Under the Dome

News & Observer reporters Will Doran and Dawn Vaughan take a look at what's on deck in North Carolina politics for the week of February 21, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The News & Observer's D.C. reporter Danielle Battaglia discusses the top three things in North Carolina politics this week: the state House map, the state Senate map and the Congressional map. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NC insider editor Brian Murphy discusses the latest on North Carolina legislation to legalize online sports gambling with News & Observer reporter Avi Bajpai on this week's episode of Under the Dome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

News & Observer reporter Will Doran takes a look at what's on deck in North Carolina politics for the week of January 31, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

News & Observer reporter Danielle Battaglia looks ahead at the week in politics, including a possible veto to a change in the primary date, whether Mark Walker will change races and what we can expect as candidates begin filing their financial paperwork to the boards of elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 NC Insider editor Brian Murphy and News & Observer reporter Will Doran explore what next in the North Carolina redistricting saga, including the Supreme Court's hearing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this Week Ahead for Jan. 10, 2022, Under the Dome host Dawn Vaughan talks with Danielle Battaglia about what to watch for in North Carolina politics: when the General Assembly might come back for a day depending on the redistricting trial, and what moves Congress is making soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

State politics reporter Lucille Sherman talks with Will Doran about several redistricting lawsuits going to trial in North Carolina this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

News & Observer reporter Will Doran and Insider editor Brian Murphy evaluate the state of affairs in North Carolina redistricting litigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

News & Observer reporter Will Doran looks aheads to the week in North Carolina politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this Under the Dome Week Ahead for Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, host Dawn Vaughan talks with our D.C. correspondent Danielle Battaglia about Build Back Better and other upcoming Congressional news, as well as more campaign moves at the state level. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Insider editor Brian Murphy and McClatchy DC reporter Danielle Battaglia discuss how the races for North Carolina's congressional seats are shaping up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reporters Lucille Sherman and Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan of The News & Observer discuss the potential close of budget negotiations and an early shakeup in the 2022 congressional matchups.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Insider editor Brian Murphy and News & Observer reporter Will Doran take a look at the issues likely to make political news in the coming week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

News & Observer politics reporter Dawn Vaughan tells you what to Look Ahead for -- more money and maps! -- in North Carolina politics for the week of Nov. 1, 2021.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NC Insider editor Brian Murphy and U.S. Rep. David Price discuss the Chapel Hill Democrat's decision not to run for another term in 2022, his long career in Congress, his hopes for the rest of his term and whether he'll get involved in selecting a successor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

News & Observer reporter Will Doran looks ahead to a legislative week expected to be taken up with redistricting matters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

State politics reporter Lucille Sherman talks with climate change and environmental reporter Adam Wagner about a new North Carolina energy law and how it came to be.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

News & Observer reporter Will Doran discussed what to expect from the North Carolina General Assembly the week of Oct. 18, 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the fourth episode of this special Under the Dome series, we unravel the politics of mapmaking today, the potential for reform and how the choices state legislators make will impact the legal fight over district lines for years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's Under the Dome Look Ahead for Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, Dawn Vaughan and Will Doran tell you the biggest things to watch: Redistricting and budget negotiations, both of which are well underway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the third episode, we dive deep into the mathematics that could be the key to quantifying and fighting gerrymandering. Some of that math dates back to secret U.S. atomic bomb labs. And although complex, its inner workings are built on some familiar ideas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Under the Dome, News & Observer politics reporter Danielle Battaglia and NCInsider editor Brian Murphy touch briefly on topics under consideration at the North Carolina General Assembly and also look back at a momentous night in North Carolina politics one year ago.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the second episode of this special Under the Dome series, we examine why defining gerrymandering is harder than it appears. Bizarre shapes don’t always translate to political shenanigans. And some of our own choices – about who we are and where we live – complicate the picture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

State politics reporter Lucille Sherman talks with Republican state Sen. Brent Jackson about the next steps in the North Carolina General Assembly's budget negotiation process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices