LANSING, Mich. — Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township, on Wednesday issued the following statement after learning the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services office in Benton Harbor has been shuttered for weeks with minimal notice to the local community or information from the agency:
“I find it very troubling to learn from local media that the MDHHS office in Benton Harbor has been closed for the past two weeks — allegedly because of mold issues — and more than 170 state employees are working from home or other sites with minimal information shared with the community and nondescript notices posted at the location. Even more concerning is my office learned of this from local media, rather than the department itself. This is completely unacceptable.
“Like any taxpayer-funded government agency, MDHHS has a duty to operate in the light of day and be fully transparent and open to the communities it is charged to serve. My office will work diligently to get answers for the people of Benton Harbor and Southwest Michigan who are most affected by this situation.”
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