Durham County commissioners approved an $844.9 million budget and raised property taxes by three cents per $100 of home value, funding school expansions and employee wage increases.
Durham County approved an $844.9 million budget, its largest ever, and raised property taxes three cents per $100 of home value to fund school expansions and employee wage increases.
Commissioners adopted an ordinance allowing trap-neuter-vaccinate-release programs for community cats, removing barriers that had prevented volunteers from managing the county's estimated 60,000 feral cats.
County officials warned of projected $6.4 million in state education funding cuts by fiscal year 2026-27, partly due to a new state voucher program that could move roughly 1,667 students from public schools.