Maine Democratic governor has been more reserved in her response to Trump's Day 1 actions than some of her colleagues around the country.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills is proposing a three-month limit on emergency housing for homeless families as Republicans vow to push for welfare reforms in upcoming budget negotiations. Mills' preliminary fiscal year 2026 budget calls for raising tobacco and cannabis taxes and scaling back several public health programs as the state

Gov. Janet Mills wants to spend $2 million in surplus funds to pay the state's share of a $15 million early intervention pesticide program designed to protect Maine forests from the worst effects of a looming spruce budworm outbreak.

The tax and fee changes that Gov. Janet Mills put forward last week in her budget only add up to about $150 million in a two-year state spending plan that tops $11.6 billion. But new taxes and fees are always controversial,

The reimbursement rate cutbacks would amount to about a 36% cut in Medicaid payments to some doctors, according to hospital operators.

The spending plan keeps commitments to the governor's core programs while proposing DHHS cuts and an increase in certain taxes.

While Gov. Janet Mills did not propose any broad-based tax increases, such as to the income tax, the Democrat has proposed generating additional revenue through taxes on tobacco, cannabis and video streaming services.

Gov. Janet Mills $11.6 billion two-year spending plan includes a proposed tax increase on cigarettes and other tobacco products. The state tax would rise from $2 to $3 a pack, the first increase in 20 years.

The plan seeks to guard the governor's core programs while raising revenues through cuts to DHHS and increases in certain taxes.

Maine Republicans are pushing back against Governor Janet Mills’ proposed budget and the new taxes needed to fund it.

Governor Janet Mills unveiled her new two-year state budget plan Friday, and Maine Republicans are already rising up in opposition.

Health advocates have lauded Gov. Janet Mills' proposal for a tax increase on cigarettes, though some businesses are concerned it could prompt people near the New Hampshire border to make purchases there instead.