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Wednesday, June 17, 202006/17/2020

Matt’s Reflection On John Richardson

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Matt gives his reflection on the recent passing of Former Maine House Speaker and WGAN Morning News Contributor John Richardson.

Wednesday, June 17, 202006/17/2020

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, June 17, 202006/17/2020

Bruce Poliquin

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Former Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin gives us his analysis on the current state of Maine including the passing of…

Wednesday, June 17, 202006/17/2020

Michael Edes / Fraternal Order of Police

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Mike Edes , Executive Director of the Fraternal Order of Police in Maine speaks to WGAN Morning News. Mike Edes…

Wednesday, June 17, 202006/17/2020

Remembering John Richardson

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Phil Harriman, speaks to Matt Gagnon about the sudden passing of Former Maine House Speaker and WGAN Morning News Contributor…

Tuesday, June 16, 202006/16/2020

Commissioner Laura Fortman

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Commissioner Laura Fortman with Maine Department Of Labor gives us an update on Maine’s Unemployment.

Tuesday, June 16, 202006/16/2020

Portland Mayor Kate Snyder

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Portland Mayor Kate Snyder gives us an update on what’s happening in Portland: Portland still needs more than 120 poll…

Tuesday, June 16, 202006/16/2020

Maine Tourism Association

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Tony Cameron, Chief Executive Officer  of Maine Tourism Association speaks to matt about upcoming tourism in Maine. Tourism and  hospitality groups …

Tuesday, June 16, 202006/16/2020

Jason Savage / RCV

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Jason Savage , Executive Director of Maine GOP talks about Maine GOP’s efforts to collect and submit signatures for the…

Monday, June 15, 202006/15/2020

Maine’s Unenrollment Law

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Matt discusses how Federal judge calls Maine unenrollment law unconstitutional in Libertarian lawsuit. 

Local Headlines

2 days 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.

2 days 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.

2 days 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

2 days 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%.

3 days 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.

4 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.

6 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.