A conversation with a Johnston County freshman lawmaker in the GOP supermajority
In the latest episode, for the week of Oct. 23, 2023, News & Observer Capitol bureau chief and host Dawn Vaughan sat down with state Sen. Benton Sawrey, a Johnston County Republican. Sawrey talks abou...
23 Okt 202320min
Power, the environment and new state laws after veto overrides in NC
For the week of Oct. 16, 2023, News & Observer Capitol bureau chief and podcast host Dawn Vaughan is joined by politics team colleague Kyle Ingram and environment and N&O climate change reporter Adam ...
16 Okt 202321min
New congressional and legislative maps on the horizon & what to expect this week at the NCGA
In the latest episode, for the week of Oct. 9, 2023, host Dawn Vaughan is joined by politics team colleague Kyle Ingram and N&O investigative reporter Tyler Dukes to talk about redistricting and what ...
9 Okt 202321min
NC’s DHHS secretary Kody Kinsley on Medicaid expansion, COVID and the budget. Plus, the federal government shutdown
It’s three months late, but today is the day for the long-awaited North Carolina state budget to become law. Dawn Vaughan here, The News & Observer’s Capitol bureau chief and host of Under the Dome. A...
2 Okt 202327min
The budget has left The Building with policy, raises and power plays
For the week of Sept. 25, 2023, News & Observer Capitol bureau chief and podcast host Dawn Vaughan is joined (again) by politics team colleagues Avi Bajpai and Kyle Ingram. The General Assembly is ful...
25 Sep 202321min
North Carolina’s state budget drama-rama over casinos
In the latest episode, for the week of Sept. 18, 2023, Dawn Vaughan, your News & Observer Capitol bureau chief and podcast host, is joined by politics team colleagues Avi Bajpai and Kyle Ingram. As mu...
18 Sep 202323min
What the state budget arrival this week would mean for North Carolinians
For the week of Sept. 11, 2023, News & Observer Capitol bureau chief and podcast host Dawn Vaughan is joined by politics team colleagues Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi and Avi Bajpai to talk about the p...
11 Sep 202323min
What’s next for online sports gambling in North Carolina?
For the week of Sept. 4, 2023, News & Observer Capitol bureau chief and podcast host Dawn Vaughan talks about the future of sports gambling in North Carolina with Scott Ward, vice president of the Spo...
4 Sep 202324min
