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Friday, July 17, 202007/17/2020

Will The Legislature Reconvene

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Republicans’ demands keep lawmakers sidelined, with hundreds of bills in limbo…..There’s still no agreement to reconvene the Maine Legislature

Friday, July 17, 202007/17/2020

Sports & Alleged Sexual Harassment

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UMaine football season in doubt, with league expected to cancel schedule . Plus Matt covers how Fifteen women accuse Washington…

Friday, July 17, 202007/17/2020

Dr. Alicyn Smart

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Dr. Alicyn Smart Plant Pathologist & Director of the Plant Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at University of Maine Cooperative Extension. The…

Friday, July 17, 202007/17/2020

Andre Cushing / BIW Strike

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Former State Senator and Current County Commissioner Andre Cushing speaks to Matt Gagnon on The WGAN Morning News about The…

Friday, July 17, 202007/17/2020

Bruce Poliquin

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Former Congressman from the 2nd District,  Bruce Poliquin, gives us his analysis on the current State and National Politics. Including …

Friday, July 17, 202007/17/2020

Pandemic & The Affect

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Maine unemployment claims increase after weeks of decline and a BIW executive, family man took his life as depression mounted…

Friday, July 17, 202007/17/2020

U.S. Senate Race Tops $41 Million

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Fundraising in Maine’s closely watched U.S. Senate race tops $41 million. 

Friday, July 17, 202007/17/2020

PPH vs BDN

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There’s still no agreement to reconvene the Maine Legislature. The difference in reporting from media on this one. PPH says…

Friday, July 17, 202007/17/2020

Work With Maine

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Eben Salvatore, a spokesperson With Work With Maine and is  the Director of Operations at Bar Harbor Resorts. Members of…

Thursday, July 16, 202007/16/2020

207 Days Are Numbered

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Maine’s days as 207 are numbered, because the area code’s ‘exhausted’. 

Local Headlines

9 hours ago in Local

Gov. Mills authorizes use of COVID-19 vaccine for anyone 6 months and older

A new standing order from Gov. Janet Mills on Friday authorizes healthcare providers to offer the COVID-19 vaccine to anyone who wants one.

9 hours ago in Local

Occupant of Amish buggy injured in Aroostook County crash

A crash between a horse-drawn Amish buggy and a pickup truck left one person with minor injuries.

1 day ago in Local

Maine Principals Fight DOJ Request for Student Names in Transgender Athlete Case

TheTrump administration sued Maine in April for not complying with an executive order barring transgender athletes from sports

National Headlines

11 hours ago in National

Trump says he’ll send National Guard to Memphis, escalating his use of troops in US cities

President Donald Trump said Friday he'll send the National Guard to address crime concerns in Memphis, Tennessee, his latest test of the limits of presidential power by using military force in American cities.

11 hours ago in National

Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing became more political, opposed activist’s views, authorities say

A 22-year-old Utah man who was arrested and booked on murder charges in the assassination of Charlie Kirk held deep disdain for the conservative activist's provocative viewpoints and indicated to a family member that he was responsible for the shooting, authorities said Friday.

19 hours ago in National

The rise of AI tools forces schools to reconsider what counts as cheating

The book report is now a thing of the past. Take-home tests and essays are becoming obsolete. Student use of artificial intelligence has become so prevalent, high school and college educators say, that to assign writing outside of the classroom is like asking students to cheat.

2 days ago in National

Authorities search for conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s killer but provide little about motive

Authorities searched on Thursday for a sniper who assassinated Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, with one bullet and then slipped away in the mayhem resulting from the latest act of political violence to befall America.