Overview
- The governor’s “Affordability Agenda” would send about $300 to roughly 725,000 residents at a cost exceeding $218 million.
- Mills coupled the checks with $70 million for housing measures, with both draws coming from the state’s $1 billion budget stabilization fund.
- Framing her remarks through a U.S. Senate bid, she criticized the president’s immigration, tariff, and health care policies without using his name.
- The address took place under heightened State House security during a federal immigration enforcement surge in Maine.
- A pre-recorded Republican response from Billy Bob Faulkingham and Trey Stewart was scheduled, with independent Sen. Rick Bennett planning a separate reply.