Mainers will pay more for cigarettes, cannabis and streaming services under a supplemental state budget approved by the ...

State lawmakers are nearing a final vote on a two-year budget as they work to wrap up the legislative session ahead of a self ...

The roughly $320 million spending bill would provide tens of millions of dollars to nursing homes and plug a funding ...

The House initially rejected the proposal to add more than $320 million in new spending and taxes over the next 2 years to ...

Gov. Janet Mills wants to continue offering high school grads two years of free community college. But a legislative ...

Maine’s legislature passed the second part of the biennial budget on Wednesday, following the recommendations of the majority ...

The program was a signature policy win for Gov. Janet Mills, who had proposed making it permanent in her budget.

According to the Maine Community College System, high schoolers in the class of 2025 would be the last to qualify for free ...

The $320 million plan, which is expected to be printed Tuesday, adds new initiatives and taxes to the two-year budget that ...

As Maine lawmakers hash out a new budget, the Legislature’s budget-writing committee has proposed discontinuing the state’s ...

Child care advocates in Maine are calling on state legislators to reject Governor Janet Mills' proposed cuts to child care ...

Childcare providers, parents, and advocates rally against proposed budget cuts that threaten wage support and early education programs across Maine.