A Message From The People's Desk

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Final Fight Before Farewell:

Childcare, Teacher Pay, Veteran Service Officers, Grants, Pre-K and Graduation

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"Building Futures, Honoring Service:

Lessons in Leadership from Veterans and New Beginnings in Education"

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From Durham to Swain: Hurricane Helene

"Bless the Block" Block Party, Affordable Housing, Early Voting, Welcome Venture Park, Listening Tour, MED WEEK and "PharmAssist" Turns 30

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Not Holding Our Breath on the Road to 270

Do You Remember, Durham In September???

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Exercise Democracy in Durham and Across the Nation

Plus New Schools, New Jobs, MED Week and More

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With A Smile:

Representing Durham The Only Way I Know How

Veterans Housing, Affordable Housing, Low Income Tax Credit Programs, New DPS Leadership and The Junior Olympics

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In the Community and Beyond: 
Riding The Wave To Win After Win

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When Showing Up is Half the Battle: This Commissioner is Still Winning Because She is Tired of Seeing the Community Lose

Affordable Housing Applications, Food Insecurity Grants and Leadership Opportunities for Boys and Girls

 

$966,175,117 Budget Passed

Tire Kings, Juneteenth, Flags For Our Heroes and Fighting Hunger

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Memorial Day to Graduating into New Fields

Grant Applications, Fatherhood Seminars, Business Incentives Paying Off and Hiring Youth Ambassadors

 

Planet Cool to Beats and Bars, It's All in Durham

Kempower, Women in Defense, New Camps and Books, Safer Election and Winning at Volunteerism.

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Having the Right Chemistry:

Collaborating Across the Countyline & the Region, Medicine Drops, Financial Literacy, County Fairs and Protecting Moms

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Celebrating Our Seniors and Heros of Health Who Care

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Only In Durham, Could I meet A Goat Named Cow:

New Farmers Market, Black Maternal Health, Art for All and Celebrating Neurodiversity through Autism Awareness

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Out To Pasture and TaTa For Now.....But Not Really

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Tenth On Tuesday

Tenth on the Ballot and Ten Reasons

Why She Always With Us

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Sliding into Democracy: Early Voting Ends Tomorrow at 3:00pm

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Feeling the Love on Valentine's Day:  Getting Endorsed by Durham's:  Also Internships, Working Across Durham County and all on the Road to Early Voting.   

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My Trip To Chambers With My Daughter 

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Revolving Housing Trust Fund, Endorsement Alerts & Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr

Also: Wear Blue, Scholarships & Winning in Soil and Water

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Kicking Things Off and Closing Out Strong 

The Road To 2024 Has Already Begun....

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS

& HAPPY HOLIDAYS

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Durham's Favorite New Vice

COMMISSIONER BURNS NAMED VICE CHAIR OF THE DURHAM BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

FAREWELL MAYOR O'NEAL, THE BAHAMA PARADE, HAPPY HANUKKAH AND A PLACE FOR PFC SPICELY

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IN ALL THINGS GIVE THANKS: 

Happy Thanksgiving

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It's A Go:

The Road to Convenience and Paving the way to Green Lights for our Veterans

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Back To The Chalk Boards:

Expanding Meal Options For Our Kids, Greenlights for Our Veterans, and Scholarships for Our Best Young Minds

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Comprehensively Planned:

A New Plan, A New Runway, A New MED Week and A New Open House

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Beam Me Up, Breaking Ground, Book Bans, Bravely Voting & Budgets

Stay Cool This Weekend, Lead Testing, MWBE Launch and Medicare Expansion is on the Way

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UP IN THE AIR: It's Time to Vote Frankfurt, Indy, "Acceler8" and Beyond

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Marching Towards Freedom: Convocation, New Fire Station, B.R.I.D.G.E Graduation and County Exhilaration: Follow Commissioner Burns as she goes from Commemorating the March on Washington to Honoring the opening of the Freedom Park to attending the DPS Convocation, the Opening of a New Fire Station to making the rounds with Commissioners Statewide

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The Business of Doing Business With All: Happy 88th, Welcome to ENC, DCo Thrives Announced and Homeowner Down Payment Assistance

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Racing the Sun: Commissioner Burns' Conquers Austin

