Episode 20 – News Roundup: Who Picks Up the Tab for Feeding Our Neighbors?

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October 7, 2026

It’s another news episode as Dalton and Preston catch up on life outside the mayor’s office. Preston celebrates his UNCG Young Alumni Award and recaps taking the police officer physical ability test (and outpacing Attorney General Jeff Jackson), while Dalton heads back to DC and reacts to Facebook finding out he’s 27. Then they break down the new SNAP administrative costs counties are being asked to cover this October, the fight over campus early voting sites and Sunday voting, Swain County speaking up on the roadless rule, and how the property tax cap amendment on this November’s ballot could limit what counties and towns can afford.

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