Maine budget

The proposal now moves to the full legislature for final approval. It will need two-thirds support in the House and Senate to pass as an emergency and go into effect immediately.

The progressive leaning Maine Center for Economic Policy estimates that the $30 million cut proposed by governor Janet Mills will reduce the average earnings for nearly 7,500 child care workers by $4,000 over two years.

Legislative budget writers in Augusta have hashed out a deal on spending for child care providers, nursing homes and other priorities while also cutting taxes for pensioners.

One week after budget negotiations suddenly broke down, Democrats in the Legislature passed a $9.8 billion spending plan late Thursday that will keep government offices open after July 1 but that left Republicans fuming.

The vote was the first of several expected Thursday evening as Democrats rush to enact it before April 1, thus allowing it to go into effect by July 1.

The political rhetoric is heating up in Augusta as lawmakers prepare to vote on an interim budget later this week.

The state is reporting some good fiscal news following the close of the budget year in June, including a revenue surplus and an increase in cash…

The Maine Heritage Policy Center is criticizing Democratic Gov. Janet Mills for "a grotesque orgy of spending.”The conservative advocacy organization held…

There are hundreds of bills introduced the first session of the Maine legislature, but there's only one that must be passed: the two year state budget. Ed…

After a day of closed-door negotiations, doors have opened on a vote for a two-year state budget. The nearly $8 billion budget required a two-thirds vote…