Paul Egan
Reporter/ Lansing Bureau Chief at Detroit Free Press
Covering #MI government for Detroit Free Press. Watchdog coverage of how state taxes, spends, & treats citizens. Contracts. Conflicts. Not a good ole boy.
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1 week ago |
freep.com | Paul Egan
Joel Carter of Detroit spent most of his prison sentence in solitary confinement. Records filed in federal court show MDOC doctors believed Carter's behavioral problems, which he was punished for, were linked to his multiple sclerosis. Carter is now free from prison and has a job, while trying to help inmates still inside who have medical and mental diagnoses. When Joel Carter was 19, he got caught in a police sting operation, trying to sell four ounces of cocaine to an undercover officer.
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1 week ago |
thetimesherald.com | Paul Egan
Joel Carter of Detroit spent most of his prison sentence in solitary confinement. Records filed in federal court show MDOC doctors believed Carter's behavioral problems, which he was punished for, were linked to his multiple sclerosis. Carter is now free from prison and has a job, while trying to help inmates still inside who have medical and mental diagnoses. When Joel Carter was 19, he got caught in a police sting operation, trying to sell four ounces of cocaine to an undercover officer.
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1 week ago |
freep.com | Paul Egan
Lisa Gass alleges that soon after she started working at the MDOC in 2021, her supervisor, Chris Gautz, began sexually harassing her. Gass alleges that Gautz sent her a video of a woman performing oral sex on a man, with the caption describing it as his "secretary trying to keep her job."After the facts came to light, Gautz was allowed to resign but Gass lost a planned pay increase and many of her job responsibilities, the lawsuit alleges.
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2 weeks ago |
freep.com | Paul Egan
A panel whose members are appointed by the governor recommended 25% pay hikes for the governor, attorney general, secretary of state, Legislature, and members of the Michigan Supreme Court. The proposals won't take effect until after the next election and only if they get approval from the Legislature, which appears unlikely.
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2 weeks ago |
freep.com | Paul Egan
Nearly half of the 100 Michiganders interviewed over the last several weeks blasted the tariffs or the way Trump has implemented themViews on Trump's tariff policies were split along party lines, with Republicans mostly favoring Trump's tariffs and Democrats and independent voters mostly opposed.
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