Where's your 30 million?

A State House of Representatives Investigative Committee is looking into the misspending of at least $30-million at the Department of Health. Last week, the department announced it is laying off almost 200 workers. The committee met for more than 8 hours, trying to figure out how the Department of Health could misappropriate the cash over six years and go unnoticed. Representative Josh Cockroft (R) Cleveland County suggested to the governor’s Chief of Staff that she knew about the problems back in September, but didn’t share that info. “In fact, isn’t it true that the governor herself had a text string with the state auditor regarding the health department earlier that month?” Cockroft asked.