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MECEP staff host a TV talk
show each week on Time Warner Cable Ch 9, Greater Portland Community Television Ch 4, Bath Community TV Ch 14, and Brunswick TV 3.
Ch 9: Tues, 7:30 pm; Sat/Sun 11:30 am
Ch 14: Tues, 1 pm and 6 pm.
Check your local listings for date and time in your area.
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 "State of the State",
is a weekly talk show on Maine issues, hosted by MECEP staff: Christopher St. John and Nicole Witherbee.
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icon to listen to an individual show. All shows are in mp3 format.
You can also subscribe
to the podcast.
View all shows for 2007
View all shows for 2006
| Maine Transportation Update
| 07/22/2008 |
| A discussion about Maine's transportation system, infrastructure and the impact of high energy costs.
Host: Kurt Wise
Guest(s): Senator Dennis Damon, Transportation Committee Chair; Gregory Nadeau, Maine Department of Transportation; Maria Fuentes, Maine Better Transportation Association | | Looking Ahead to the Next Legislative Session
| 07/15/2008 |
| How were the major issues of the last legislative session resolved, what was learned and what will be the big issues of the next session?
Host: Kurt Wise
Guest(s): Representative Glenn Cummings, Speaker of the House; Representative Carol Weston, Senate Minority Leader | | Tax Reform in Maine | 07/08/2008 |
| Efforts to move forward comprehensive tax reform in Maine have been studied and debated - but not passed - in former legislative sessions. In this episode leading Republican and Democratic legislators discuss what they hope will happen next session to reform Maine's tax system.
Host: Christopher St. John
Guest(s): Senator Peter Mills; Representative Thom Watson; Representative Gary Knight | | Funding Affordable Health Care: Changes in Dirigo Health | 07/01/2008 |
| Has Dirigo Health lived up to its promise of affordable, accessible health care for Maine people? Will the recently passed wine, beer and soda tax improve funding for Dirigo Health? This program explores changes made to Dirigo Health this legislative session and ideas for moving forward.
Host: Christopher St. John
Guest(s): Karynlee Harrington, Dirigo Health, Bob Downs, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care; Gordon Smith, Maine Medical Association | | More Efficient Jails | 06/24/2008 |
| One of the tasks of the 2008 legislative session was to review the county jail system. This program explores the results of that work and how to make the sytem more efficient and cost-effective going forward.
Host: Christopher St. John
Guest(s): Denise Lord, Associate Commissioner Department of Corrections; Kennebec County Commissioner George Jabar; Senator Bill Diamond |
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Some shows are available in our audio Podcast. Learn how to subscribe to the Podcast.
Time Warner Cable Channel 9, on Tuesdays
at 7:30 p.m. and at 11:30 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
Portland Community Television Network Channel 4, on Tuesdays at 12:00 a.m., 6:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.
Other community
television stations that are running the program are
WOGT, Ogunquit; WVACTV Channel 2, Bethel; BaCATTV, Baileyville;
Bath Community Television, Mt. Blue Community Access
Corp. and Brunswick TV3(Brunswick schedule)
Guest speakers include prominent policy makers, researchers, and
advocates discussing a wide range of policy topics.
Show director is Trudy DeBlois.
Please Note: Copies of these shows are available on DVD for $5.00 by contacting the MECEP office: info@mecep.org
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