What to know as North Carolina candidate filing for 2026 begins
Candidate filing for the 2026 election has begun in North Carolina. Under the Dome politics podcast host Dawn Vaughan talks with politics reporters Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi and Kyle Ingram about w...
2 Dec 202523min
Thanksgiving travel, RDU and the NC DMV
On the latest episode of the Under the Dome podcast for Nov. 25, 2025, News & Observer Capitol bureau chief and host Dawn Vaughan talks with transportation reporter Richard Stradling about what's chan...
25 Nov 202521min
Federal shutdown ends, impact on NC lingers
On this new episode of The News & Observer's Under the Dome politics podcast for Nov. 18, 2025, host and Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan talks with DC correspondent Danielle Battaglia about the end ...
18 Nov 202523min
How NC’s state budget delay is impacting K-12 education, teachers
This week, host Dawn Vaughan and News & Observer K-12 education reporter T. Keung Hui discuss how the long-delayed new comprehensive state budget is impacting education funding, including raises for t...
11 Nov 202519min
The federal shutdown hits 36 days. What is NC’s delegation doing?
This week, host Dawn Vaughan and McClatchy DC correspondent Danielle Battaglia discuss the ongoing federal government shutdown, now in its 36th day with no signs of a resolution. As The News & Observe...
4 Nov 202520min
Nearing November, here’s why NC budget talks remain stalled
Just days away from November, North Carolina still does not have a new comprehensive budget. As Capitol bureau chief and host Dawn Vaughan explains, the battle is actually between Republicans this tim...
28 Okt 202522min
Monitoring the progress of the new GOP-backed congressional map
This week, host Dawn Vaughan and reporter Kyle Ingram discuss (so far, successful) efforts by Republicans in the legislature to redraw the state’s congressional map. There’s a long history of redis...
21 Okt 202519min
A Conversation with Gabe Esparza, NC Department of Administration Secretary
As Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month comes to a close, host Dawn Vaughan sat down with North Carolina Department of Administration secretary Gabe Esparza, the first Latino member of Gov. Josh Stein’s...
14 Okt 202524min