VinFast Groundbreaking, Stay Cool This Weekend, Lead Testing, MWBE Launch and Medicare Expansion is on the Way

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Table Set: Serving During the Summer
Keeping Our Seniors Cool, Saving Our Boys, Celebrating Attorney Siler, Voter ID, Working with Durham County, Passports and Opening Grady

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Taking Flight: Celebrating the 4th to the 19th and Back, Again: A FEW INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADES, NCCU ON JUNETEENTH, EL CENTRO, LA SEMILLA, WORKING AT DPS AND BUILDING OUR WORKFORCE ONE RETREAT AT A TIME

 

Summer Fun, Working For the People: Lowell Siler Lobby, More Affordable Housing Saved, Military Buffers, Nursing Partnerships And Agricultural Grants

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$889 MILLION APPROVED: Juneteenth, ARPA, Museum Funding, Boards, B.U.L.L.S, Double Bucks & Pride

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Are You Wearing Orange? Broadband, Lick Creek , Memorial Day and Heading Into Juneteenth

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Funding Education In Durham on Our Own, Because It's Important

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Durham Budgetopolis: Day of Remembrance, New Solar Panels, Vetos and Transit, Transit, Transit

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From Main to Queen: Ribbons, Shovels, and Road to the Budget

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Volunteer Week, Join A Board, A New Airport Hanger and new NCCU Rings

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Governor Cooper Comes to Southern High, Black Maternal Health Week and Congresswoman Foushee Introduces a Bill

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Welcome to Durham Mr. President, State of the County, Medicaid Expansion & Saving Our Youth

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Here's To Women's History Month and "Almost" Equal Pay Day

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Elated Over the Eagles, Eager for Expansion and Elevating Employment

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A Day On, Not A Day Off

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Back in the Swing of Things

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Welcome to A New Year

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Merry Christmas

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Hello December:

More Jobs, Chamber Forum, Football, Happy Hanukkah, Internships & LEED

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Never Get Tired of Doing the Right Thing

Still Working Twice As Hard To Get Less Than Half as Much

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Thankful for A Step Closer to a Higher Drop Out Age, A Midterms Bright Spot and Turkeys

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79,933 out of 240,164, Veterans Day and Eagle Pride. There is Still Time to Vote

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NEW SCHOOLS, MED WEEK, HAPPY HALLOWEEN, AND FARMER APPRECIATION

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The Commissioner, the Farmer and The Attorney General P.S. It's Also Time To VOTE!!!

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Welcome to Durham Madame Secretary and Lyons Farm Elementary

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Taking What I Learned and Bringing it to Durham. Read This Week's Nimasheena's Notion

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This Week's 4 Ws in Durham: Women's Equality Day, Women's Reproductive Freedom, Welcome Back to School and Will You Get HUB Certified?

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From Durham to Denver and Back Again: Burns Gets National Appointments

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Summer Round Up: National Night Out, Grant Opportunities, Back to School and Library Updates

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Happy Independence Day and Civil Rights Act Day

Thoughts Between Two Historic Days

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"Budget Passed, Promise Kept, No Tax Increase"

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Wearing Orange, Memorial Day and Creating More  Programming for Durham's Residents

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We Proposed a Budget with NO TAX INCREASE and still fully funded schools, mental health, agriculture, maternal health, small business investments and social services!!!!!

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From Small Business to Teachers to Grants To Voting to Ribbon Cuttings, We are on the Move

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Back in Chambers with a New County Manager

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Be Policy Brave: Commissioner Burns Goes to Washington

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Be Color Brave

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Happy New Year and Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

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Merry Christmas: A Note from the People's Desk

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From Our Chambers to the Parade and All Around Durham  

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A November to Remember

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Happy Thanksgiving

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State of the County: Durham is Building Back Better for Everyone

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County Manager Search, Early Voting and the MBDA Center Returns Home to Durham County

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Durham Early Voting, My Thoughts on Redistricting  & Happy Yom Kippur

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Happy Labor Day

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Happy Women's Equality Day

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Juneteenth

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Budget Passed

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NC Announces Statewide Housing Assistance

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Happy Veterans Day

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Seasons Greetings

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