Description
On this June 30, 2026 episode of The News & Observer's Under the Dome politics podcast, host and Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan is joined by democracy reporter Kyle Ingram and higher education reporter Jane Winik Sartwell. As all of #ncpol waits for the state budget bill to move toward votes this week, there are other factors at play. Recent veto overrides ban DEI programs in education, and passed because two House lawmakers who lost their primaries were absent. Stay tuned to the end for our picks for Headliner of the Week.
Host: Dawn Vaughan (https://www.newsobserver.com/profile/226030235)
Guests: Kyle Ingram & Jane Winik Sartwell
Producer: Kevin Keister
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