by Will Tuell

Governor Janet Mills (D-Farmington) has put forward a two-year budget of approximately $10.4 billion dollars, up roughly $900 million from 2022. The budget, which runs from July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2025, faces a long and winding road as Mills and her surrogates present it line-by-line to each of the legislature’s policy committees and the powerful Appropriations and Financial Affairs committee, which further refines Mills document and any amendments legislators have.