Apparent committee harmony over supplemental budget falls apart
The apparent unanimous support for a supplemental budget plan fell apart on Thursday when Republicans tried to reopen voting ...
Maine supplemental budget gets committee approval, heads to full legislature
According to a press release from Democratic leadership at the State House, this supplemental budget will support nursing homes and hospitals by ensuring MaineCare recipients have access to health ...
Republican governors: ‘We were DOGE before DOGE was cool’
They’re embracing the president’s cost cutting commission, while Democrats struggle to find the right balance between resistance and cooperation.
Budget committee strips down governor’s change package in late-night votes
Returning on microphone after midnight on Wednesday morning, the Legislature’s budget committee voted to remove dozens of ...
Maine struggles with public defender crisis as costs soar and backlog increases
There is an ongoing legal and budget battle over the rights of people charged with crimes in Maine who can't afford a lawyer.
Proposed pharmacy tax under fire for possible impact on consumers
The Mills administration emphasizes the cost would not go to consumers and that losses to pharmacies would be offset.
Advocates call for higher taxes on the rich and corporations to balance Maine’s budget
Gov. Janet Mills has warned against such broad-based tax reforms and Republicans have already vowed to oppose any tax ...
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Letters from Augusta: The state of the state
State representatives in the Maine legislature don’t have offices or staff. We get assigned seats in the house chambers, with ...
Friday Focus: State of the Budget address
Focus segment, Matt Gagnon, the CEO of the Maine Policy Institute, spoke with CBS13 about Governor Janet Mills' State of the ...
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Podcast: Responding to Trump’s chaos, Mills’ State of the Budget and ICE raids
This podcast was recorded Wednesday morning, before the White House Office of Management and Budget rescinded a memo that ...
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Trump’s funding freeze and the clarion call for Maine, national Dems
Democrats’ response this week to President Donald Trump’s attempt to freeze all federal grants and loans already approved by ...
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Remind me again why we can’t raise taxes on millionaires
For the first time in several years, Maine is dealing with a budget deficit and will be forced to make some tough decisions to close the projected $450 million gap. One idea that seems like a ...