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Wednesday, May 27, 202005/27/2020

NHL Playoff Format

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NHL unveils 24-team playoff format, details its return to play plan

Wednesday, May 27, 202005/27/2020

Trump’s Tweets

In Local, Podcasts

Matt covers how Twitter labels Trump’s tweets with a fact-check for the first time

Wednesday, May 27, 202005/27/2020

Summer Camps

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Ron Hall, executive director of Maine Summer Camps, which represents 147 Maine overnight and day camps. gives us an update…

Wednesday, May 27, 202005/27/2020

Going Out To Eat

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Matt covers a Popular Portland eatery to close for 2 weeks after employee tests positive for virus and about going…

Tuesday, May 26, 202005/26/2020

Andre  Cushing / Surprise Medical Bills

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Andre  Cushing – County Commissioner of Penobscot County and former State Senator speaks to Matt about Surprise Medical Bills. 

Tuesday, May 26, 202005/26/2020

Creative Graduations

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Matt Gagnon talks about how Maine high schools get creative to salvage graduations

Tuesday, May 26, 202005/26/2020

General Election

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Matt Gagnon goes over The general election scenario that Democrats are dreading

Tuesday, May 26, 202005/26/2020

Trey Stewart

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Assistant Senate Minority Leader Jeffrey Timberlake, R-Turner, and Assistant House Minority Leader Trey Stewart, R-Presque Isle, said  that they want…

Tuesday, May 26, 202005/26/2020

School Year Looks Different

In Local, Podcasts

Coronavirus has led to a pared-down school year that looks different district by district

Tuesday, May 26, 202005/26/2020

Absentee Voting

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Matt goes over how Maine encourages absentee voting in July primary election

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.

3 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.