An interview with NC Gov. Josh Stein on 2026 legislative battles on taxes, budget, Medicaid funding
On this episode of Under the Dome for Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, host and Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan sits down with North Carolina's Democratic Gov. Josh Stein to talk about the lack of a state bud...
6 Jan 24min
How the big NC politics stories of 2025 may shape 2026
On this latest episode of Under the Dome for Dec. 23, 2025, host and Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan talks with reporters Kyle Ingram about the big statewide news of 2025 and Danielle Battaglia abou...
23 Dec 202523min
NC Congressional primary candidates, and weight of a Trump endorsement
On this new Dec. 16, 2025 episode of The News & Observer politics podcast, Under the Dome, host and Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan talks with Washington correspondent Danielle Battaglia about candi...
16 Dec 202524min
NC candidates file in Raleigh mayor, Wake commissioners and Supreme Court races
On this latest episode of Under the Dome for Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, host Dawn Vaughan talks with City of Raleigh reporter Anna Roman and politics reporter Kyle Ingram about candidate filing for the 20...
9 Dec 202522min
What to know as North Carolina candidate filing for 2026 begins
Candidate filing for the 2026 election has begun in North Carolina. Under the Dome politics podcast host Dawn Vaughan talks with politics reporters Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi and Kyle Ingram about w...
2 Dec 202523min
Thanksgiving travel, RDU and the NC DMV
On the latest episode of the Under the Dome podcast for Nov. 25, 2025, News & Observer Capitol bureau chief and host Dawn Vaughan talks with transportation reporter Richard Stradling about what's chan...
25 Nov 202521min
Federal shutdown ends, impact on NC lingers
On this new episode of The News & Observer's Under the Dome politics podcast for Nov. 18, 2025, host and Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan talks with DC correspondent Danielle Battaglia about the end ...
18 Nov 202523min
How NC’s state budget delay is impacting K-12 education, teachers
This week, host Dawn Vaughan and News & Observer K-12 education reporter T. Keung Hui discuss how the long-delayed new comprehensive state budget is impacting education funding, including raises for t...
11 Nov 202519min
