The Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee wants to learn what the Mills administration plans to do with $1.25 billion in federal aid that has so far gone unspent.
Gov. Janet Mills
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Maine mayors push Mills to share federal dollars with cities
Mayors in some of the state’s largest cities are asking why Gov. Janet Mills’ administration has not produced a plan to share federal funds to help municipalities with pandemic-related expenses.
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Maine CDC reports 71 new coronavirus cases as outbreak hits Cape Elizabeth memory care home
The additional cases and 2 deaths come at a time when the Mills administration is relaxing restrictions on businesses to begin reviving Maine’s economy.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine taking risk by not testing at prisons
Prisons remain one of the most likely places to see an outbreak.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine fitness centers pumped to reopen as soon as order is lifted
Planet Fitness, Maine’s largest fitness center chain, is among the gyms and fitness clubs that say they have the proper protocols and procedures while they wait to hear from the Mills administration when they can reopen.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Oversight for police ‘fusion center’ way overdue
Allegations against a secretive state police intelligence unit demand answers.
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Our View: Oversight of Maine State Police ‘fusion center’ way overdue
A longtime trooper’s allegations regarding a secretive state police intelligence unit demand answers.
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State tax revenues drop as COVID-19 tightens grip on Maine economy
A monthly report from state tax collectors shows parts of Maine’s economy reeling amid the pandemic.
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Jim Fossel: Complex politics behind statewide corridor vote
Democrats and Republicans haven’t clearly split along party lines on a referendum aimed at blocking a western Maine power project.
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The View From Here: There’s no magic switch for Maine’s economy
Maine’s economy was shut down by a global pandemic, not by a superpower-equipped governor.