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PHOTO: Kevin Ready (APWU 458) talks about his own family’s struggles find affordable child care at press conference last week.

A search committee has selected four finalists for a faculty position at the Charles A. Scontras Center for Labor and Community Education at the University of Southern Maine.

Maine’s Paid Family and Medical Leave program to begin distributing benefits on May 1, 2026, according to the Maine Department of Labor.

Our hearts are with the families of Maine Department of Transportation workers James Brown, 60, and Dwayne Campbell, 51, both of Waterville, who were tragically killed in a vehicle crash that shut down the southbound lanes of Interstate 95 near Exit 127 and the Oakland town line on Tuesday.