Hollister Nominated to Head New MI Department

Michigan's Senate Government Operations Committee on Tuesday unanimously confirmed Lansing Mayor David Hollister as the head of a new state department that combines the Department of Consumer & Industry Services, much of the Department of Career Development and agencies tied to economic development such as the Michigan Economic Development Corp. The system has been criticized recently for long delays in distributing unemployment benefits after the Bureau of Workers' and Unemployment Compensation lost about 40 percent of its work force due to early retirement, and systems for online or telephon...