WERU News Report 1/21/15

Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Engineer/Reporter: John Greenman

Interactive news report covering issues with a local connection and taking calls. Today: Marking the 5th anniversary of “Citizens United” by talking with Jan Carpenter of “We The People Maine” and State Representative Ralph Chapman, about the progress of efforts to overturn that Supreme Court decision —which equated money with free speech and corporations with people. And the latest potential threat to Searsport Harbor may come from a company that’s run into a lot of trouble with their operations in New Hampshire. We’ve got Searsport resident Peter Taber with us to talk about that. John Greenman has news from last night’s wind power moratorium vote in Orland. Also a call Oamshri Amarasingham of the ACLU Maine, about the Coalition for Maine Women the Maine Choice Coalition announcement of their legislative priorities at a State House press conference today. AND we’re going to be opening the phone lines for your calls because this is INTERACTIVE news.

WERU Special: A Review of the First Nine Years of the Roberts Court 12/4/14

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

Issue: Civil Liberties

Program Topic: A Review of the First Nine Years of the Roberts Court

Key Discussion Points:
a) Freedom of Speech
b) Racial Justice
c) Privacy and Technology
d) Criminal Justice

Speaker: Zachary Heiden, Legal Director ACLU Maine

WERU News Report 10/15/13

Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Audio recorded by Matt Murphy

Last week the ACLU of Maine presented Ann Luther (of the League of Women Voters of Maine) with their annual Baldwin Award, citing her “outstanding commitment to defending and expanding voting rights in Maine”. In her acceptance speech, Ann Luther drew parallels between the work of the ACLU and the League of Women Voters, and between present day efforts to protect voters rights and past struggles to secure them: