The Tea: Sen. Thom Tillis' first GOP primary challenger

💰 Durham Public Schools has a nearly $7 million budget shortfall this year, or around 1% of the district's total budget, according to its new chief financial officer. (WUNC)

False rumors circulated last week of an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement raid at a Durham grocery store. (ABC11)

🏫 Embattled St. Augustine's University in Raleigh rejected a lower-interest loan from Self-Help Credit Union that would have required two of the school's board members to resign. (INDY Week)

• The school has been criticized for taking on a loan from Gothic Ventures with a much higher interest rate.

🗳️ U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis' first primary challenger, Andy Nilsson, officially announced his campaign for Senate at the Western Wake County Republican Club last night, Nilsson's advisor tells Axios.

🔍 North Carolina's state House formed a new committee on government efficiency, tasked with looking closely at "DEI policies, excess state property, and other potential wastes of taxpayer dollars," House Speaker Destin Hall announced Friday.