Due to the dramatic increase in Maine’s COVID-19 positivity rate and a continued high rate of hospitalizations, the Mills Administration announced that it will extend the requirement for certain businesses statewide to close by 9:00 p.m. in order to limit activities...
Maine ends hazard pay for certain state workers on the last day of 2020, citing an inability to use its own money to backfill expiring federal stimulus funds. Kirsten Figueroa, commissioner of the Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Affairs, said in a...
Governor Janet Mills extended the State of Civil Emergency (PDF) through January 20, 2021 this week. The Governor’s decision to extend the emergency is in line with nearly every other state in the nation which have ongoing emergency declarations, according to the...
Last week the Maine’s Revenue Forecasting Commission met and has indicated that despite the recession, Maine’s economy is still growing. Last month state revenues were above estimates by $81 million, and for the budget year to date, revenues are above estimates by...
Before adjourning for the year, Congress approved a fiscal year 2021 omnibus appropriations & coronavirus relief bill (H.R.133). The nearly 5,600-page bill funds the federal government through September 2021, provides $900 billion in new coronavirus aid, renews...
COVID_Deal_20201221_ToplineSummary[1] Congress passed a one-day stopgap spending bill Sunday night, so lawmakers have until midnight today (Monday) to finish their work. The 9-cents-per-barrel oil spill liability tax will get a five-year extension. As with past...
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced this week that the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) has placed its second order for doses of COVID-19 vaccine for 37,850 people to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
On Friday night, the FDA formally issued Emergency Use Authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Vaccinations of frontline healthcare workers could begin within days, pending a vote by the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). The ACIP met...
Governor Janet Mills and Commissioner of Labor Laura Fortman announced that the Administration will provide certain individuals who are unemployed due to COVID-19 with a one-time direct relief payment of $600 through the State’s newly-created Pandemic Relief...
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced late Friday afternoon that the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) has placed orders for doses of COVID-19 vaccine for 12,675 people to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
The Mills Administration announced Friday it will extend the requirement for certain businesses statewide to close by 9:00 p.m. through Sunday, January 3, 2021. The extension, which lasts beyond New Year’s Eve, is aimed at limiting activities that lead to COVID-19...
On Tuesday afternoon, Governor Janet Mills extended the State of Civil Emergency (PDF) through December 23, 2020. The Governor’s decision to extend the emergency is in line with nearly every other state in the nation which have ongoing emergency declarations,...
