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Tuesday, August 11, 202008/11/2020

Kate Snyder

In Local, Podcasts

Portland Mayor Kate Snyder joins Matt for her weekly segment

Tuesday, August 11, 202008/11/2020

Dr. Susan Goodfellow

In Local, Podcasts

Dr. Goodfellow joins Matt to discuss how Navy Week Going Virtual. She is the Director of Naval Operations Energy & Environmental Readiness Division

Monday, August 10, 202008/10/2020

Dr. Nirav Shah

In Local, Podcasts

Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah joins Matt for an update on the latest with Covid-19 in Maine

Monday, August 10, 202008/10/2020

Heather Johnson

In Local, Podcasts

Heather Johnson, Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, joins Matt to talk about Maine’s economy, and how the small business sector is still in crisis after reopening

Friday, August 7, 202008/07/2020

Bruce Poliquin

In Local, Podcasts

Former Congressman from the 2nd District, Bruce Poliquin joins Matt Gagnon discussing the latest in state & national politics.

Friday, August 7, 202008/07/2020

John Pence

In Local, Podcasts

John Pence, Senior Advisor to the campaign and the VP’s nephew, is in Maine Today and Tomorrow. He will be…

Friday, August 7, 202008/07/2020

Jeff Timberlake

In Local, Podcasts

Senator Jeff Timberlake, Assistant Senate Republican Leader talks Matt Gagnon about the proposed budget cuts and if the legislature will…

Friday, August 7, 202008/07/2020

Dissolving The NRA?

In Local, Podcasts

New York’s attorney general sued the National Rifle Association on Thursday, seeking to put the powerful gun advocacy organization out…

Friday, August 7, 202008/07/2020

Unemployment Claims

In Local, Podcasts

Nearly 80,000 Mainers filed continuing federal and state unemployment benefits last week, more than twice the number during the worst…

Friday, August 7, 202008/07/2020

New Poll Shows Gideon In Slight Lead

In Local, Podcasts

Quinnipiac University’s survey of 807 registered Maine voters finds Republican Sen. Susan Collins trailing the Democratic House speaker by 4…

Local Headlines

5 hours ago in Local

Thomaston Woman Accused of Trying to Run Over Border Patrol Agent

Police claim the suspects left the scene and was then arrested

6 hours ago in Local

Deputies Looking for Driver Who Left Scene After Hitting Pedestrian in Pownal

Deputies say a man was returning to his vehicle from a walk in the woods when he was hit.

7 hours ago in Local

Maine joins states suing over Trump administration’s decision not to tap into emergency SNAP funding

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey is joining 22 other attorneys general and two governors who are suing the Trump administration over the suspension of SNAP benefits amid the ongoing government shutdown.

National Headlines

16 hours ago in National

Hegseth says US carried out 3 strikes on alleged drug-running boats in eastern Pacific, killing 14

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the U.S. military carried out three strikes Monday in the waters of the Eastern Pacific against boats suspected of carrying drugs, killing 14 and leaving one survivor.

5 days ago in National

States worry about how to fill the gap in food aid ahead of a federal benefits halt

Officials in Louisiana, Vermont and Virginia pledged Thursday to keep food aid flowing to recipients in their states, even if the federal program is stalled next month because of the government shutdown.

5 days ago in National

Trump says he’s ending trade talks with Canada over TV ads

President Donald Trump announced he's ending "all trade negotiations" with Canada because of a television ad opposing U.S. tariffs that he said misstated the facts and called "egregious behavior" aimed at influencing U.S. court decisions.

5 days ago in National

Trump backs off planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after talking to the mayor

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he's backing off a planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after speaking to the mayor, as protesters gathered outside a U.S. Coast Guard base where they were located.