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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 Ap...

Bipartisan agreement reached on proposed state budget The $8.5 billion package, which was approved unanimously by the Legislature's Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee on Sunday, is headed to the full Legislature for a vote on Wednesday. Share The state’s biennial budget is headed to the full Legislature for a vote on Wednesday after members of the Legislature’s Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee reached a unanimous, bipartisan agreement on the $8.5 billion package on Sunday. In a statement Sunday evening, Democratic leaders of the Legislature said the budget’s h...

Updated June 27 Bipartisan agreement reached on proposed state budget The $8.5 billion package, which was approved unanimously by the Legislature's Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee on Sunday, is headed to the full Legislature for a vote on Wednesday. Share The state’s biennial budget is headed to the full Legislature for a vote on Wednesday after members of the Legislature’s Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee reached a unanimous, bipartisan agreement on the $8.5 billion package on Sunday. In a statement Sunday evening, Democratic leaders of the Legislature said ...

Public Power, a two vote flip, still alive with June 30 deadline Connie Hayes Sun, 06/27/2021 - 9:00pm What caused our Senators, elected by us to represent our interests, to block us from deciding which PUBLIC should own a public utility?  Pine Tree Power, "Our Power," did not die when two senators flipped their votes.  Though L.D. 1708, the  "Act To Create the Pine Tree Power Company, a Nonprofit Utility, To Deliver Lower Rates, Reliability and Local Control for Maine NOT true! The bill calls for a referendum, intended for this November, to allow us, we-the-people, to decide.�...

Environmentalists are praising Maine lawmakers for passing legislation to divest the state’s pension investment from fossil fuels.