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Wednesday, September 23, 202009/23/2020

Craig Peterson

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It’s Tech Talk with Craig Peterson and he’s discussing the latest in Technology.

Wednesday, September 23, 202009/23/2020

Maine Secretary Of State, Matt Dunlap

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Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Matt Dunlap joins the program this morning. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court overturned…

Wednesday, September 23, 202009/23/2020

Collins Says She’ll Vote No

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Collins says she’ll vote against any Supreme Court nominee brought to Senate floor before Nov. 3; Trump: We ask you…

Wednesday, September 23, 202009/23/2020

Republicans Plan To Vote

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Senate Republicans plan vote on Trump’s court pick before election

Tuesday, September 22, 202009/22/2020

P. J. O’Rourke

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J. O’Rourke has written nineteen books on subjects as diverse as politics and cars and etiquette and economics. Parliament of…

Tuesday, September 22, 202009/22/2020

Coronavirus

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Coronavirus: Sweden ‘has beaten coronavirus with herd immunity’

Tuesday, September 22, 202009/22/2020

Portland Mayor Kate Snyder

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

Tuesday, September 22, 202009/22/2020

Senate Democrats Tactics

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“Facing what they acknowledge to be a nearly impossible task of blocking President Donald Trump from filling a Supreme Court…

Tuesday, September 22, 202009/22/2020

Maine’s Absentee Ballot Rules

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Judge hears testimony in lawsuit aiming to change Maine’s absentee ballot rules; Maine judge to rule next week in voting…

Tuesday, September 22, 202009/22/2020

CDC Removes Guidance

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CDC abruptly removes guidance about airborne coronavirus transmission, says update ‘was posted in error’.  Many scientists think coronavirus is airborne,…

Local Headlines

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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

11 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…

11 hours ago in Local

New York Woman Pleads Guilty To Illegal Marijuana Grow Operation in Somerset County

Prosecutors say Jiamin Liao admitted to federal agents that she grew marijuana in Madison and stored it in Norridgewock

National Headlines

20 hours 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.

5 days ago in National

Senate considers limiting Trump’s war powers after Venezuela raid

The Senate is expected to vote on a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump's ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, setting up a test for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere.