. Justice Department about COVID-19 outbreaks in ...

AP Photo New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. ALBANY (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office said it won’t reveal what it told the U.S. Justice Department about COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes, partly because doing so would be an “invasion of personal privacy.” The Justice Department last year asked the governors of several states, including New York, to turn over certain, basic statistics related to deaths and infections inside nursing homes. That federal request, initially made in August and ...

Michigan Republicans push for probe of nursing home orders DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3FILE- This March 2, 2021 file photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich. Allegations that New York intentionally manipulated data regarding COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes has led Republicans to demand an investigation in Michigan, where Gov. Whitmer — early in the pandemic —...

Nursing home virus deaths spark probe in Michigan DAVID EGGERT | Associated Press LANSING, Mich. – The prosecutor for Michigans third-largest county said Thursday he will investigate nursing home-related coronavirus deaths, saying there are questions about whether the transfer of recovering patients into facilities led residents and staffers to be infected. Macomb Countys Peter Lucido, a Republican who has criticized Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmers nursing home policies in the pandemic, urg...

Gov. Whitmer issued a directive Friday that will allow executive agencies to continue reaching separation agreements with departing employees.

Whitmer said separation agreements like Robert Gordon’s are ‘used often.’ In state government, they’re not. Updated Mar 12, 2021; Posted Mar 12, 2021 Governor Gretchen Whitmer is pictured in a file photo on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. (Malachi Barrett)Joel Bissell | MLive.com Facebook Share In a Jan. 26 interview, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer had an emphatic answer to whether there was any legal agreement that barred her from speaking about the departure of former Michigan Department of Health ...