How Rep. Tricia Cotham's move will have major ramifications for NC state politics
On this episode of The News & Observer's politics podcast, Under the Dome, NC Insider editor Lars Dolder fills in as host for Dawn Vaughan and talks to politics team freelancer Kyle Ingram, Charlotte ...
10 Apr 202325min
House veto override drama and budget Easter eggs
On this latest episode of the News & Observer's North Carolina politics podcast, host Dawn Vaughan talks with politics teammate Lars Dolder about the dramatic House veto override, shining a light on a...
3 Apr 202325min
Sports betting bill and corporate tax talk with Sen. Lisa Grafstein
On this episode of The News & Observer's politics podcast, Under the Dome, host Dawn Vaughan talks about the sports betting bill and corporate taxes with Sen. Lisa Grafstein, a Raleigh Democrat. Plus ...
25 Mars 202323min
NC Supreme Court cases, power plays, the budget and gun debate
On this episode of the News & Observer’s NC politics podcast, host Dawn Vaughan and the rest of the state politics team talk about the N.C. Supreme Court, Cooper's budget, gun debate, plus Headliner o...
20 Mars 202328min
Sports, State of the State and the GOP Senate supermajority, with Sen. Vickie Sawyer
On this episode of Under the Dome for the week of March 13, 2023, host Dawn Vaughan interviews Republican Sen. Vickie Sawyer of Iredell County. They talk mostly about high school sports, as well as th...
13 Mars 202322min
Medicaid expansion, marijuana and Democratic chairs
On this episode of Under the Dome for the week of March 6, 2023, host Dawn Vaughan talks with Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi about the big Medicaid expansion deal between the House and the Senate. Plus ...
6 Mars 202318min
Interview with Senate Minority Dan Blue, also NC's first Black Speaker of the House
On this Under the Dome episode for the week of Feb. 27, 2023, host Dawn Vaughan talks to Senate Minority Dan Blue about how he became the first Black speaker of the House in North Carolina, what it me...
27 Feb 202328min
Teaching Black history and not using it as 'a political football' (with Rep. Amos Quick)
On this episode of Under the Dome for the week of Feb. 20, 2023, News & Observer Capitol Bureau Chief Dawn Vaughan interviews Rep. Amos Quick about how he learned Black history, how he thinks it shoul...
20 Feb 202323min
