LANSING — Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is defending her decision to stick with appointment-only visits to branch offices after the coronavirus pandemic, amid pushback from lawmakers who say people should again be able to go without an appointment.Half of all appointments are next-day…
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THEN-MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT of Health and Human Services Robert Gordon addresses the state in December. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer s 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 “time to go in a new direction,” telling lawmakers he was comfortable signing an order to relax COVID-19 restrictions despite having had a difference opinion with the governor.
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 job. Gordon, with the governor’s support, tightened and eased coronavirus restrictions in the fall and winter after the state Supreme Court declared unconstitutional a law that underpinned her orders.