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Health Care Reform

Recorded July 1, 2009 at 1:00 pm

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The topic of this On the Line program is health care reform. Irwin Gratz sits down with Democratic congresswoman Chellie Pingree to elicit her perspective from Capitol Hill. Plus, questions and coments from listeners and users.

 
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How’s FairPoint’s Performance in Maine?

Recorded June 25, 2009 at 1:00 pm

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The topic of this On the Line program is FairPoint Communications’ performance after purchasing Verizon Communications’ wired phone and internet operations. FairPoint executive Jeff Allen was in the studio to discuss the issue.

 
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H1N1 Flu Virus in Maine

Recorded Thursday, April 30 at 1:00 pm

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On the Line tackles the international Swine Flu, or H1N1 flu virus epidemic. Three confirmed cases have been reported in Maine and MPBN's Susan Sharon fielded calls and directed questions to Governor John Baldacci, Dr. Stephen Sears, an Infectious Disease Specialist from Mercy Hospital in Portland and Dr. Patrick Manuel, superintendent for MSAD 71, the Kennebunk-Kennebunkport school district where one elementary school, a day care and a recreation program have been closed because a child there exhibited symptoms.
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Tax Reform in Maine

Recorded Wednesday, February 25

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This edition of On the Line was hosted by Irwin Gratz and tackled the topic of tax reform for Maine. For years, people have made various tax reform proposals, but none seem to catch on. Gordon Weil, a former state official and Harpswell Selectman who led a panel that submitted a tax reform proposal to the last legislature; Richard Barringer, the former State Planning Office Director and a member of the faculty at the Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine; and Tony Payne, Executive Director of the Alliance for Maine's Future joined the discussion along with listeners who called in. 

 
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The Politics of Bottled Water

Recorded Thursday, January 29, 2009

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This edition of On the Line was hosted by Susan Sharon, looked at Maine’s bottled water industry.  Maine is home to the most popular bottled water brand in the nation: Poland Spring.  But concerns are growing about the number of plastic bottles entering the waste stream and the development pressure on the world's freshwater supply.  Are the concerns justified?  Should Maine do more to protect its water resource?

 
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