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Six-figure salaries increase by 474% at Michigan health department
Michigan taxpayers are paying the salaries of more than 4,000 six-figure employees at the state health department, even as the agency’s failures have produced fraud and hundreds of millions in erroneous benefit payments.
The number of high-earners employed by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services grew from 513 in fiscal year 2020 to 2,944 in fiscal year 2024, an increase of 474%.
The growth of high-earners in the state health department outpaces that of the rest of Michigan’s government. The number of high-end employees in Michigan’s government increased from 6,945 in fiscal year 2020 to 18,647 in fiscal year 2024, an increase of 168%. Click here to read more.
CBS Exploits a Murdering Mother Superior
The cultural stereotype of a Catholic nun is often very uptight—as in unmercifully swatting a child’s knuckles with a ruler—but sometimes it’s more violent. Nuns plot murders.
This happened on the CBS crime drama/dramedy “Elsbeth” on Nov. 20. The main character, Elsbeth Tascioni, is a Chicago lawyer sent to New York City to enforce a federal consent decree with the New York Police Department. But every week, she’s solving murders while she floats around in flamboyant outfits and a collection of large handbags. Click here to read more.
Michigan man faces 20-year felony over threats to ‘eradicate’ Oakland County GOP, burn down HQ, ‘put a bullet’ in teen leader
A Waterford man faces up to two decades in prison after he allegedly threatened to kill Republicans and burn down the party’s Oakland County office over his frustrations with the 47th POTUS.
Ryan Lewis Vallance, 34, was arraigned in District Court on Tuesday on a count of false report – threats of terrorism, over Facebook messages to the Oakland County Republican Party and Michigan GOP Youth Vice Chair Krish Mathrani, 19, WJBK reports.
The party contacted Bloomfield Township Police on Saturday over the Facebook messages, which included threats to use “Molotov cocktails for MAGA,” and to “eradicate” members and donors, Oakland County Republicans wrote to a statement. Click here to read more.
Campbell’s Cans VP After Hot-Mic Insults Go Public
Campbell’s didn’t wait for a second serving of controversy: the soup company fired a Michigan executive after a leaked recording revealed him trashing the very products he was paid to promote, disparaging customers and coworkers in the process.
Martin Bally, a vice president in the company’s information-security division, was identified in a lawsuit filed by former employee Robert Garza, who says he was fired after reporting Bally’s comments to management. Garza alleges he recorded the November 2024 meeting where Bally dismissed Campbell’s food as “highly processed” and “for poor people,” and went on to make racist remarks about Indian employees. Click here to read more.
‘Lived under a lie’: Miami man uses dead toddler’s name to build life in the U.S.
MIAMI, Fla. (CBS12) — A Miami man originally from South Africa pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft after stealing a dead toddler’s identity to gain citizenship 40 years ago.
In addition to the identity theft, he was also convicted on October 15 for making a false statement on a passport application.
According to evidence presented during the trial, 68-year-old Vasudevan Pillay first came to the United States in 1985 with a six-month tourist visa.
When Pillay arrived, prosecutors say Pillay stole the identity of a U.S. citizen who had died decades earlier as a toddler. Click here to read more.
