MAINE GOV. JANET MILLS SAYS HER BUDGET PROPOSAL IS SOUND, STATE'S FISCAL HEALTH IS STRONG
Mills thanked the Legislature for bipartisan support and said she hopes that spirit will continue as work progresses on her proposed two-year, $10.3 billion budget.
Touting what she called bipartisanship, Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed off on a supplemental budget plan Tuesday. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
For now, the supplemental budget that updates the budget that runs through the end of June contains no new programs but includes extra money for a variety of needs including additional funding for long-term care facilities, including nursing homes, and for hospitals. It also includes money to extend through July $50 monthly payments Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan program to workers to sustain affordable health insurance.
MAINE SPENDING COMMITTEE AGREES ON $10.3 BILLION SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
Among other things, it also maintains $10 million in the Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan for the potential dredging of Portland Harbor.
It authorizes the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services to increase the hourly rate for attorneys from $80 to $150 per hour.