The Maine State House is seen at sunrise, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, in Augusta, Maine.
Republican leaders and members of the Appropriations committee told reporters outside the State House Monday that both parties should have a say in the two huge spending bills coming before the Maine Legislature.
The state has revenues that are $940 million above initial projects along with $1 billion from the federal Recovery Act. The Democratic-controlled Legislature and Gov. Janet Mills must decide how to allocate all that money over the next two years.
Republicans say they want to be part of the process and have set out a detailed list of their priorities. Representative Kathleen Dillingham of Oxford is House Minority Leader.
N.J.’s long public health emergency for COVID should end next month, Murphy, top Dems say
Updated May 14, 2021;
With New Jersey’s COVID-19 numbers significantly improving as vaccinations continue, Gov. Phil Murphy and top state lawmakers announced Friday they are working on a plan to finally end the public-health emergency the governor declared in the state 14 months ago to help battle the coronavirus.
Murphy signed an executive order Friday extending the emergency another 30 days. But he said he will let it expire next month if the state Legislature passes legislation before then to make sure the state has the “tools and flexibility” it needs to keep combatting the pandemic and rolling out vaccinations.
Adam Beam May 13, 2021 - 10:08 PM
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) â It was one year ago that a solemn Gov. Gavin Newsom walked onto a podium in California s capital city, removed his mask and announced he would raise taxes on businesses, slash spending on public education and cut the salaries of more than 233,000 state workers.
Newsom will return to that same podium on Friday, only this time he will have more than $100 billion of surplus cash to dole out in his revised budget, a motherlode that comes in a year when it s expected a recall election will allow voters to decide whether to fire him a year before his term ends.
California governor to reveal booming budget proposal
by Adam Beam, The Associated Press
Posted May 14, 2021 1:08 am EDT
Last Updated May 14, 2021 at 1:14 am EDT
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) It was one year ago that a solemn Gov. Gavin Newsom walked onto a podium in California’s capital city, removed his mask and announced he would raise taxes on businesses, slash spending on public education and cut the salaries of more than 233,000 state workers.
Newsom will return to that same podium on Friday, only this time he will have more than $100 billion of surplus cash to dole out in his revised budget, a motherlode that comes in a year when it’s expected a recall election will allow voters to decide whether to fire him a year before his term ends.
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