Which number is bigger: $800 million or $524 million? It isn’t a trick question. The first number was Gov. Janet Mills’ proposed state spending increase in her first biennial budget. Had it been adopted straightaway, Augusta’s outlays would have increased over 11 percent from Gov. Paul LePage’s final two years. The final budget for his tenure was about $7.2 billion, an all-time record. The second amount is Augusta’s projected deficit for fiscal year 2021, the second year of the current state budget.
Stories Related to Better Budgeting Could Have Averted Maine’s Current Financial Woes
Contributed, Bangor Daily News
Fri, 08/07/2020 - 3:00am
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Topics: Maine Penobscot County Bangor
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