Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan

22 hours ago | charlotteobserver.com | Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan |Avi Bajpai |Caitlyn Yaede

Good morning and welcome to Under the Dome.I'm Caitlyn Yaede. Up first, a dispatch from Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan on the state legislator honored for saving a woman's life. State Rep. Dean Arp received a standing ovation on the House floor Tuesday, for both helping a woman escape her burning home in February, and helping her to get a new home this month. Arp, a Union County Republican and top House budget writer, was driving through Richmond County with his wife when they passed a home on fire.

3 days ago | charlotteobserver.com | Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein delivers his inauguration address inside the House chamber of the historic State Capitol on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. [email protected] North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein has been in office for more than four months, sent there by 3 million voters who elected him in November. He has multiple public events every week, but constituents don't always know what he does day to day.

5 days ago | charlotteobserver.com | Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan

House Speaker Destin Hall presides over the opening day of the 2025 House session on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at the General Assembly in Raleigh, N.C. [email protected] The North Carolina state budget is getting closer to becoming law.

6 days ago | charlotteobserver.com | Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan |Kyle Ingram |Caitlyn Yaede

Each week, join Dawn Vaughan for The News & Observer and NC Insider's Under the Dome podcast, an in-depth analysis of topics in state government and politics for North Carolina. Good morning and welcome to Under the Dome.I'm Dawn Vaughan, our Capitol bureau chief. Our politics team had a busy few days at the General Assembly, and state lawmakers actually met their "crossover" deadline early.

1 week ago | gazettextra.com | Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan

By Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan - The Charlotte Observer (TNS) North Carolina gun owners who want concealed carry handgun permits could soon have to apply only once in their lives, if a bill in the state legislature becomes law. The current law requires concealed carry permit holders to renew the permits every five years. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.