Mills authored the state's novel "yellow flag" law with a prominent gun rights group. She says a red flag proposal that would allow family members to petition a judge to remove a loved one's guns undermines that law.

Maine will not get as many crisis receiving centers as Governor Janet Mills set out to create. A crisis receiving center like "The Living Room" in Portland, run by Spurwink, is a building staffed with a team of health workers and volunteers.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills defended her proposed budget cuts and criticized a proposed 'red flag' law referendum Tuesday night in her annual speech to state lawmakers. Mills used her State of the State address to highlight some of her accomplishments over the past year and discuss key provisions of her budget,

The Maine Commission on Public Defense Services says they need more money than what the governor has offered to address a "constitutional crisis" in Maine courts. Mills says they need to change their rules first.

During the State of the Budget address in Augusta on Tuesday night, Gov. Janet Mills took the opportunity to defend Maine’s unique “yellow flag law” and swiped at a citizen-led effort to bolster the gun safety measure.

Governor Janet Mills is proposing a $1 increase to the cigarette tax in her budget for the next biennium. “A $1 increase for a total of $3, puts us in the middle of our New England neighbors, which is still relatively low,” Mills told lawmakers Tuesday night during her State of the Budget address.

AUGUSTA, Maine (WGME) -- Governor Janet Mills will deliver her State of the Budget address in Augusta on Tuesday. Gov. Mills will discuss her proposed budget, which includes several tax increases, like a cigarette tax increase and a tax on streaming services like Netflix and Spotify, and spending cuts.

The governor is expected to focus on her proposed spending priorities during the final two years of her administration as lawmakers begin work on the state's next biennial budget.

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There's a new push to regulate Maine's medical marijuana industry. A bill at the State House would require medical cannabis to be tested, similar to the current standards for recreational marijuana. Gov.

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,