Matt speaks with David Daigler President of the Maine Community College System. He discussed the impact of the free community college program for the class of 2025, which is facing funding cuts. The program has significantly exceeded expectations, with 17,000 enrolled, up from the anticipated 8,000. It has attracted a younger demographic and filled critical workforce needs in fields like healthcare and trades. Daigler emphasized the importance of expanding the program to include adult learners and highlighted the program’s success in increasing enrollment by 19% in 2023, leading the nation. The conversation also touched on legislative debates about the program’s future.
Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions and life sentence for the deaths of his wife and son were overturned Wednesday by the South Carolina Supreme Court because the court clerk at his trial suggested he was guilty. But the disgraced lawyer won't be leaving prison anytime soon.
Workers at Denver airport initially missed a security breach by man who scaled an 8-foot perimeter fence and crossed a runway where he was hit and killed in a fiery collision by a plane with 231 people on board, authorities said Tuesday.
The Labor Department's consumer price index rose 3.8% from April 2025, according to data released Tuesday. On a month-to-month basis, April prices rose 0.6% from March as gasoline prices rose 5.4% during the month; the month-over-month gain was down from 0.9% increase from February to March.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced tough questions from Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Congress on Tuesday about the Trump administration's end game for the Iran war, the conflict's costs and its impact on diminishing weapons stockpiles.
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