Plan to Strengthen Maine’s Health Care Workforce Announced

Governor Janet Mills today, Oct. 25, announced the Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan Initiatives to strengthen Maine’s health care workforce in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiatives hope to encourage people to pursue health care jobs in Maine and strengthen the state’s health care workforce, including new programs that make it more affordable …

Madison’s Backyard Farms Violated Federal Labor Laws

A tomato farm in Madison, has been ordered to pay $250,000 in back pay for violating federal labor laws. Backyard Farms is one of the country’s largest tomato producers. An investigation has found that they repeatedly violated labor laws by dismissing domestic workers in favor of migrant employees. A Madison tomato farm has been ordered …

New Chief of the Bureau of Capitol Police To Be Sworn In

Matthew Clancy to be sworn in as Maine’s New Capitol Police Chief, Wednesday, Oct. 27, at 11 am at the Department of Public Safety. Matthew Clancy is a 35-year veteran law enforcement professional who spent 19 of those years as a Police Chief. Clancy recently served as the interim Police Chief in Plympton, Massachusetts where he …

Twitter suspends Indiana Rep. Jim Banks for misgendering Assistant Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine

Indiana Rep. Jim Banks’s official Twitter account has been suspended after he intentionally misgendered Department of Health and Human Services assistant secretary for health Rachel Levine in a tweet. Banks shared a screenshot of the tweet where he referred to Levine, the first openly transgender Cabinet official confirmed by the Senate, as “a man” after …

Potentially historic rain, massive bomb cyclone and ‘atmospheric river’ slams Northern California

A “bomb cyclone” slammed the Pacific Ocean on Sunday in Northern California, soaking the West Coast with heavy rain, damaging winds, flooding and mudslides. Over 160,000 homes and businesses in California, more than 170,000 in Washington, and over 28,000 in Oregon were left without power on Sunday due to the extreme weather. A bomb cyclone …

Meryl Streep joined by Sienna Miller, Kit Harington and more for Apple TV+ series ‘Extrapolations’

Apple TV+ announced the cast for its upcoming series Extrapolations. Meryl Streep headlines a cast that also includes Matthew Rhys, Sienna Miller, Kit Harington, Gemma Chan, Tahar Rahim, Matthew Rhys, Daveed Diggs, David Schwimmer and Adarsh Gourav. Apple describes Extrapolations as “an eight-episode anthology series.”  The cast members will appear in different episodes, but all …

‘Friends’ actor James Michael Tyler dies at 59 of prostate cancer

James Michael Tyler, who played the role of Gunther on the hit TV show ‘Friends,’ has died at 59. His manager confirmed that Tyler died on Sunday, peacefully at his home, saying in a statement: “If you met him once you made a friend for life. [He] is survived by his wife, Jennifer Carno, the …

Cinematographer dead, director injured on film set after prop gun fired by actor Alec Baldwin misfires

Authorities confirmed on Thursday that a cinematographer working on the film “Rust” has died, and the director has been hospitalized, after an accident during filming involving actor Alec Baldwin misfiring a prop gun. The Western, starring Baldwin and Jensen Ackles of “Supernatural,” began filming this month at Bonanza Creek Movie Ranch, a film location in …

FBI announce that dental records confirm the remains found at Florida environmental park are those of Brian Laundrie

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has confirmed that the human remains found at a North Port, Florida environmental park on Wednesday belong to 23-year-old Brian Laundrie. The FBI’s Denver Division wrote in a press release on Thursday that medical examiners used a comparison of dental records to positively identify the remains. A North Port, FL …

Watch the new teaser trailer for Season 4 of ‘Ozark’ set to premiere January 2022

Netflix has revealed that “Ozark” will return on January 21, 2022 for the drama’s fourth and final season. Season 4 will be released in two parts consisting of 7 episodes each. The streaming giant also released a teaser (which you can view here) for the upcoming season, which picks up following the aftermath of Ozark’s …