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Morning News Replay

Monday, August 23, 202108/23/2021

Commissioner Laura Fortman

Commissioner Laura Fortman with Maine Department Of Labor gives us an update on Maine’s Unemployment and Workforce Overall, weekly unemployment…

Morning News Replay

Friday, August 20, 202108/20/2021

Caller of the Week / Joe Lundberg

The Caller of the Week is revealed! Matt is also joined by Accuweather’s Joe Lundberg to talk about Tropical Storm Henri, which is expected to be a hurricane when it hits New England later in the weekend.

Morning News Replay

Friday, August 20, 202108/20/2021

Matt Gagnon- Segment 5

The phones are back open for the fist half of the final hour of today’s WGAN Morning News with Matt Gagnon

Morning News Replay

Friday, August 20, 202108/20/2021

Laura Boyett

Federal unemployment programs are ending on the week ending September 4th. Maine Director of the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation Laura Boyett joins Matt to talk about this further. After that, the crew talks about the headlines of Senator King being diagnosed with Covid.

Morning News Replay

Friday, August 20, 202108/20/2021

Nick Murray

Nick Murray of the Maine Policy Institute joins Matt to discuss the latest mask mandates

Morning News Replay

Friday, August 20, 202108/20/2021

Phil Briggs

Phil Briggs hosts “Eye On Veterans” Sunday mornings on WGAN. He joins Matt with a preview of this weekend’s show, as well as his take on the current events in Afghanistan.

Morning News Replay

Friday, August 20, 202108/20/2021

https://soundcloud.com/newsradio-wgan/matt-gagnon-segment-1

This Friday edition of the WGAN Morning news opens up with some random conversation about famous hermits

Morning News Replay

Thursday, August 19, 202108/19/2021

Capital Insights With Governor John Baldacci

  Former Governor & Congressman of Maine, John Baldacci gives us his Capital Insights on  Local and National Politics.

Morning News Replay

Thursday, August 19, 202108/19/2021

Dr. James Jarvis

Dr. James Jarvis, Medical Director of Northern Light Health’s Covid-19 Incident Command gives us an update on Vaccine Booster Shots.

Morning News Replay

Thursday, August 19, 202108/19/2021

Jason Savage / Maine GOP

Keeping you informed about what’s going on in state and national politics,  Executive Director of the Maine Republican Party, Jason Savage.

Local Headlines

15 hours ago in Local

Platner Gets Lift from Friendly Portland Crowd After Week of Damaging Revelations

No major Democrats who had previously endorsed Platner have rescinded their support.

19 hours ago in Local

Lost Sheep Reunited With Owner in Augusta

The sheep is now back home.

19 hours ago in Local

Wild Car Chase Goes Through Multiple Maine Town Ends With an Arrest

22-year-old Andrew Wright faces a laundry list of charges after leading Penobscot County Sheriff’s deputies on a wild goose chase.

National Headlines

3 days ago in National

Employers added 172,000 jobs last month as US job market shows resilience despite Iran war

The American job market continues to show surprising strength, shrugging off the high costs of the Iran war. Employers added 172,000 jobs in May – roughly double what forecasters had expected – and the unemployment rate remained at a low 4.3%.

4 days ago in National

Homicide convictions reversed for Colorado paramedics who injected ketamine into Elijah McClain

A Colorado court reversed homicide convictions against two paramedics on Thursday in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was pinned down by police and injected with a fatal dose of ketamine.

5 days ago in National

Takeaways from primaries featuring Spencer Pratt, a missing congressman and a rare Trump setback

Here are takeaways from primary elections Tuesday in California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota.

7 days ago in National

Florida sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, claiming company concealed serious risks of ChatGPT

The state of Florida filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on Monday, claiming the company knowingly released and aggressively marketed ChatGPT to the public while concealing serious risks.