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Thursday, July 2, 202007/02/2020

Mask Wearing & Testing Exemptions

In Local, Podcasts

Mills beefs up mask-wearing mandate, exempts 3 more states from quarantine, testing rules; Coastal Maine businesses will have to enforce…

Thursday, July 2, 202007/02/2020

John Baldacci

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Former Governor & Congressman of Maine, John Baldacci speaks to Matt about the reopening and Maine Politics.

Thursday, July 2, 202007/02/2020

Hospitality Maine

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Greg Dugal, Director Of Government Affairs with Hospitality Maine, gives us an update on how lodging, restaurant, and hospitality industries…

Thursday, July 2, 202007/02/2020

Maine Policy Institute

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Nick Murray from Maine Policy Institute gives us an update on what they are working on in Augusta.

Thursday, July 2, 202007/02/2020

Not All Fun & Games

In Local, Podcasts

Amusement, recreation and entertainment businesses reopen, but it’s not all fun and games

Thursday, July 2, 202007/02/2020

Unsolved Mysteries / Restrictions & Schools

In Local, Podcasts

Matt goes over Unsolved Mysteries. Mills Administration Exempts Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey From Quarantine & Testing Requirement…. BUT…

Wednesday, July 1, 202007/01/2020

Dr. Nirav Shah / Maine CDC

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Dr. Nirav Shah with Maine CDC, gives us an update on Coronavirus in Maine.

Wednesday, July 1, 202007/01/2020

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 1, 202007/01/2020

Tech Talk w/ Craig Peterson

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

Wednesday, July 1, 202007/01/2020

School Resource Officers

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Portland superintendent supports ending contract for school resource officers 

Local Headlines

21 hours ago in Local

$519 million supplemental budget signed into law by Gov. Mills

Gov. Janet Mills signed a $519 million supplemental budget into law on Friday, a day after it passed along party lines in the Maine Senate.

21 hours ago in Local

5 displaced after fire burns Lewiston apartment building

A fire at a Lewiston apartment building Thursday afternoon left five people displaced.

2 days ago in Local

Person Rescued After Falling Through Ice in Winthrop

Police say the outcome could have been different without community support and proper training.

National Headlines

1 day ago in National

Soaring gas prices leads to biggest monthly inflation spike in four years in March

The largest monthly jump in gas prices in six decades caused a sharp spike in inflation in March, creating major challenges for the inflation-fighters at the Federal Reserve and heightening the political challenges of rising costs for the White House.

3 days ago in National

Trump-endorsed Republican Clay Fuller wins Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former House seat in Georgia

Republican Clay Fuller on Tuesday won Marjorie Taylor Greene's former U.S. House seat in Georgia, turning back a Democratic challenge with the help of President Donald Trump's endorsement despite uneasiness over the war in Iran.

3 days ago in National

Rex Heuermann to plead guilty in the Gilgo Beach killings, ending long search for a serial killer

A Long Island architect accused in a string of long-unsolved slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday, closing a case that bedeviled investigators, agonized victims' relatives and tantalized a true-crime obsessed public for years.

3 days ago in National, Trending

Route 66, a quintessential American road trip heavy on kitsch and history, turns 100

Route 66 marks its 100th anniversary this year. Despite losing its status decades ago as one of the nation's main arteries, people from around the world still flock to it to take perhaps the quintessential American road trip and soak in its neon lights, kitschy motels and attractions, and culinary offerings.