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The new two-year state budget comes out to roughly $8.5 billion. Author: Hannah Dineen (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 7:22 PM EDT June 28, 2021 Updated: 4:53 AM EDT June 29, 2021
AUGUSTA, Maine The new two-year state budget plan has won unanimous bipartisan approval in the Legislature’s Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee.
On Wednesday, the budget will go to the full legislature for them to decide whether to give it final approval.
The new two-year state budget comes out to roughly $8.5 billion.
Some key components of the budget include pay raises for thousands of direct care workers and a significant boost in funding for nursing homes. There is also a special appropriation for dealing with PFAS chemical contamination, as well as added staff at the Department of Environmental Protection to address that issue.
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