Primary primer: What to expect in NC primary ballots this election season
In our first episode of the new year, we bring you up to speed with a primary primer. Host Dawn Vaughan is joined by legislative team colleagues Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi and Kyle Ingram to talk ab...
8 Jan 202420min
The 10 moments we’ll remember from 2023 in NC politics news
Our end-of-the-year Under the Dome podcast has the full News & Observer Capitol Press Corps team that covers the General Assembly. That’s host Dawn Vaughan, along with Avi Bajpai, Luciana Perez Uribe ...
18 Dec 202323min
Parallels with Florida seen in political influence on NC higher ed
In the latest episode, for the week of Dec. 11, 2023, host Dawn Vaughan talks with reporters Korie Dean and Makiya Seminera about political interference in higher education in North Carolina, and how ...
11 Dec 202320min
Who’s in and who’s out for Congress as candidate filing starts
In the latest episode, for the week of Dec. 4, 2023, host Dawn Vaughan talks with our Washington, D.C., correspondent Danielle Battaglia. They discuss what we know, and what we don’t, about who will f...
4 Dec 202320min
Filling up on NC candidates filing for election for Thanksgiving
In the latest episode, for the week of Nov. 20, 2023, host Dawn Vaughan talks about the latest in the run-up to candidate filing with N&O politics team colleagues Avi Bajpai and Kyle Ingram. Stayed tu...
20 Nov 202320min
Big leadership changes in local government, housing a key issue
For the week of Nov. 13, 2023, host Dawn Vaughan is joined by News & Observer colleagues Mary Helen Moore, who covers Durham; Tammy Grubb, who covers Orange County; and Kristen Johnson, who covers wes...
13 Nov 202321min
Higher ed meets politics, plus the latest on statewide elections
For the week of Nov. 6, 2023, host Dawn Vaughan is joined by politics team colleague Avi Bajpai and Korie Dean, who covers higher education. Even with the General Assembly out of session, there is sti...
6 Nov 202320min
U.S. Rep. Deborah Ross talks about new congressional maps and DC drama
In the latest episode, for the week of Oct. 30, 2023, host Dawn Vaughan sat down with U.S. Rep. Deborah Ross, a Raleigh Democrat who just returned from quite the wild time in Congress this past month....
30 Okt 202319min
