INDIANAPOLIS — At the final round of the National Truck Driving Championships on Aug. 19, as she waited her turn on the course, Ina Daly sat between two former national grand champions..

Stephen Buckley, who installs solar panels for Synergy Solar, is the type of unconventional worker the state of Maine is targeting to fill its workforce gap.

The 32-year-old moved to Maine five years ago from California, where he was involved with gangs starting at age 13. His drug addiction, including to heroin, and related violence landed him in and out of prison for more than half of his life.

The Mills administration is signaling that it won’t follow California’s lead in prohibiting the sale of gas-powered cars and trucks in the state by 2035.

Maine has in the past joined other states in adopting vehicle emissions standards or other environmental regulations first adopted by California. But Gov. Janet Mills isn’t endorsing California’s latest, ambitious plan to require all new cars, trucks and SUVs to run on electricity or hydrogen by 2035.

Very civic-minded Mainers can now request their absentee ballots for the November general election.

Mainers can request absentee ballots online at the Maine secretary of state’s office website or from their city or town clerks. Mainers also can track the status of their absentee ballot online at the secretary of state’s office website.

Deputy Secretary of State Julie Flynn said voters can receive absentee ballot request forms from election groups or political parties.

Atlanta, GA – The American Transportation Research Institute, the trucking industry’s not-for-profit research organization, today launched the 2022 Top Industry Issues Survey. The annual survey asks trucking industry stakeholders to rank the top issues of concern for the industry along with potential strategies for addressing each issue.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced in a Federal Register notice published Sept. 1 that it is lowering fees collected by states from motor carriers, brokers, freight forwarders and leasing companies as part of the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) Plan for the 2023 registration year and beyond. The new fees are effective immediately.

Cummins Inc. is developing two hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines that are scheduled for production in 2027, but fleets and others are already signing up for them.

Cummins has developed engines for various fuels — gasoline, natural gas, propane, diesel — over the years, and its engines are used by all U.S. truck makers and others.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) hereby declares that the continuing national emergency warrants extension of the modified Emergency Declaration No. 2020-002. The extension of the modified Emergency Declaration continues the exemption granted from certain requirements in 49 CFR Part 395 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) for the fifty States and the District of Columbia as set forth below.

Maine Motor Transport Association partnered with United Insurance and Great West Casualty to honor professional truck drivers, as part of National Truck Driver Appreciation week. Travel mugs (provided by MMTA) and work gloves (provided by United Insurance) were handed out to 125 professional drivers at Irving locations in Medway, Auburn, and Farmington as well as the Gray service plaza and Dysart’s in Hamden. A special thanks to Dysart’s, Irving, and the Maine Turnpike Authority for making their locations available to us.

MMTA appreciates and thanks all professional drivers for the hard work and sacrifices made every day by the drivers from Maine and across the country. Truckers truly move America forward!

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