The week ahead: September 27
State politics reporter Lucille Sherman talks with Republican state Sen. Brent Jackson about the next steps in the North Carolina General Assembly's budget negotiation process. Learn more about your ...
27 Sep 202111min
Monster, Part 1: So you want to make a map...
In the first episode of this special Under the Dome series, we explore the rules of redistricting – the drawing of new electoral maps. Those rules often conflict, and that friction is a prime reason w...
24 Sep 202128min
The week ahead: September 20
NC Insider editor Brian Murphy and state politics reporter Dawn Vaughan preview this week in North Carolina politics, with predictions of when the budget may be finalized, if marijuana legislation wil...
20 Sep 202114min
Closer look: The debate over school mask mandates
State politics reporter Will Doran talks with education reporter T. Keung Hui about Congressman Madison Cawthorn's visits to school board meetings and the heated debate about whether to require masks ...
17 Sep 202123min
The week ahead: September 13, 2021
In the Week Ahead for Sept. 13, 2021, The News & Observer's Dawn Vaughan tells you about the three big things to pay attention to in North Carolina politics this week: redistricting public hearings, v...
13 Sep 20219min
Closer look: Mo money, less problems?
State politics reporter Lucille Sherman talks with Western Carolina University political science professor Chris Cooper about whether North Carolina's state legislature should get a pay raise. Learn m...
12 Sep 202114min
The week ahead: September 6, 2021
What kind of ripple effects do we expect the Texas abortion case to have here in North Carolina? How can the public get involved in redistricting? And what’s next in the voting rights court case we’ve...
6 Sep 202112min
The week ahead: August 30, 2021
In this Under the Dome Look Ahead episode for Aug. 30, reporters Danielle Battaglia and Dawn Vaughan discuss where things stand in NCGA budget negotiations and touch on other legislative topics. Learn...
30 Aug 202115min
