Start your week in North Carolina politics with our latest Under the Dome podcast, for the week of Nov. 11, 2024. Dawn Vaughan here, your podcast host and The News & Observer’s Capitol bureau chief. On this episode, I’m joined by my politics team colleagues Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi, Kyle Ingram and Korie Dean.

Whether you voted in-person early, on Election Day or by mail, here’s how to check whether your vote has been counted.

Oliver Anthony, the singer who went viral for his "Rich Men North Of Richmond" song last year, went to Western North Carolina to investigate claims he saw online about FEMA's response to Hurricane Helene. He says the entire time he was there he saw one FEMA contractor, who told him that the agency...

North Carolina voters backed candidates on both sides of the aisle in major races during the 2024 elections. They helped send Republican Donald Trump back to the White House, and they delivered the governorship to Democrat Josh Stein in a landslide.

Recent articles highlighted five major takeaways from the 2024 election in North Carolina. Democrats made significant gains, flipping several key seats in the state legislature, reducing the Republican supermajority.