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GOP lawmakers are increasingly critical of the tens of millions spent to house asylum seekers but have yet to offer concrete alternative solutions.
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The governor has proposed taking $50 million from Maine's nearly $1 billion Rainy Day Fund for the program, although lawmakers will have to go along with the plan.
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Gov. Janet Mills outlined those proposals — as well as other priorities on mental health and storm recovery — during a State of the State address on Tuesday.
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Businesses could receive between $2,500 and $10,000 from the new fund created by Retail Association of Maine and the Maine Grocers and Food Producers Association.
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The Mills administration is set to submit a plan for the new office in January.
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The two-year contract covers more than 9,000 workers in the executive branch and will provide two pay raises totaling 9% next year.
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The governor assessed storm damage Wednesday, saying a full assessment of the damage is ongoing.
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There were no lawmakers appointed to the commission investigating what happened in the months before the Lewiston mass shooting and immediately afterward. But Gov. Janet Mills' office says lawmakers were consulted about the panel.
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The union rallied earlier this month and called for wage increases, saying that low compensation has resulted in staffing shortages and high workloads.
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State lawmakers have fallen well short of overriding Gov. Janet Mills' veto of bills to boost the incomes of some farm workers and to prohibit businesses linked to foreign governments from participating in Maine ballot campaigns in Maine.