The NC elections board control and power shifts lawsuit, explained
The North Carolina General Assembly is back in session after a weeklong break, with a packed schedule of bills moving through various committees. While legislators were away last week, a lawsuit resu...
29 Apr 202520min
NC Senate Democrats vote for the GOP state budget
Four Senate Democrats voted for the Republican-written Senate budget last week, setting up seats at the negotiating table for them as the budget progresses. Host Dawn Vaughan talks to legislative repo...
22 Apr 202521min
What the latest NC Supreme Court election ruling means for voters
North Carolina is getting closer to a resolution in the N.C. Supreme Court case between Allison Riggs and Jefferson Griffin. Host Dawn Vaughan and politics reporters Kyle Ingram and Avi Bajpai talk e...
15 Apr 202521min
Trump’s tariffs — who in Congress is talking, and why others aren’t
Host Dawn Vaughan and McClatchy DC's Danielle Battaglia discuss how President Donald Trump’s tariffs are costing Americans money, and not all Republicans are falling in line behind the president’s cos...
8 Apr 202522min
Freshman Sen. Woodson Bradley on concealed carry & being on ‘team normal’
Democratic Sen. Woodson Bradley from Mecklenburg County discusses a debate over concealed carry gun permits on the Senate floor. Bradley talks about how she won a close, and closely watched, race last...
1 Apr 202529min
The latest on the (still) unresolved NC Supreme Court race
Host Dawn Vaughan talks to fellow political reporters Kyle Ingram and Avi Bajpai about new developments in the still-unresolved North Carolina Supreme Court race and how a Senate floor debate showed w...
25 Mar 202519min
Breaking down NC Gov. Josh Stein’s first State of the State address
For the week of March 10, 2025, host Dawn Vaughan talks to politics team colleague Avi Bajpai and higher education reporter Korie Dean. They discuss Democratic Gov. Josh Stein’s State of the State spe...
17 Mar 202521min
A closer look at upcoming Senate action on the attorney general, DEI in K-12 and immigration
For the week of March 10, 2025, host Dawn Vaughan talks to colleagues Avi Bajpai and Kyle Ingram about upcoming Senate action on legislation about the attorney general and President Donald Trump execu...
10 Mar 202521min
