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Legislature moves toward passage of Gov Mills budget update

Legislature moves toward passage of Gov Mills budget update
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Maine Appropriations committee agrees on two-year state budget

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.

Mainers earning less than $75,000 could get $300 hazard payment checks

Read Article Maine residents who worked through the coronavirus pandemic could get a check for up to $300 from the state this year as part of a budget proposal the Legislature is expected to vote on Wednesday. The “hazard payment” would be available to full-time residents who filed state income tax returns for 2020 and who earned a federally adjusted gross income of less than $75,000 as an individual, less than $112,000 as a head of household or less than $150,000 for those filing jointly. The proposal is part of an $8.5 billion biennial budget agreement reached by the Legislature’s Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee Sunday that also raises municipal revenue sharing to 5 percent by fiscal year 2023 and would provide 55 percent state funding for K-12 education for the first time.

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