Local leaders are working to decide how to budget for the upcoming year. The City of Durham and Durham County have separate budgets. The city takes care of funding police and fire, trash and parks, ...

Durham Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) approved a $1.04 billion county budget on June 9, and Durham City Council approved a $772 million financial plan for the city on June 16. Both budgets will ...

"We are dealt an impossible deck of cards here," Mayor Leo Williams said after City Manager Bo Ferguson's budget presentation.

The debate comes as data shows North Carolina teacher pay continues to lag behind the national average.