LANSING — The former chief financial officer for the Ingham County Health Department filed a whistleblower lawsuit last month, alleging she was fired after raising concerns about the department's budget.
However, in a court filing responding to the lawsuit, the health department said Jennifer Mora resigned from her position after leaving a meeting about her job performance, which included the claim that she missed a $4 million Medicaid settlement in her budget analysis.
Advocates and Gladue report writers are concerned that there is no process to verify claims to Indigenous identity when people in the criminal justice system ask judges for Gladue consideration in...