Durham Reporter

Durham hotel general manager urges Rep. Price to stop lenders' COVID-19 'vulture tactics'

By Karen Kidd | Apr 11, 2020

Lenders are using "vulture tactics" to prey on borrowers hard struck by the COVID-19 pandemic's economic impact, a Durham hotel general manager said in a recent letter to his congressional representative.

Second alleged co-conspirator enters guilty plea in Medicaid fraud charges

By Karen Kidd | Nov 29, 2019

A Greensboro behavioral health specialist pleaded guilty last month to Medicaid fraud in a scheme for which an alleged co-conspirator already is in prison, Attorney General Josh Stein announced in a news release at the time.

Minimum wage hike in state may be well-intended but is a bad idea, Human Relations commissioner says

By Karen Kidd | Oct 31, 2019

Lawmakers who want to more than double the minimum wage often mean well, but a mandatory pay hike to $15 per hour would be bad for North Carolina and its people, a member of the state's human relations commission said during a recent interview.