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Monday, August 8, 202208/08/2022

Grace Curley

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Grace joins Matt for her weekly segment, and talks about the one thing everyone has been talking about all weekend.…

Monday, August 8, 202208/08/2022

State Senator Matt Pouliot

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Assistant Senate Republican Leader Matt Pouliot speaks to Matt about Maine’s labor participation rate and  what he hopes to be…

Monday, August 8, 202208/08/2022

Climate Deal

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Manchin’s Donors Include Pipeline Giants That Win in His Climate Deal

Monday, August 8, 202208/08/2022

Inflation Reduction Act

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Friday, August 5, 202208/05/2022

Friday Morning News

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Friday, August 5, 202208/05/2022

Maine Public Advocate Bill Harwood

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We speak with Maine Public Advocate Bill Harwood. The Maine Office of the Public Advocate (OPA) expressed doubt that a…

Friday, August 5, 202208/05/2022

Nick Murray | Maine Policy Institute

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Keeping you informed about what is happening inside Augusta with the experts from Maine Policy Institute.

Friday, August 5, 202208/05/2022

Friday Trivia

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Trivia for Matt on Friday, plus more of your calls.

Friday, August 5, 202208/05/2022

Vanessa Corson | MEMA

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We speak with Vanessa Corson, Public Information Officer from Maine Emergency Management Agency.

Friday, August 5, 202208/05/2022

Caller Of The Week 8/5

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We award our Caller Of The Week to Pat from Windham. Caller Of The Week is brought to you by…

Local Headlines

18 hours ago in Local

Game Wardens Cite Anglers for Illegally ‘Snagging’ Salmon in Western Maine

Snagging involves intentionally hooking a fish in parts of the body other than the mouth.

19 hours ago in Local

Sen Collins Demands Coast Guard Abandon ‘Swastika’ Reclassification

Collins is joining a chorus of Jewish groups that are condemning the policy change.

20 hours ago in Local

Fire destroys local business, damages apartment building in Penobscot County

A fire early Wednesday morning in Patten damaged an apartment building and destroyed a local business.

National Headlines

5 hours ago in National

US government admits role in causing helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington

The U.S. government admitted Wednesday that the actions of an air traffic controller and Army helicopter pilot played a role in causing a collision last January between an airliner and a Black Hawk near the nation's capital, killing 67 people.

24 hours ago in National

4 Republicans defy Speaker Johnson to force House vote on extending ACA subsidies

Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans.

3 days ago in National

Search for the Brown University shooter resumes as questions swirl about campus security

Authorities knocked on doors Monday searching for any video there might be of the Brown University gunman, who could be seen in grainy footage walking away from the weekend attack that killed two students and wounded nine others.

3 days ago in National

Authorities say they will release person of interest detained in Brown University shooting

A person of interest detained after a Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine will be released after law enforcement authorities determined there was no basis to keep the individual in custody, officials said Sunday night.