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Tuesday, October 12, 202110/12/2021

Speaker Ryan Fecteau

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Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau speaks to The WGAN Morning to give us an update on The Maine Legislature.

Friday, October 8, 202110/08/2021

Senator Susan Collins

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Senator Collins’ bill to Support ‘Havana Syndrome’ victims has been signed into law, and a ceremony celebrating the signing of the bill will take place at the White House this morning at 10 AM. The Senator joins Matt to discuss this bill, as well as many of the other things going on in Washington.

Friday, October 8, 202110/08/2021

John Spain of Real Men Wear Pink

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John Spain is one of several men participating in “Real Men Wear Pink” to raise money for breast cancer awareness and research. He joins Matt this morning to discuss the annual effort.

Friday, October 8, 202110/08/2021

Jake Posik of the Maine Policy Institute

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Jake Posik of the Maine Policy Institute joins Matt for the weekly segment.

Thursday, October 7, 202110/07/2021

Capital Insights With Governor John Baldacci

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

Thursday, October 7, 202110/07/2021

Katherine Rovello | Maine Wire

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Katherine Rovello from Maine Wire, speaks to us about In reversal, Maine CDC will allow ‘advocacy journalists’ into next COVID-19…

Thursday, October 7, 202110/07/2021

Portland Mayor Kate Snyder

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Portland Mayor Kate Snyder gives us an update on what’s happening in Portland.

Thursday, October 7, 202110/07/2021

Eggs & Issues

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Matt speaks with Kristina Egan, Executive Director – Greater Portland Council of Governments at our Eggs & Issues broadcast. Eggs…

Thursday, October 7, 202110/07/2021

Brent Littlefield

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Brent Littlefield, speaks to Matt about the recent polling in the race for Governor in Maine. Also President Joe Biden’s…

Wednesday, October 6, 202110/06/2021

Eye On Politics

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  Former Maine Legislator Jeremy Fischer and Cumberland County Republican Chair Eric Lusk give their Analysis of Maine & National…

Local Headlines

12 minutes ago in Local

Man Fleeing Police Hit on Turnpike in Biddeford Sunday Night

Fresh

Maine State Police say a truck driver called in to say he'd hit a pedestrian running across the highway.

14 hours ago in Local

Maine’s Food Pantries Struggle with Volunteer Shortage

Maine has long been one of the most food insecure states in New England.

14 hours ago in Local

Motorcyclist Dead in Whitefield Crash

The Vigue Road was closed till approximately 1:30 PM.

National Headlines

45 minutes ago in National

Government shutdown draws closer as congressional leaders head to the White House

Fresh

Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are heading to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday in a late effort to avoid a government shutdown, but both sides have shown hardly any willingness to budge from their entrenched positions.

55 minutes ago in National

Police remain on scene at burned out Michigan church after shooting and fire leave 4 dead, 8 wounded

Fresh

Police officers walked amid the burned out ruins of a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints church in Michigan on Monday, a day after a former Marine opened fire during a crowded service, killing at least four people, then set the building ablaze.

3 days ago in National

Assata Shakur, a fugitive Black militant sought by the US since 1979, dies in Cuba

Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has died, her daughter and the Cuban government said.

3 days ago in National

Hegseth abruptly summons top military commanders to a meeting in Virginia next week

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has summoned the military's top officers — hundreds of generals and admirals — to a base in northern Virginia for a sudden meeting next week, according to three people familiar with the matter.