Less money, more demand for services: It's the big squeeze.

Bone up on your jurisdiction's proposed budget before the public hearings begin by downloading the budget below.

Scroll to the bottom of this page to leave a comment about what items, personnel and services you think should be cut and what should receive more funding.

Carrboro

• Download budget (PDF, 2 MB)
• Budget public hearing: Tuesday, May 26, 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 301 W. Main St.

Cary

• Download budget (PDF, 7 MB)
• Budget work session: Tuesday, May 26, 5:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 316 N. Academy St.

Chapel Hill

• Download budget: part 1 (PDF, 147 KB), part 2 (PDF, 61 KB)
• Budget work session: Wednesday, May 20, 7 p.m. at 405 MLK Blvd.

Durham (City)

• Download budget (MS Word doc, 19 KB)
• Budget viewings: Tuesday, May 26, 9 a.m.-noon; Wednesday, May 27, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday, May 28, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. & Friday, May 29, 9 a.m.-noon at Durham County Government Complex, 200 E. Main St., 2nd floor.
• Budget public hearing: Monday, June 1, 7 p.m. at City Council Chambers, 101 City Hall Plaza.

Hillsborough

• Download budget (PDF, 5.5 MB)
• Budget review: Tuesday, May 26, 7 p.m. & Thursday, May 28, 7 p.m. at Town Barn, 101 E. Orange St.

Orange County

• Download budget (PDF, 46.5 MB)
• Budget public hearing: Thursday, May 21, 7 p.m. at Central Orange Senior Center, 103 Meadowlands Dr.

Raleigh

• Download budget (PDF, 1.5 MB)
• Budget public hearing: Tuesday, June 2, 7 p.m. at Avery Municipal Complex, 222 W. Hargett St.

Wake County

• Download budget (PDF, 8.2 MB)
• Budget public hearing: Monday, June 1, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. at Wake County Courthouse, 335 S. Salisbury St., 2nd Floor.

We'll add more budgets as they become available.