Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan

The News & Observer

Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan covers North Carolina state government and politics at The News & Observer. She previously covered Durham, and has received the McClatchy President’s Award and 12 North Carolina Press Association awards, including an award for investigative reporting.

Proposed NC budget lacks money for Black history monument. ‘This was not the time.’

June 22, 2021 5:15 PM

A disturbance in the force: Cooper, lawmakers are getting along. What it means for NC.

May 4, 2021 4:13 PM

‘Cautious’: Inside Gov. Cooper’s decisions about the state’s COVID-19 crisis

September 3, 2020 1:35 PM

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Proposed NC budget lacks money for Black history monument. ‘This was not the time.’

A disturbance in the force: Cooper, lawmakers are getting along. What it means for NC.

‘Cautious’: Inside Gov. Cooper’s decisions about the state’s COVID-19 crisis