Under the Dome: How long it takes North Carolina to hire a state employee
Meyer said North Carolina hasn’t changed how it hires state employees since she began her career in the late 1980s. She’s led ...
Under the Dome: Dan Bishop likely heading toward confirmation
Former Rep. Dan Bishop’s nomination to be deputy director of budget for the Office of Management and Budget is now heading to ...
Under the Dome: Upcoming Senate action on attorney general, K-12 DEI & immigration bills
We talk about upcoming Senate action on legislation about the attorney general and President Donald Trump’s executive orders; ...
Under the Dome: Gov. Stein announces bipartisan task force to expand access to child care
Democratic Gov. Josh Stein was in Durham on Monday morning to tour a child care center and announce a new bipartisan Task Force on Child Care and Early Education aimed at “expan ...
Under the Dome: Should North Carolina recognize a state cookie?
After Helene, North Carolina closed all 13 of its state parks west of Interstate 77. Now, after South Mountains State Park ...
Under the Dome: How will NC avoid repeat of post-hurricane rebuilding delays, lawmakers ask
Good morning and welcome to the Under the Dome newsletter. I’m Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan, our Capitol bureau chief. Thursdays are known as “Legislative Friday” because most weeks, that’s the day that ...
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Under the Dome: 1st District Senators differ on religious/philosophical exemptions for vaccines in West Virginia’s parochial schools
“That’s their religious freedom that they should be afforded, not just under the federal Constitution, but the Constitution of the State of West Virginia as well…I would fully expect them to ...
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Tort reform pros and cons aired out under Gold Dome
ATLANTA – Both sides of the controversial tort reform issue got their say at the Georgia Capitol Thursday, not on either the state House or Senate floors but in the hallways under the Gold Dome.