The budget might be in balance now, but it’s based on assumptions that will need to be tested.
Janet Mills
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Last Mills Cabinet nominee to come up for confirmation wins committee’s backing
Amanda Beal, who now heads the Maine Farmland Trust, gets a unanimous endorsement.
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Maine’s rural broadband may get a boost
Two proposed bond measures would provide $120 million for projects in underserved areas, and the political will has grown.
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Mills shows new support for CMP transmission line
The governor says she is pleased with the rate subsidies and funding for new energy technology that are being offered.
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Our View: Mills budget lays out vision for moving Maine forward
The new governor makes a strong case for meeting the challenges facing the state.
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Democrat’s bill offers incentive for developers to build affordable housing
The legislation’s sponsor acknowledges that even the $80 million effort won’t meet the state’s ‘immense need.’
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Federal lawsuit hangs over Eves, LePage as private citizens
The case is the last one pending in federal court in which the former governor is a named party.
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Maine’s next 2-year budget focuses on funding education and Medicaid expansion – with no new taxes
Gov. Janet Mills proposes an $8 billion plan that would increase General Fund spending 11%, saying Maine can afford to put more money into schools, public safety and municipal revenue sharing.
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Our View: Finally, Maine takes steps forward to address opioid crisis
In her first month in office, Gov. Mills shows she’s taking the epidemic seriously in a way her predecessor never did.
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‘Time for our state to recover’: Mills signs order to combat opioid crisis
The governor orders the purchase of 35,000 doses of overdose-reversing naloxone; integration of medication-assisted treatment into the criminal justice system; and creation of a statewide network of 250 recovery coaches.