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Wednesday, October 7, 202010/07/2020

Tony Payne / Virtual Eggs N Issues

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Tony Payne Chair of Advocacy Committee for the Portland Region Chamber of Commerce speaks to us about this morning’s Eggs…

Wednesday, October 7, 202010/07/2020

New Poll

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Latest poll shows Gideon and Collins neck-and-neck in Senate race; Sara Gideon and Susan Collins within 1 point in new…

Wednesday, October 7, 202010/07/2020

Passing Of Eddie Van Halen

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VAN HALEN guitarist EDDIE VAN HALEN died yesterday, after what his son WOLFGANG called a “long and arduous battle with…

Tuesday, October 6, 202010/06/2020

Bill O’Reilly

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Killing Crazy Horse’ The Merciless Indian Wars in America is  Bill O’Reilly’s Newest History Book in the #1 Best-Selling Series…

Tuesday, October 6, 202010/06/2020

Mayor Kate Snyder

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

Tuesday, October 6, 202010/06/2020

Jonathan Sahrbeck

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Cumberland Country District Attorney Jonathan Sahrbeck joins Matt for his monthly appearance on what is going on in Cumberland County. …

Tuesday, October 6, 202010/06/2020

Early Voting

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Maine clerks report ‘steady’ turnout for early, in-person voting

Tuesday, October 6, 202010/06/2020

Trump Returns

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President returns to White House, without mask, alarms experts by telling nation not to fear virus….Trump leaves hospital after tweet…

Monday, October 5, 202010/05/2020

Hogan Gidley / Operation MAGA

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Hogan Gidley, National Press Secretary, with Trump Campaign speaks with Matt about the Trump campaign launching “Operation MAGA” to keep…

Monday, October 5, 202010/05/2020

Dr. Nirav Shah / Maine CDC

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Dr. Nirav Shah, Director Of Maine CDC,  gives us an update on the latest with Covid-19 in Maine

Local Headlines

2 hours ago in Local

2 MaineDOT workers killed in crash on I-95 in Waterville

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Two MaineDOT workers were killed in a crash in a construction zone on I-95 in Waterville Tuesday morning.

20 hours ago in Local

Oklahoma Fugitive Wanted on Child Exploitation Charges Arrested in Maine

U.S. Marshals say an investigation determined that Jaime A. Oktay had fled Oklahoma and was hiding in Maine

21 hours ago in Local

Shed Destroyed in Topsham Fire

Firefighters say discarded woodstove ashes are the cause of a fire that destroyed a shed at a home in Topsham…

National Headlines

6 hours ago in National

Bringing charges against the Fed: What we do (and don’t) know

President Donald Trump has dramatically escalated his confrontation with the Federal Reserve, his Justice Department investigating and threatening a criminal indictment of the independent central bank and serving it with subpoenas.

1 day ago in National

George Floyd and Renee Good: 5 years between Minneapolis videos, and confusion has increased

Five years ago, video images from a Minneapolis street showing a police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd as his life slipped away ignited a social movement. Now, videos from another Minneapolis street showing the last moments of Renee Good's life are central to another debate about law enforcement in America.

4 days ago in National

Protests over federal enforcement operations after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland

As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis' streets over the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a new shooting by federal officers in Oregon left two people wounded, sparked additional protests and elicited more scrutiny of enforcement operations across the U.S.

5 days ago in National

Minnesota must play a role in the investigation into Renee Good’s killing by ICE, governor says

The state of Minnesota must play a role in investigating the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, Gov. Tim Walz insisted Thursday, pushing back against the Trump administration's decision to keep the investigation solely in federal hands.