2023 local elections in Durham and Wake counties, ALEC and Florida vs. NC
For the week of July 31, 2023, we broke down our episode into two segments. First up are two of our local government reporters, because while statewide elections are more than a year away, local ones ...
31 Juli 202325min
Stalled budgets of yore feat. WUNC’s Colin Campbell
For the week of July 24, 2023, News & Observer Capitol bureau chief and podcast host Dawn Vaughan talked with WUNC Capitol Bureau Chief Colin Campbell, a longtime legislative reporter. The NC state bu...
24 Juli 202322min
Rep. Marcia Morey, a Durham Democrat, on court decisions, athletes and guns
For the week of July 17, 2023, News & Observer Capitol bureau chief and podcast host Dawn Vaughan interviews N.C. Rep. Marcia Morey, a Durham Democrat who is also a former judge and Olympian, and the ...
17 Juli 202324min
Three vetoed transgender bills are up for override and what else to expect at the General Assembly this week
For the week of July 10, 2023, Under the Dome politics podcast host and News & Observer Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan talks with her politics team colleagues, legislative correspondent Kyle Ingram...
10 Juli 202321min
Two major SCOTUS rulings for NC and update on the gubernatorial race
On this episode for the week of July 3, 2023, host Lars Dolder talks with politics team colleagues Korie Dean and Avi Bajpai about two landmark rulings delivered by the U.S. Supreme Court that have di...
3 Juli 202321min
Catching up with NC House Majority Leader John Bell
For the week of June 26, 2023, N&O Capitol Bureau Chief and podcast host Dawn Vaughan interviews N.C. House Republican Majority Leader John Bell about avoiding the camera, his pick for U.S. president ...
26 Juni 202325min
Why bills about NC boards are a big deal
On this episode for the week of June 19, 2023, host and state Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan talks with N&O legislative correspondent Kyle Ingram about why bills about boards are nowhere near borin...
19 Juni 202320min
NC Sen. Todd Johnson on budget, raises, biscuits and what his dad told him
On this episode for the week of June 12, 2023, host Dawn Vaughan, The News & Observer's state Capitol bureau chief interviewed Sen. Todd Johnson, a Union County Republican. They discuss budget priorit...
12 Juni 202322min
