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Rep. Green does not regret last night’s actions. Holds no ill will towards officers nor Speaker Johnson.

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4th district Rep. Valerie Foushee (D-NC) boycotted the President’s speech to Congress tonight

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Chief campaign chair for House Republicans: Cancel in-person town halls!

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🚨 www.11alive.com/article/mone...

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Hmm

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"Just a big mess": Musk's team claims credit for saving $53.7 million for "canceling" a federal contract that in fact was just for $144,000 and was actually completed 20 years ago. @Fahrenthold.bsky.social @sangerkatz.bsky.social @jsvine.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...

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Chair of the Durham County Commissioners Nida Allam announces that the commissioners will implement a round of Zero based budgeting for this budget cycle. Instead of deciding to increase or decrease departments and programs, all programs will have to rejustify their need for funding.

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Growth saved Durham taxpayers $$$ 🧵

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Just want to highlight something to save homeowners some stress: Resist the temptation to multiply this value times the current tax rate and try and forecast your future tax bill!!! The county and city will need to calculate and release the revenue neutral tax rate.

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If you own real estate in Durham County, you should have already received, or will receive soon, this notice of tax revaluation. By my calculations, my value increased by 94%. What happens next is that you have an opportunity to appeal the value. Your notice will have that info listed.

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Trump wants to continue spending levels from FY24 through September. Of note, Biden was trying to get appropriations passed in December, but Trump killed the emerging deal.

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Key paragraph from the article: Republicans have been in full control of state government spending in North Carolina for the last 14 years... www.wral.com/story/everyo...

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Judge: The Office of Personnel Management can only fire employees at the Office of Personnel Management. If the Trump administration wants employees fired, it has to go through chain of command apnews.com/article/trum...

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Residents showing up to speak on what they want for community projects at Participatory Budgeting Durham. @ Horton Career and Resource center More info: www.pbdurham.org

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Goodwin has been in charge of the DMV since 2022. www.wunc.org/news/2025-02...

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Starting state base teacher salaries would go from $41k to $50k. It would boost all teacher salaries.

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Despite the bill’s title, the state House bill would be an additional deduction of up to $2500 in tips, bonus or overtime income. Another bill would allow sports gamblers to pay taxes on the net gain. Currently sports gamblers cannot deduct gambling losses. www.wunc.org/politics/202...

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Currently, unemployment benefits are $350/week for 12 weeks.

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This will be a continuing theme for those federal employees that remain. Moving employees away from the DC metro has been a conservative goal for years.

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Trump named NC Governor Josh Stein as co-chair of the Council of Governors along with our northern neighbor’s Governor Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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While judges are ideally supposed to be fair and without bias, their partisan appointment history often indicates their approach to the law and their deference to the actions of one party over another. I found this map of the US Appeals Court circuits and their partisan lean as it currently stands.

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Getting ready to touch a third rail for more traditional Republicans. The cuts would not make it to pay down the debt, but instead repurposed to new Trump defense initiatives. wapo.st/4hHV3Yt

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