$150,000 Food and Crisis Assistance Plan Fails in 2–2 Commission Vote Amid Dispute Over Government’s Role
A divided county commission board clashed over whether taxpayer dollars should fund emergency aid for local nonprofits, leaving the scaled-back proposal without enough votes to pass.
Even though the federal government shutdown — the longest in the nation’s history — has finally ended, it has left millions of Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) reeling, including thousands of Cabarrus County families.
