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Wednesday, July 8, 202007/08/2020

Emergency Loan Program

In Local, Podcasts

Errors cloud emergency loan program’s impact on Maine jobs

Wednesday, July 8, 202007/08/2020

Demand For Lower Tuition

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Bates students demand lower tuition for squeezed semester

Tuesday, July 7, 202007/07/2020

Maine Summer Camps

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Executive director of Maine Summer Camps Ron Hall, speaks to us about how Camping will look like this Summer. Maine…

Tuesday, July 7, 202007/07/2020

Xavier Botana

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Xavier Botana superintendent of the Portland Public Schools, speaks to us about The Portland Board of Education ending the contract for…

Tuesday, July 7, 202007/07/2020

Bruce Poliquin

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Former Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, gives us his analysis on the current State and National Politics.

Tuesday, July 7, 202007/07/2020

Politicization Of Face Masks

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It’s Not Just Face Masks. Everything Is Now a Political Death Match.

Tuesday, July 7, 202007/07/2020

PPP Recipients & Federal Data

In Howie Carr, Local

Top PPP recipients in Maine; Data reveal Maine’s broad participation in federal emergency loan program

Tuesday, July 7, 202007/07/2020

Dem Debate & New Poll

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Matt covers The Democratic U.S. Senate candidates face off in debate and Gideon maintains 4-point lead over Collins in new…

Monday, July 6, 202007/06/2020

Summer To Ourselves

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Matt talks about Without having hordes of tourists, Mainers get summer to ourselves

Monday, July 6, 202007/06/2020

Dr. Nirav Shah / Maine CDC

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Dr. Nirav Shah with Maine CDC, gives us an update on Coronavirus in Maine.

Local Headlines

19 hours 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

20 hours ago in Local

‘Unidentified’ Officers Detain Parent at Portland School

The school superintendent said the officers declined to identify themselves or their agency

21 hours ago in Local

Senator King Opposes Trump VA Nominee After Tense Exchange

Senator King  is a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee

National Headlines

2 hours ago in National

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

Fresh

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.

2 hours ago in National

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

Fresh

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.

9 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.

1 day 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.