Thousands of NC renters face eviction in wake of pandemic
Patrice Otengo, a Quest Diagnostics specimen processor, rents a Greensboro motel after a furlough and late unemployment checks. The pandemic shredded incomes and led to widespread evictions though state and federal protections paused them at times. This NC News Collaborative report outlines how many tenants struggle toward recovery.
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Quest Diagnostics
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Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
North Carolina News Collaborative
North Carolina
Pulitzer Center
TDA marketing contracts raise work conflict issues
TDA marketing contracts to hire an independent director raise concerns of overlapping duties with a newly hired firm. The issue touches right to control and potential unpaid liabilities under FLSA and IRS rules. Sun Journal details delays, records requests, and board members’ emails in a dispute over the contract.
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Craven County Tourism Development Authority
IRS
The
Sun Journal
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Carolina
Sabrina Bengel
Bengel
Yahoo
Colleges Struggle to Salvage Semester Amid Outbreaks
Madison area colleges face outbreaks driving quarantines across dorms and frats as campuses push to continue fall term. The surge spurs bar closures, mask rules, and online shifts while governors and local leaders press for student relocation and campus safety measures. University of Wisconsin Madison reports over 2800 cases.
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University of Wisconsin- Madison
Florida
Ron DeSantis
Rhode Island
Gina Raimondo
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
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