# Dawn Vaughan

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New ICE detention center coming to NC

On this July 28, 2026 episode of The News & Observer's Under the Dome politics podcast, host and Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan is joined by legislative and lobbying reporter Esther Frances and politics intern Ronni Butts. They talk about the potential impact a new ICE detention center report ...

NC News Roundup: Tillis forces delay on Blanche nomination; updates on WakeMed merger with Atrium

Sen. Thom Tillis continues to hold out support for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. How a Supreme Court ruling could help Michael Whatley in the Senate race. The North Carolina legislature debates changes to the new state budget. And updates on the WakeMed merger with Atrium.  Due South hos ...

NC House is back, with a to-do list from the Senate

On this Aug. 4, 2026 episode of The News & Observer's North Carolina politics podcast, Under the Dome, host and Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan talks with legislative/lobbying reporter Esther Frances and politics intern Ronni Butts about the House's return. What the Senate sent them to vote on ...

The future of Congressman Chuck Edwards' NC11 seat

On this Aug. 11, 2026 episode of The News & Observer's Under the Dome politics podcast, host and Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan is joined by Congressional impact reporter Danielle Battaglia to talk about the future of the 11th District of the US House after Rep. Chuck Edwards dropped out of t ...

Changes coming to UNC as fall semester begins

On this Aug. 18, 2026 episode of The News & Observer's Under the Dome politics podcast, host and Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan talks with higher education reporter Jane Winik Sartwell and democracy reporter Kyle Ingram. As major universities begin the fall semester, what UNC faces as enrollm ...

NC Board of Elections primary decisions + ABC liquor floor

On this Aug. 25, 2026 episode of The News & Observer's Under the Dome politics podcast, host and Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan talks with democracy reporter Kyle Ingram and legislative and lobbying reporter Esther Frances about what early voting decisions were made by the NC Board of Electio ...

NC News Roundup: elections rules update; state senator resigns; astronaut Christina Koch at NCSU

On the North Carolina News Roundup... New election rules could make rejecting ballots easier in North Carolina, but will they be on pause until after the mid-terms? The new Meta settlement sends hundreds of millions of dollars to North Carolina — what could it mean for our state and our kids? A ...

25 years covering the General Assembly: Gary Robertson on today's biggest names in NCPOL, before they had power

On this Sept. 1, 2026 episode of Under the Dome, The News & Observer's North Carolina politics podcast, host and Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan talks with longtime reporter Gary Robertson, who covered the General Assembly for 25 years for the Associated Press and is the most recent Press Corp ...

WUNC's Colin Campbell on state-owned vacant historic houses + election underway

On this Sept. 15, 2026 episode of Under the Dome, host and Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan is joined by democracy reporter Kyle Ingram and WUNC radio's Capitol bureau chief Colin Campbell. They discuss Campbell's coverage of several state-owned vacant historic houses in downtown Raleigh as wel ...

Politics of UNC Chapel Hill funding + NC House race to watch

Podcast summary: On this Sept. 29, 2026 episode of The News & Observer politics podcast Under the Dome, host and Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan talks with higher education reporter Jane Winik Sartwell and legislative and lobbying reporter Esther Frances about political power and the UNC Chape ...