durham public schools
From consolidation and charter growth to wages, bonds, and a $2 billion facilities backlog, Durham leaders sketched out the choices ahead for DPS - and for taxpayers.
Durham City Council
As officials warned Goose Creek is at capacity and developers blasted a little-publicized sewer freeze, a separate fight over Hayti Promise’s $10-million Fayetteville Street award raised deeper questions about who gets to shape growth, investment, and repair in Durham.
durham board of county commissioners
Residents and commissioners clashed over whether a proposed annexation would push growth beyond Durham’s own planning boundaries, as a wider discussion tied development to strained infrastructure, emergency response times, sewer capacity, and future tax burdens.
Durham City Council
After opening with celebration and recognition, Durham leaders confronted grief, budget strain, and emotional calls to treat youth violence as a crisis demanding investment.
durham public schools
With state funding unresolved, Durham school leaders confront pay pressure, staffing shortages, library cuts, device rollout questions, and competing budget demands — while pledging to protect the lowest-paid workers.
durham public schools
Nadeen Bir, Natalie Bent Kitaif, Gabby Rivero, and Xavier Cason will be new representatives on the Board of Education.
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Most voters so far are Democrats, more than half of them female, and few of them between 18 and 25.