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Friday, July 22, 202207/22/2022

Caller Of The Week 7/22

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We award our caller of the week to Danny from Portland.  Caller Of The Week Sponsored by LUXOLO Financial– Your Maine Bitcoin…

Friday, July 22, 202207/22/2022

Friday’s TidBits

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BND investigated whether peeing on your garden will keep pests away Plus…..A thread is going viral on Reddit where people are talking about…

Friday, July 22, 202207/22/2022

Cancel Culture Continues

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Dave Chappelle Show Canceled by Minneapolis Venue After Social Media Backlash

Friday, July 22, 202207/22/2022

Jake Posik | Maine Policy Institute

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

Friday, July 22, 202207/22/2022

Poll Question

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Should landlords be able to evict tenants like Ethan Strimling from rental units for any reason they want?

Friday, July 22, 202207/22/2022

A Recession Alarm Is Ringing on Wall Street

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A Recession Alarm Is Ringing on Wall Street

Thursday, July 21, 202207/21/2022

Steps For Climate Change

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Biden announces modest steps to fight climate’s ‘clear and present danger’

Thursday, July 21, 202207/21/2022

Jason Savage | Maine GOP

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

Thursday, July 21, 202207/21/2022

Fighting The Eviction

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Tenants union raising money to help former Portland mayor fight eviction

Thursday, July 21, 202207/21/2022

National Junk Food Day

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Junk Food Day is devoted to junk food, which is food mostly devoid of nutritional value, but instead is high in fat,…

Local Headlines

11 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.

11 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.

13 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

16 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.

6 days ago in National

Washington state faces historic floods that have washed away homes and stranded families

Days of torrential rain in Washington state caused historic floods that have stranded families on rooftops, washed over bridges and ripped at least two homes from their foundations, and experts warned that even more flooding expected Friday could be catastrophic.