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Tuesday, February 9, 202102/09/2021

Old Dogs, New Digs

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We speak with 2020 Community Matters More Grant Recipient  DJ Turchon from Old Dogs, New Digs.  Voting is under way…

Monday, February 8, 202102/08/2021

Closing Segment Of The Day

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Your calls to close out the last segment of the morning.

Monday, February 8, 202102/08/2021

California Dreaming

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Local Kroger Stores Close as California ‘Hero Pay’ Ordinance Backfires

Monday, February 8, 202102/08/2021

National Unclaimed Property Month

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Maine State Treasurer, Henry Beck speaks to us about National Unclaimed Property Month.  You may have free money coming to…

Monday, February 8, 202102/08/2021

Next Gubernatorial Election

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Lines are being drawn in the next election for Maine governor Janet Mills’ campaign finances suggest she’s not serious about…

Monday, February 8, 202102/08/2021

The Big Game Recap

In Local

Recapping The Big Game last night.

Friday, February 5, 202102/05/2021

WGAN Morning News- Final Segment

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The phone calls get insane in the final segment of today’s show

Friday, February 5, 202102/05/2021

Bruce Poliquin

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Former US Representative Bruce Poliquin joins Matt for his regular segment.

Friday, February 5, 202102/05/2021

WGAN Morning News- Segment 4

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Matt continues to talk about today’s issues in the fourth segment of today’s show

Friday, February 5, 202102/05/2021

Jacob Posik

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Jacob Posik is the Director of Communications at the Maine Policy Institute. He joins Matt to talk about budget ramifications from the Biden bailout of state and local governments — it will enable Mills and other governors to use federal funds as revenue backfill, avoiding some of the tough choices we have to make to right size government and move our state down the right economic path. ($350 billion for state and local govts in Biden’s stimulus package).

Local Headlines

6 hours ago in Local

Police seek suspects in Eddington stabbing

Penobscot County deputies are looking for suspects who they say stabbed man in the neck during a robbery in Eddington Thursday morning.

6 hours ago in Local

Maine man indicted on attempted murder and other charges for hitting police cruiser in Bar Harbor

A man accused of leading police on a chase and crashing into a police cruiser in Bar Harbor in April has been indicted for attempted murder.

22 hours ago in Local

Platner Denies Hurting Ex-Girlfriend, Will Not Leave Race

Platner, an oyster farmer and combat veteran who is favored to win Tuesday’s Democratic primary

National Headlines

13 hours ago in National

Employers added 172,000 jobs last month as US job market shows resilience despite Iran war

The American job market continues to show surprising strength, shrugging off the high costs of the Iran war. Employers added 172,000 jobs in May – roughly double what forecasters had expected – and the unemployment rate remained at a low 4.3%.

1 day ago in National

Homicide convictions reversed for Colorado paramedics who injected ketamine into Elijah McClain

A Colorado court reversed homicide convictions against two paramedics on Thursday in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was pinned down by police and injected with a fatal dose of ketamine.

3 days ago in National

Takeaways from primaries featuring Spencer Pratt, a missing congressman and a rare Trump setback

Here are takeaways from primary elections Tuesday in California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota.

4 days ago in National

Florida sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, claiming company concealed serious risks of ChatGPT

The state of Florida filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on Monday, claiming the company knowingly released and aggressively marketed ChatGPT to the public while concealing serious risks.