AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — While Gov. Paul LePage joined business leaders Monday to launch a campaign to interest more Maine students in manufacturing jobs going begging in the state, a newly formed legislative committee was getting the rest of the story: More than 400,000 Mainers will reach retirement age during the next two decades, creating a demand for what an economist called a quality workforce.

Jobs were the theme of the day at the State House, where the governor joined the Manufacturers Association of Maine along with business leaders and some students to launch a statewide marketing campaign to draw young Mainers to manufacturing jobs, many of them high tech, that employers are having trouble filling.

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