Panel signs off on budget that includes $850 payments to Mainers
The Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee worked late into the evening before delivering their unanimous vote early Friday.
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The Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee worked late into the evening before delivering their unanimous vote early Friday.
The deal reached early Friday morning includes $850 relief checks
Leaders of the Legislature's budget-writing committee are negotiating the scope of inflation relief checks and other pricey budget proposals, but have just days to cut a deal.
Officials are hoping to have a better understanding in two weeks of how state funding will impact the city's budget.
A legislative panel approved a bill Friday to boost MaineCare reimbursement rates for family-planning providers.