Under the Dome

For the week of Jan. 6, 2025, host Dawn Vaughan talks with reporters Kyle Ingram and Korie Dean about what you need to know this week with the General Assembly and new governor beginning their work with ceremonial events. They talk about what we are already seeing about how the legislature may interact with new Gov. Josh Stein.

Host: Dawn Vaughan

Guests: Korie Dean, Kyle Ingram

Executive Producer: Laura Brache

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Host Dawn Vaughan and reporters Avi Bajpai and Korie Dean talk about their picks for Headliners of the Year, from the UNC protests to Gov. Cooper leaving office to changes at the legislature.

Guests: Korie Dean and Avi Bajpai

Producer: Kevin Keister

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Host Dawn Vaughan talks with Claudia Rivera Cotto, a reporter at Enlace Latino NC who covers political, government and immigration issues, about concerns facing immigrants in North Carolina with recent legislation and president-elect Donald Trump's campaign promises.

Stay tuned to the end for Headliner of the Week.

Host: Dawn Vaughan

Guests: Claudia Rivera Cotto

Executive Producer: Laura Brache

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For the week of Dec. 9, 2024, Dawn Vaughan talks to News & Observer colleagues Korie Dean and Kyle Ingram about what you can expect this week on the House override vote of Senate Bill 382, the bill that adds money to the Helene relief fund and takes powers away from the executive branch, primarily appointment power on the State Board of Elections.

Plus, Ingram catches you up on the latest in the still-ongoing election results of of the N.C. Supreme Court race between Allison Riggs and Jefferson Griffin.

Stay tuned to the end for their picks for Headliner of the Week.

Host: Dawn Vaughan

Guests: Korie Dean, Kyle Ingram

Executive Producer: Laura Brache

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For the week of Nov. 25, 2024, host Dawn Vaughan talks with News & Observer colleagues Avi Bajpai, Kyle Ingram and Adam Wagner about the veto override of House Bill 10 on immigration and vouchers, as well as Senate Bill 382, the bill that is sort of about Helene disaster relief but mostly about taking power away from Gov.-elect Josh Stein and the next attorney general, Jeff Jackson, who are both Democrats.

Host: Dawn Vaughan

Guests: Avi Bajpai, Kyle Ingram, Adam Wagner

Executive Producer: Laura Brache

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For the week of Nov. 18, 2024, host Dawn Vaughan is joined by politics team colleague Avi Bajpai and News & Observer K-12 schools reporter Keung Hui.

For the first half of the episode, Hui explains the win and what to expect from the leadership of the winner of the superintendent of public instruction statewide race — Democrat Mo Green.

After the break, we talk about what we know is happening at the General Assembly this week as they return for a weeklong session, including a planned override of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of House Bill 10, which combines funding for the private school voucher backlog with a requirement for sheriffs to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers.

Host: Dawn Vaughan

Guests: Avi Bajpai, Keung Hui

Executive Producer: Laura Brache

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For the week of Nov. 11, 2024, Dawn Vaughan is joined by politics team colleagues Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi, Kyle Ingram and Korie Dean in part two of our post-Election Day look at the North Carolina races that were on the ballot. They talk about the N.C. Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, the General Assembly and the rest of the Council of State, from auditor to agriculture commissioner. Plus what the “working supermajority” means for swing Democrats in the House.

Stay tuned to the end for their picks for Headliner of the Week. 

Host: Dawn Vaughan

Guests: Kyle Ingram, Korie Dean, Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi

Executive Producer: Laura Brache

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In this post-Election bonus episode of the Under the Dome podcast, News & Observer Capitol bureau chief and podcast host Dawn Vaughan talks to D.C. correspondent Danielle Battaglia, state politics reporter Avi Bajpai and The Charlotte Observer's Josh Bergeron and Ryan Oehrli about the 2024 general election results. What do the outcomes of North Carolina's presidential, governor's, attorney general and legislative races tell us about the state? Plus, stay tuned to the end for their picks for Headliner of the Election.

Host: Dawn Vaughan

Guest: Danielle Battaglia, Avi Bajpai, Josh Bergeron, Ryan Oehrli

Producer: Kevin Keister

Executive Producer: Laura Brache

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In our latest Under the Dome podcast episode for the week of Nov. 4, 2024, host Dawn Vaughan talks to politics team colleagues Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi and Kyle Ingram about all the last minute information you need to know. From statewide voting information, the impact of Helene on voting in Western North Carolina and the flurry of presidential candidate campaign visits.

Stay tuned to the end for their picks for Headliner of the Week.

Host: Dawn Vaughan

Guest: Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi, Kyle Ingram

Executive Producer: Laura Brache

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For the week of Oct. 28, 2024, podcast host and The News & Observer’s Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan is joined by N.C. Central University political science professor Jarvis Hall, for a conversation about the upcoming election.

This episode was recorded in front of a live audience on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, at the NCCU School of Education auditorium.

Host: Dawn Vaughan

Guest: Jarvis Hall

Executive Producer: Laura Brache

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