A Message From The People's Desk 

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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

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/f8ORgIMkc?languageTag=en

 

Elated Over the Eagles, Eager for Expansion and Elevating Employment

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/f6OR0XDer?languageTag=en

 

A Day On, Not A Day Off

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/adOMa8fcs?languageTag=en

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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

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/9eOKE9ezB?languageTag=en

 

Never Get Tired of Doing the Right Thing

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

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/80OJuRVo1?languageTag=en

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

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/09OIBgCzQ?languageTag=en&fbclid=IwAR1LSDb20F_oR70nZR9XBTGAcwHmEPR0Pd_fJPpPNBP8uCQAnNyxbh7AS7o#/main

 

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

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/66OGnRGm2?languageTag=en#/main

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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!!!

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/6eOFaXDh2?languageTag=en#/main

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Welcome to Durham Madame Secretary and Lyons Farm Elementary

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/31ODKHaBG?languageTag=en#/main

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

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/7bOD7ptwe?languageTag=en

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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?

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/adOAtFanI?languageTag=en#/main

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

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/4eO9sSpVA?languageTag=en#/main

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

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/c5O9lA9vt?languageTag=en#/main

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Happy Independence Day and Civil Rights Act Day

Thoughts Between Two Historic Days

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/c3O70RfgK?languageTag=en#/main

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"Budget Passed, Promise Kept, No Tax Increase"

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/1cO5mPc5o?languageTag=en#/main

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

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/f8O4uG5EP?languageTag=en

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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

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/43O0Auus4?languageTag=en#/main

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Back in Chambers with a New County Manager

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/c7NzHZT4j?languageTag=en&fbclid=IwAR3gC2O_y_jeaVMmOqRlaBwvwlcRfGZvMqbI4NG3QIDVZ8nywLNVC9qPJ9o#/main

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Be Policy Brave: Commissioner Burns Goes to Washington

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/07Nv_lS4P?languageTag=en

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Be Color Brave

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/43NwpNzTZ?languageTag=en#/main

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

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/8bNt-NFvi?languageTag=en#/main

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Merry Christmas: A Note from the People's Desk

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/daNtPbHpU?languageTag=en#/main

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From Our Chambers to the Parade and All Around Durham  

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/51NssOrSa?languageTag=en

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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

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/7dNp4gEJx?languageTag=en

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

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/56NnottTS?languageTag=en#/main

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

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/b7NliS_NW?languageTag=en#/main

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Happy Labor Day

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Happy Women's Equality Day

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Juneteenth

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/3cNeTk67d?languageTag=en#/main

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Budget Passed

https://www.burnsfordurham.com/so/08NeGdP6S?languageTag=en#/main

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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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