Former midcoast state rep who resigned after campaign violations plans to run again

Sex abuse survivors reach 7-figure settlement with Maine’s Catholic diocese

The settlements come more than a year after Maine’s highest court struck down a state law that retroactively removed the statute of limitations for lawsuits about sexual abuse.

The next generation of Aquaculture

WRITTEN BY WANDA CURTIS The Gulf of Maine Research Institute has trained 14 new employees for Maine’s aquaculture industry since 2018. The employees completed the GMRI Aquaculture Apprenticeship Program and are now employed by aquaculture businesses across Maine in shellfish and seaweed operations, according to Aquaculture Program Manager Carissa Maurin. Two more cohorts are currently […]

Omaha's largest public school district stops officers from using electric shock gloves

Police officers at Omaha’s largest public school district will no longer use gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks, after the superintendent asked to halt the program this week, the mayor said. Omaha Public Schools Superintendent Matthew Ray requested Tuesday that police assigned to the schools, known as school resource officers, no longer use the […]

Omaha's largest public school district stops officers from using electric shock gloves

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police officers at Omaha’s largest public school district will no longer use gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks, after the superintendent asked to halt the program this week, the mayor said. Omaha Public Schools Superintendent Matthew Ray requested Tuesday that police assigned to the schools, known as school resource officers, no longer use the gloves. Ray said in a letter to the public schools community that he’d only learned about the gloves the previous week. The first day of school was Wednesday. The Omaha Police Department held a news conference last week in which it demonstrated […]

Federal agents seize devices from ex-Rep. Eric Swalwell in sexual misconduct probe, AP source says

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents seized electronic devices from former Rep. Eric Swalwell and searched his Washington home as part of an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by the ex-Democratic congressman from California, according to a person familiar with the matter. Swalwell’s devices were seized at the San Francisco airport on Saturday and federal agents searched his home a day later, said the person, who was not authorized to publicly discuss an ongoing investigation and spoke on the condition of anonymity. A message seeking comment was left Thursday with an attorney for Swalwell. Swalwell announced his resignation from Congress in […]