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Wednesday, July 8, 202007/08/2020

Cancel Culture

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J.K. Rowling, Bari Weiss and Noam Chomsky Among Dozens to Sign Open Letter Calling for End to Cancel Culture

Wednesday, July 8, 202007/08/2020

Portland Rental Assistance

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In response to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the City of Portland will make available up…

Wednesday, July 8, 202007/08/2020

Eye On Politics

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Former Maine Legislator Jeremy Fischer and Cumberland County Republican Chair Eric Lusk Eric give their Analysis of Maine & National…

Wednesday, July 8, 202007/08/2020

Shawn Moody

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Shawn Moody joins the program to discuss how his business Moody’s Collision has been operating since the pandemic started and…

Wednesday, July 8, 202007/08/2020

Emergency Loan Program

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Errors cloud emergency loan program’s impact on Maine jobs

Wednesday, July 8, 202007/08/2020

Demand For Lower Tuition

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Bates students demand lower tuition for squeezed semester

Tuesday, July 7, 202007/07/2020

Maine Summer Camps

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Executive director of Maine Summer Camps Ron Hall, speaks to us about how Camping will look like this Summer. Maine…

Tuesday, July 7, 202007/07/2020

Xavier Botana

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Xavier Botana superintendent of the Portland Public Schools, speaks to us about The Portland Board of Education ending the contract for…

Tuesday, July 7, 202007/07/2020

Bruce Poliquin

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Former Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, gives us his analysis on the current State and National Politics.

Tuesday, July 7, 202007/07/2020

Politicization Of Face Masks

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It’s Not Just Face Masks. Everything Is Now a Political Death Match.

Local Headlines

7 hours ago in Local

Pedestrian Has Life Threatening Injuries in Fairfield Crash

Fairfield police and Fairfield-Benton Emergency Services were called to the scene near the post office.

8 hours ago in Local

Platner Pausing Campaign For Wife to Get IVF Treatment in Europe

Platner says she'll go through the process in an effort to have a baby in Norway.

12 hours ago in Local

Two years after historic storms, effects still being felt across Maine

The storms on January 10th and January 13th, 2024, hit during one of the biggest tides of the year, bringing in a 14-foot storm surge and setting records in Portland.

National Headlines

3 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.

3 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.

4 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.

4 days ago in National

ICE officer kills a Minneapolis driver in a deadly start to Trump’s latest immigration operation

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Minneapolis driver on Wednesday during the Trump administration's latest immigration crackdown on a major American city — a shooting that federal officials said was an act of self-defense but that the city's mayor described as "reckless" and unnecessary.