Three vetoed transgender bills are up for override and what else to expect at the General Assembly this week
For the week of July 10, 2023, Under the Dome politics podcast host and News & Observer Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan talks with her politics team colleagues, legislative correspondent Kyle Ingram...
10 Juli 202321min
Two major SCOTUS rulings for NC and update on the gubernatorial race
On this episode for the week of July 3, 2023, host Lars Dolder talks with politics team colleagues Korie Dean and Avi Bajpai about two landmark rulings delivered by the U.S. Supreme Court that have di...
3 Juli 202321min
Catching up with NC House Majority Leader John Bell
For the week of June 26, 2023, N&O Capitol Bureau Chief and podcast host Dawn Vaughan interviews N.C. House Republican Majority Leader John Bell about avoiding the camera, his pick for U.S. president ...
26 Juni 202325min
Why bills about NC boards are a big deal
On this episode for the week of June 19, 2023, host and state Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan talks with N&O legislative correspondent Kyle Ingram about why bills about boards are nowhere near borin...
19 Juni 202320min
NC Sen. Todd Johnson on budget, raises, biscuits and what his dad told him
On this episode for the week of June 12, 2023, host Dawn Vaughan, The News & Observer's state Capitol bureau chief interviewed Sen. Todd Johnson, a Union County Republican. They discuss budget priorit...
12 Juni 202322min
Why North Carolina played a key role in the federal debt ceiling
On this episode for the week of June 5, 2023, host Dawn Vaughan talks with Washington, D.C., correspondent Danielle Battaglia about how North Carolina’s congressional delegation factored into the fede...
5 Juni 202323min
The head of SEANC talks what’s at stake for NC state employees
On this episode for the week of May 29, 2023, state Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan interviews Ardis Watkins, executive director of the State Employees Association of North Carolina. SEANC and Repu...
29 Maj 202323min
Wrapping up a tense week at the N.C. General Assembly
On the latest episode of Under the Dome, The News & Observer’s politics podcast, for the week of May 22, 2023, host and state Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan talks with politics reporters Luciana Pe...
22 Maj 202322min
