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Monday, July 6, 202007/06/2020

Absentee Ballot Requests

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Seeing a historic number of absentee ballot requests ahead of the July election

Monday, July 6, 202007/06/2020

Heather Johnson

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Heather Johnson, Commissioner, Maine Department of Economic Community Development speaks to Matt and gives us an update on Maine’s Economy.

Monday, July 6, 202007/06/2020

Need Enough Money

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Matt talks about how Sara Gideon expands fundraising lead over Susan Collins in Maine U.S. Senate race

Monday, July 6, 202007/06/2020

Long Weekend

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We cover what we did for the long 4th Of July weekend.

Thursday, July 2, 202007/02/2020

Mask Wearing & Testing Exemptions

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Mills beefs up mask-wearing mandate, exempts 3 more states from quarantine, testing rules; Coastal Maine businesses will have to enforce…

Thursday, July 2, 202007/02/2020

John Baldacci

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Former Governor & Congressman of Maine, John Baldacci speaks to Matt about the reopening and Maine Politics.

Thursday, July 2, 202007/02/2020

Hospitality Maine

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Greg Dugal, Director Of Government Affairs with Hospitality Maine, gives us an update on how lodging, restaurant, and hospitality industries…

Thursday, July 2, 202007/02/2020

Maine Policy Institute

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Nick Murray from Maine Policy Institute gives us an update on what they are working on in Augusta.

Thursday, July 2, 202007/02/2020

Not All Fun & Games

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Amusement, recreation and entertainment businesses reopen, but it’s not all fun and games

Thursday, July 2, 202007/02/2020

Unsolved Mysteries / Restrictions & Schools

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Matt goes over Unsolved Mysteries. Mills Administration Exempts Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey From Quarantine & Testing Requirement…. BUT…

Local Headlines

17 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

18 hours ago in Local

‘Unidentified’ Officers Detain Parent at Portland School

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

19 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

7 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.

1 day ago in National, Trending

US marks 24th anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks

Americans are marking 24 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with solemn ceremonies, volunteer work and other tributes honoring the victims.

1 day ago in National

US inflation worsened last month as the cost of gas, food and airfares jumped

Inflation moved higher last month as the price of gas, groceries, hotel rooms and airfare rose, along with the cost of clothes and used cars.