Matt Gagnon discussed recent special elections in Florida and Wisconsin. In Florida’s 1st and 6th districts, Democrats faced steep odds in Republican-leaning areas, with the GOP winning by 14 points and 55-45%. Despite a financial advantage, the Democratic challenger in the 6th district lost. In Wisconsin, a Democrat won by 10 points, impacting the state’s Supreme Court balance. The conversation also touched on the Family Medical Leave Act in Maine, criticizing its broad definition of “significant personal bond” and potential negative effects on businesses. Listeners called in to share their opinions on these topics.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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