Billy Ball Explains NC: Who’s really getting food stamps in NC?

By Billy Ball, Staff Reports

November 12, 2025

Every Wednesday, NC journalist Billy Ball unpacks the most important stories in NC and corrects the bad information.

The truth about SNAP, or food stamps, in North Carolina.

It’s the latest episode of “Billy Ball Explains NC.” Every Wednesday, journalist Billy Ball unpacks an important story in North Carolina and corrects the bad information. Make sure to Cardinal & Pine on YouTube so you won’t miss an episode.✏️ Billy Ball (@thelivingsouth)
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Billy Ball is Cardinal & Pine's senior newsletter editor. He’s covered local, state, and national politics, government, education, criminal justice, the environment, and immigration in North Carolina for almost two decades. His reporting and commentary have earned state, regional, and national awards. He's also the founder of The Living South, a journalism project about the most interesting people in the American South.

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