Durham County Commissioners agreed Tuesday to use $4.1 million from current and future lottery money to restore teaching positions cut last month due to state budget woes. County attorneys drafted a memorandum of understanding for county commissioners today that summarized their agreement with the schools to fund the 2010-11 school year. The county would use […]
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County commissioners push 751 South rezoning, public hearing to July 26 (sort of)
At the request of developers in a controversial land rezoning case, Durham County commissioners voted Monday night to defer a public hearing and decision on whether to rezone 167 acres in South Durham to July 26. The process won’t be that straightforward, however. Commissioners will be maneuvering around their own Unified Development Ordinance to hold […]
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751 South public hearing could be rescheduled… again
Area proposed for rezoning A public hearing on the controversial rezoning request put forth by Southern Durham Development to create a new community in South Durham could again be deferred, this time at the developers’ request. Durham’s Board of County Commissioners could decide tonight whether to honor the request from attorneys for Southern Durham Development. […]
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Domestic violence in Wake County spikes, especially among immigrants
THE FACTS • 1 in 4 women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. • The cost of intimate partner violence annually exceeds $5.8 billion, which includes $4.1 billion in direct health care expenses and $7.9 million in paid workdays lost. • Among the 2.1 million incidents of family violence reported to police between 1998 […]
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Lottery funds ray of hope for Durham schools?
N.C. General AssemblyMichaux As community activists, parents, teachers and local elected leaders met to talk budget cuts Friday afternoon, N.C. Rep. H.M. “Mickey” Michaux (D-Durham) offered a bit of hopeful news—that in its proposed budget, the N.C. House would allow for $126 million in lottery funds to go to save teacher jobs across the state. […]
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Chancellor’s Ridge resident takes issue with neighborhood board’s support of protest petition
Proposed location of 751 South development Chancellor’s Ridge resident Rob Lentchitsky, who lives on Education Avenue, sent an e-mail this afternoon to the Board of Directors in the Chancellor’s Ridge neighborhood, Planning Director Steve Medlin and the Durham Board of County Commissioners stating he takes issue with the board’s signing a petition protesting the proposed […]
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A crackdown on travel allowances for DPS administrators, commissioners
It has been a sticking point for years. During budget season, as the school district are scrapping for money, some county commissioners and community activists get hung up on one certain expenditure: travel allowances for the superintendent and his administrators. This year, the school board tacked an extra $725 to $825 onto the monthly pay […]
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What’s next? Schools to lobby legislators and eye more cuts to keep teachers
Jeremy M. LangeSchool board member Steve Martin talks to the Board of County Commissioners during a budget work session Tuesday, May 25. County Manager Mike Ruffin may have set some minds at ease last night when he proposed a budget that would restore 111 teaching jobs Durham Public Schools feared it would have to cut […]
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After memo from developer’s attorney and withdraw of appeal, 751 Assemblage public hearing scheduled for June 23
Durham’s county commissioners finalized the date today: they’ll hold a public hearing on the controversial 751 Assemblage rezoning case at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 23. The 167 acres to be rezoned is in the watershed of Jordan Lake and at the center of a long-brewing controversy about whether to build a dense community of […]
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Durham manager’s budget proposal: give schools $6m, restore 111 teachers, raise tax rate 4.29 cents
Photo from county presentationProtesters outside the Durham County administrative building. NOTE: This post will be updated throughout Monday evening as the county manager presents his budget.Durham County Manager Mike Ruffin released his proposed budget to the Board of County Commissioners late Monday. In it, he proposed a tax rate increase of 4.29 cents, which would […]