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 Mar 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 Mar 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
There's a new caucus at the NCGA. What that could mean for NCCU and other HBCUs.
On this episode of Under the Dome for the week of Feb. 13, 2023, host Dawn Vaughan shares what the launch of the HBCU Caucus means for the lawmakers, the state and one of the schools: NCCU. Plus Headl...
13 Feb 202314min
Black History Month with lawmakers who are living it: Sen. Murdock and Rep. Alston
Under the Dome is celebrating Black History Month with episodes about Black history, lawmakers and legislation. Host and News & Observer reporter Dawn Vaughan interviews N.C. Sen. Natalie Murdock and ...
6 Feb 202336min
Congress, Cinnamon Toast Crunch and the NC delegation
On this episode of Under the Dome for the week of Jan. 30, 2023, host Dawn Vaughan and DC correspondent Danielle Battaglia talk about what North Carolina's 14 U.S. House members have been up to lately...
30 Jan 202325min
Bonus episode: NC Insider's legislative preview with Tim Moore and Phil Berger
Didn't get a seat to The NC Insider/News & Observer's sold-out Legislative Preview event with House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger? Listen to the entire, unedited conversation here. -...
29 Jan 202344min
