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Durham County’s Head Start and Early Head Start Programs could lose $16 million in federal funding.

The school board has requested a $27.4 million increase in local school funding, up nearly 15 percent from last year, to raise pay for teachers and staff. The Durham county manager's budget proposal includes a 3.25 cent property tax rate increase and falls about $14 million short of what the school board is asking.

A federal review of the Durham County Detention Facility recommends creating a separate unit for inmates with mental health diagnoses.Officials with the…