MAINE GOV. JANET MILLS WANTS TO EXPAND ACCESS TO ABORTION IN THE STATE
Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills plans to deliver the state's budget address on Valentine's Day this year. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
"I strongly believe that if we want to build a stronger, more prosperous state where opportunity is available to all, then we must invest in our greatest asset: the people of Maine. That’s what my budget proposal does," she said.
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Introduced earlier this month, her proposed budget is undergoing legislative scrutiny. The budget does not raise taxes, and leaves the rainy day fund untouched at more than $900 million.
The governor was invited to deliver her address on Feb. 14 by Senate President Troy Jackson and House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross, the Legislature's presiding officers.