Outgoing Democratic Sen. Kirk deViere talks about his party's "political machine"
On this episode of Under the Dome for the week of Dec. 26, 2022, News & Observer reporter Dawn Vaughan interviews outgoing Cumberland County Sen. Kirk deViere, a Democrat who served four years. He los...
27 Des 202227min
Senate Republican Whip Jim Perry talks budget forecast, abortion and Medicaid legislation in 2023
Content warning: The following episode contains discussions of rape and abortion. Listener discretion advised. On this episode of Under the Dome for the week of Dec. 19, 2022, News & Observer politics...
19 Des 202226min
What U.S. Rep. Deborah Ross says about NC Congressional freshmen, Moore v. Harper
In this episode of Under the Dome for the week of Dec. 12, 2022, News & Observer politics reporter talks with U.S. Rep. Deborah Ross, a Raleigh Democrat, about North Carolina's Congressional freshmen,...
12 Des 202222min
The politics of NC's Big Poultry and its impact on neighbors and the environment
This week on the Under the Dome politics podcast, host Dawn Vaughan talks with the main reporting team behind a project by The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer, “Big Poultry.” Plus a sneak p...
5 Des 202223min
Write-ins, freshmen and vetoes. Oh, my!
In this episode for the week of Nov. 28, 2022, N&O reporters Dawn Vaughan and Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi talk about write-in votes, the former state senators who are now Congressional freshmen and G...
28 Nov 202216min
Enough 2022 rehash, what's next? (Feat. politics professor Chris Cooper)
On this episode of Under the Dome for the week of Nov. 21, 2022, N&O politics reporter Dawn Vaughan talks with Western Carolina University politics professor Chris Cooper. Cooper is oft-quoted by repo...
21 Nov 202223min
From mayoral race to Congress, N&O reporters share their Election Night dispatches from the field
In another post-election episode, host Dawn Vaughan talks with several more folks on our Election Night coverage team to get behind-the-scenes looks at candidate watch parties. Plus what Raleigh Mayor...
14 Nov 202219min
Bonus episode: The biggest takeaways from Election Night
In this bonus episode of Under the Dome on Nov. 9, 2022, Dawn Vaughan, Danielle Battaglia, Will Wright and Will Doran give the big takeaways from Election Night in North Carolina politics. Learn more ...
9 Nov 202221min
