Masks, ICE and skydiving coming up at the legislature
Start your week in North Carolina politics with our latest Under the Dome podcast, for the week of May 20, 2024. Dawn Vaughan here, your podcast host and The News & Observer’s Capitol bureau chief. On...
20 Maj 202419min
Masks legislation and the Shalom Act are pending after UNC protests
For the week of May 13, 2024 Dawn Vaughan talks with colleagues Avi Bajpai and Korie Dean about how the recent protests at UNC-Chapel Hill factor in to significant legislation moving through the Gener...
13 Maj 202421min
Under the Dome: Live! feat. Sens. Sawyer and Murdock on police, UNC protests and transit
For the week of May 6, 2024, host Dawn Vaughan talks to Republican Sen. Vickie Sawyer and Democratic Sen. Natalie Murdock during our Under the Dome: Live! event at the N.C. Museum of History in downto...
6 Maj 202455min
With the session underway, the budget and guns are already issues
For the week of April 29, 2024, host Dawn Vaughan talks with fellow state politics reporters Avi Bajpai and Kyle Ingram about how the General Assembly budget process is already underway: you’ll hear a...
29 Apr 202421min
A legislative session preview, plus more NC eCourts problems
For the week of April 22, 2024, host and News & Observer Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan is joined by fellow state politics reporter Avi Bajai and investigative reporter Tyler Dukes. Previewing the ...
22 Apr 202420min
DEI politics in higher ed, the upcoming NCGA session and the actual Dome
This week on the Under the Dome politics podcast, host Dawn Vaughan and higher education reporter Korie Dean talk about the possibility of legislation that could defund diversity, equity and inclusion...
15 Apr 202420min
Immigration and the return of the ICE-sheriffs bill in North Carolina
For the week of April 8, 2024, podcast host and The News & Observer’s Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan is joined by politics team reporters Avi Bajpai and Danielle Battaglia to talk about a major iss...
8 Apr 202419min
Trump and Biden target NC for 2024 wins and a new NCGOP leader elected
For the week of April 1, 2024, Kyle Ingram fills in as week’s host for Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan and is joined by politics team colleagues DC correspondent Danielle Battaglia and state politic...
1 Apr 202419min
