AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) _ Maine's treasurer-elect says she wants to create more transparency about how the state is spending bond money approved by voters.
Terry Hayes says voters have a right to know exactly how their tax dollars are being spent after they sign off on millions of dollars in state borrowing.
After she is sworn in next month, Hayes says she hopes to build a space on the treasurer's website where, for example, someone could see what specific highway, railway or marine improvements have been funded by a transportation infrastructure bond passed in 2010.
Hayes was nominated by Republicans to replace incumbent Neria Douglass and earned enough support from Democrats and independents to be elected to the post on Wednesday.