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PublishedApril 19, 2022
Maine lawmakers approve $1.2 billion state budget
The Legislature easily passed a budget proposal on Tuesday, including funds to send $850 checks to more than 850,000 Mainers.
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PublishedApril 15, 2022
Legislature’s budget panel supports payments to taxpayers, expands eligibility
Under the committee plan, couples earning up to $200,000 a year would now receive $850 relief payments.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2022
Gov. Mills proposes payments of $850 to qualifying Mainers as she revises budget
The total amount of direct relief to individual Mainers would be increased by $100 from the governor's previous plan.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2021
Democrats advance proposed $8.3 billion state budget to full Legislature
The budget bill, which gained no Republican support in committee, will be taken up by the Legislature when it meets Tuesday at the Augusta Civic Center.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2021
Republicans blast Democrats’ budget plan as incomplete, partisan ‘sham’
The state's next 2-year budget could be pushed through with votes by Democrats only as the Legislature heads toward a session next week at the Augusta Civic Center.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2021
Democrats signal push to pass state budget without Republicans’ support
The move could keep Gov. Janet Mills in the driver's seat on how new federal pandemic relief funds will be spent.
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PublishedMarch 5, 2021
Deal on state tax exemption implodes as Republicans balk at supplemental budget
Democrats support a bill to reduce tax liability for businesses and individuals who received federal COVID-19 relief loans or benefits, but Republicans are pushing for more.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2021
Maine tax revenues ahead of forecasts, despite pandemic’s impact
Finance commissioner Kirsten Figueroa said revenues for January were nearly $90 million more than predicted and up by more than $154 million for the first 7 months of the current fiscal year.
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2021
Gov. Mills to deliver a virtual ‘state of the budget’ address
The governor says she'll use the speech to honor those who've lost their lives during the pandemic, discuss the impact of the health crisis on the state, and share her vision for economic recovery.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2021
Mills’ budget proposal would tax Paycheck Protection Program funds as income
The Legislature's tax and budget committees met Monday to hear testimony on a set of proposals by Gov. Janet Mills that could leave some businesses paying state taxes on loans exempt from federal taxes.
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