News & Observer journalists Brian Murphy, Tyler Dukes and Will Doran discuss Episode Four of The Improvement Association podcast, including their own experiences writing about elections in North Carolina's Bladen and Robeson counties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, coinciding with the release of Chapter Three of The Improvement Association podcast from the makers of Serial and The New York Times, The News & Observer's Brian Murphy and NCInsider editor Colin Campbell share views on the podcast and clips from Colin's interview of its creator, Zoe Chace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
State politics reporter Lucille Sherman talks with Rep. Destin Hall, Republican House Rules Chairman, about what's coming up in North Carolina politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Coinciding with the release of Chapter Two of The Improvement Association podcast from the makers of Serial and The New York Times, The News & Observer digs into the complicated history of race and elections in North Carolina with an interview of Irving Joyner, a professor at North Carolina Central University School of Law who specializes in civil rights and race and the law. Reporter Carli Brosseau hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this discussion of Chapter One of The Improvement Association podcast from the makers of Serial and The New York Times, reporters from The News & Observer dig into the episode and share insights from their own coverage of Bladen County, North Carolina's complex and troubled elections history. Brian Murphy, WIll Doran and Carli Brosseau discuss the 2018 elections scandal that undid the apparent victory of a congressional candidate and the constant murmur of rumors concerning something call...
Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan hosts the Under the Dome Week Ahead for April 12. She and Colin Campbell tell you big things to watch for this week in the state legislature after a flurry of recent bill filings, and what could bring an HB2-like spotlight on North Carolina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The North Carolina House voted nearly unanimously to ensure that each resident of a nursing home or similar facility can have at least two visits a month during a public health emergency. It's a sign that both parties see harm in the visitor bans of the past year. Insider editor Colin Campbell talks with Carolina Public Press reporter Kate Martin about the pandemic's impacts on residents and their families. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lawmakers discuss bills they’re passionate about this session including a Medicaid expansion that Democrats think Republicans may pass under a different name. Danielle Battaglia hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In a week that saw the U.S. Supreme Court hear arguments over NCAA rules limiting the education-related compensation of student athletes, McClatchy DC reporter Brian Murphy and News & Observer sports columnist Luke DeCock found time to discuss the sometimes hard-to-figure intersection between sports and public policy. The court case centers on how colleges might reward athletes with an expanded definition of education-related expenses if NCAA rules are weakened. But on the horizon is the que...
Everything you need to know about what's happening in the North Carolina legislature this week, with Will Doran and Danielle Battaglia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
One health professional had two felony convictions for possession of controlled substances. Another had been suspended from the federal Medicare program. A third had a revoked license, later restored, stemming from a fraudulent billing case. Here's what State Auditor Beth Wood found in one of her latest audits. News & Observer reporters Will Doran and Lucille Sherman dig into the problem in Episode 15 of Under the Dome. For full coverage of the issue, visit The News & Observer. Learn mor...
Everything you need to know about what's happening in the North Carolina legislature this week, with Colin Campbell and Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this Closer Look episode, host Dawn Vaughan talks with EducationNC reporter Alex Granados about schools reopening, and what the past year has been like for educators, students and elected officials as they managed major changes in public education during coronavirus. After a year since schools were first closed, all North Carolina students are now returning to the classroom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Everything you need to know about what's happening in the North Carolina legislature this week. Danielle Battaglia hosts with Lucille Sherman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A pair of bills that would remove supervisory requirements for some therapists are making their way through North Carolina's legislature. Rep. Zack Hawkins talks about what those bills would do, and what impact they would have. Lucille Sherman hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
News & Observer politics reporter Will Doran walks listeners through potential N.C. General Assembly topics ranging from school reopenings to the regulation of jello shots and alcohol-infused ice cream. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What's it like to own a shuttered bar in the time of COVID? Zack Medford of the N.C. Bar and Tavern Association discusses the unique challenges posed to his industry by government restrictions in North Carolina. NC Insider editor Colin Campbell hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The week ahead for March 1 is hosted by Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan, with Colin Campbell. They'll tell you what's going to happen at the legislature this week around COVID-19, reopening and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Everything you need to know about former North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Michael Regan, now President Joe Biden's nominee for the Environmental Protection Agency. Our Washington correspondent Brian Murphy hosts, with hurricane recovery, environmental and now vaccine reporter Adam Wagner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The school reopening debate continues this week as we await Gov. Roy Cooper's action -- and possible veto -- on a legislation that would force schools to resume in-person classes within weeks. Legislators will also take action on a proposed summer school program for kids who have fallen behind. Danielle Battaglia hosts, with Dawn Vaughan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A look at an oversight agency being eliminated by North Carolina Republican legislative leaders . The Program Evaluation Division is tasked with targeting waste, fraud and abuse. State politics reporter Lucille Sherman hosts. Read more from Sherman and the rest of The News & Observer's politics team at newsobserver.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In our look ahead at the week of Feb. 15, we'll discuss what might happen as the school reopening bill nears final passage and action from Gov. Roy Cooper. And we'll take a look at prospects for marijuana legalization in North Carolina. Will Doran hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The majority of voters in the swingiest of swing states, North Carolina voted for former President Donald Trump. But there's more to that story. We discuss our findings from the most detailed yet on the 2020 election. State politics reporter Lucille Sherman hosts with investigative reporter Tyler Dukes. Read more from Sherman and the rest of The News & Observer's politics team at newsobserver.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In our look ahead at the week of Feb. 8, we'll discuss what's next in the legislature's effort to reopen public schools and pass COVID-19 aid. And we'll take a look at how the "consensus revenue forecast" due out this week could affect those efforts. Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan hosts, with Colin Campbell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A year of remote work and virtual schooling has exposed the inequities in broadband internet access in North Carolina. What will it take to get every rural corner of the state online with high-speed connections? "North Carolina probably has a billion-dollar broadband need gap," says Jody Heustess, this week's guest on the podcast. He's a vice president at ATMC, which has received several of the state's "GREAT" grants to help private internet providers expand service in rural areas. Insider edito...
