Gov. Janet Mills Archives

Gov. Janet Mills

Published
February 19, 2020

Lawmakers reviewing 1980 agreement take up tribal gambling

One of 22 proposed changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act would allow Maine's tribes to operate casinos under the same federal law that governs tribal gambling nationwide.
Published
February 19, 2020

Commentary: Regional climate collaboration is a critical policy debate – not just political division

The Transportation and Climate Initiative will raise gasoline costs, unfairly burdening rural Mainers and the working poor.
Published
February 17, 2020

Priorities differ as lawmakers begin debate on governor’s $126 million budget plan

Republicans want more focus on repairing roads and bridges; Democrats want to add staff and improve programs for disadvantaged residents.
Published
February 16, 2020

Jim Fossel: More senseless spending underway in Augusta

The Democrats' supplemental budget won't need Republican support, and it shouldn't get any.
Published
February 14, 2020

Governor, attorney general urge caution on changes to 1980 state-tribal agreement

Gov. Janet Mills, in particular, raised concerns that the proposed changes could end up ‘breeding confusion and extensive litigation at a time when we have finally begun to move past these.’
Published
February 14, 2020

Latest resignation leaves Maine ethics panel with only 3 of 5 seats filled

The departure of Republican Bradford Pattershall has left the campaign-finance oversight panel shorthanded as a busy election season heats up.
Published
February 11, 2020

House votes to sustain governor’s veto of sports betting bill

The vote Tuesday, which closes the door for now on legalized sports betting in Maine, comes a week after the state Senate voted to override the governor's veto.
Published
February 10, 2020

Maine lawmakers weigh bill to increase first responder death benefit

Two Maine firefighters and 2 police officers have died in the line of duty since 2018, prompting a proposal to raise the state death benefit for survivors from $50,000 to $75,000.
Published
February 6, 2020

Maine Senate votes to override Gov. Mills’ veto of sports betting bill

The state Senate voted 20-10 to override, and the measure will go next to the House for consideration, possibly next week.
Published
February 3, 2020

Mills calls for more caseworkers, troopers in $127 million supplemental budget

The governor is asking lawmakers to fund more child protection caseworkers, broadband expansion and increased aid for education, all priorities she highlighted in her State of the State address in January.