Phil Harriman discusses with Charlie Summers the Energy Choice Act (LD 556), which aims to protect Mainers’ right to choose their home heating fuels. Summers highlights the bill’s importance amidst a $500 million budget hole and criticizes the legislature’s focus on banning single-use shampoo bottles. The bill, co-sponsored by Senators Matt Harrington and Joe Baldacci, would prevent towns and cities from banning heating oil, propane, and natural gas, which are used by 70% of Maine homes. Summers urges listeners to support the bill at energychoicemaine.com to ensure energy choice and avoid a single point of failure in heating.
A woman in Indiana who put off dental surgery because she doesn't know if she can afford the copay. A Florida couple with young children who are depleting their savings. A grandmother in Idaho who plans to sell her car to pay the rent. They are among the tens of thousands Transportation Security Administration officers set to receive another $0 paycheck this week.
Two people were killed and several others badly hurt when an Air Canada regional jet struck a fire truck on a runway while landing at New York's LaGuardia Airport, officials said.
Federal immigration officers have been seen at an airport in Atlanta after President Donald Trump said he'd deploy agents to supplement the Transportation Security Administration during a government shutdown that has caused long lines at security checkpoints across the country.
