NC Primary Day is here: Frontrunner fundraising, candidates and campaigns to watch
For the week of March 4, 2024, host Dawn Vaughan is joined by fellow politics reporters Avi Bajpai and Kyle Ingram to discuss the latest fundraising numbers for the gubernatorial primary frontrunners ...
4 Mars 202419min
Republican gubernatorial candidate Dale Folwell on what conservatism means to him
fFor the week of Feb. 26, 2024, podcast host and state Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan shares outtakes from a recent interview with State Treasurer Dale Folwell, a longshot candidate in the Republic...
26 Feb 202422min
Josh Stein talks labor issues, his opponents, and why he wants to be governor
For the week of Feb. 19, 2024, host and state Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan shares excerpts of a recent interview Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein, who is running for governor. Hear Stein ta...
19 Feb 202417min
Breaking down NC's upcoming primary: Endorsements, races to watch and the Black voter bloc
Ready or not, we’re days away from the North Carolina polls opening for the 2024 Primary Election. Early voting begins Feb. 15 with the primary on March 5. With that comes a deluge of information — of...
12 Feb 202419min
What we found in campaign finance reports, plus border politics
On this latest episode for the week of Feb. 5, 2024, host Dawn Vaughan and N&O politics team colleagues Avi Bajpai and Kyle Ingram talk about campaign finance reports, the U.S.-Mexico border and immig...
5 Feb 202421min
Goings-on at UNC-Chapel Hill, NC elections bills, and Oscar noms
On this latest episode for the week of Jan. 29, 2024, Avi Bajpai, Korie Dean, and Kyle Ingram talk about Lee Roberts, the new interim chancellor at UNC-Chapel Hill, and some important discussions that...
29 Jan 202417min
The people's business: Inside The N&O’s reporting on government transparency in North Carolina
In mid-October, The News & Observer requested communications from all 170 members of the North Carolina General Assembly, after GOP state lawmakers moved to shield all former and current legislators f...
22 Jan 202420min
What gridlock in Congress could mean for government shutdown, plus NC primary endorsements
Snow is expected up in Washington, D.C., in the coming days, but it is unlikely to chill out the gridlock in Congress right now. Capitol Hill correspondent Danielle Battaglia explains the latest drama...
15 Jan 202421min
