AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) – A Baldacci administration official says social services in Maine will have to be cut again to account for plunging revenues.

Health and Human Services Commissioner Brenda Harvey told a committee that oversees her department that it’s not clear yet exactly which services will be cut or how deep the reductions will be.

The Portland Press Herald says lawmakers must cut $30 million from the current budget, and human services must absorb $9 million of that total.

Lagging state revenues are creating an overall budget gap of $300 million to $400 million. On Friday, Gov. John Baldacci is expected to issue an order to stop to state spending until the budget can be modified.

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Information from: Portland Press Herald, https://www.pressherald.com