Wake budget cuts to reach 10% next year

As Wake County department heads scramble to find ways to cut 4 percent from their 2009 budgets, county officials say cuts for the 2010 budget year, which starts next July, will increase to 10 percent.
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    Easley, Perdue confident proposed stimulus will help N.C.

    President-elect Barack Obama pledged quick work Tuesday on an economic recovery plan to include tax cuts and increased federal spending, and told the nation's governors he wants their advice in designing a package to help their hard-hit states.

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  2. Bush honors N.C. youth program
    Bush honors N.C. youth program

    President Bush met with a few children and their mentors in Greensboro on Tuesday. After meeting with them privately, Bush said the children have ambitions and goals.

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  10. Perdue, Obama to discuss state budget deficit
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