Public safety expenses make up largest share of Maine counties’ pandemic recovery fund budgets
While counties made deep investments in community projects and critical infrastructure, they budgeted more for emergency ...
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Public safety expenses make up largest share of Maine counties’ pandemic recovery fund budgets
Between May 2021 and May 2022, the U.S. Treasury Department sent $350 billion in direct payments to state, territorial, local and tribal governments nationwide, including to all 16 Maine counties.
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Dig into Maine counties’ stimulus spending with this ARPA project database
Maine counties received $261 million through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), which pumped billions in federal funding ...
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Cities push Maine lawmakers for more revenue-sharing cash
Learn more. Eager to haul in more cash to pay for ever-rising budgets, Maine’s cities are appealing to state lawmakers to fork over a greater share of its tax revenue. The Maine Municipal ...
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Using the ‘Magic’ of LiDAR to Map Maine’s Old-Growth Forests
DOERING: The New England Forestry Foundation recently received $4.3 million from the U.S. Forest Service, and your maps of Maine’s old-growth forests are playing a big role in how they plan to ...
A Maine border town finds itself on the front line of a looming trade war
An outsider might say Kim Thibodeau lives in two different worlds. She was born in Fort Kent, a small Aroostook County town separated from Canada by the St. John River, a border station and an ...
How much snow fell in Maine over the weekend? Check our interactive map
Much of southern Maine 6 to 12 inches, while much of the central and western parts of the state got a bit less, according to ...