Current:Home > StocksStorm relief and funding for programs related to Maine’s deadliest-ever shooting included in budget-LoTradeCoin
Storm relief and funding for programs related to Maine’s deadliest-ever shooting included in budget
View Date:2024-12-23 19:02:39
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Monday signed a $127.4 million budget adjustment that includes funding for recovery from storm damage and for several programs sought by the governor after the deadliest shooting in state history.
Mills said she signed the bill even though she remains concerned about flat revenues in the coming year.
“While we will need to keep a close eye on the budget next year in light of flattening revenues, this budget takes important steps forward to address our state’s most pressing problems,” she said Monday.
The governor also signed into law a bill expanding the authority of federally recognized tribes in Maine to prosecute crimes that occur on tribal lands. It also allows the Penobscot Nation to regulate drinking water on its tribal lands. The law provided greater autonomy to the Wabanaki tribes in Maine but stopped short of full sovereignty that they’ve sought.
The supplemental budget, meanwhile, included $60 million to help communities pounded by severe storms, $21 million for an emergency housing fund and $30 million to build additional housing in the state, among other provisions.
It also contained money for several programs the governor sought after the Oct. 25 shooting that claimed 18 lives in Lewiston.
There is funding for a violence prevention office within the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, three additional crisis receiving centers, creation of mass violence care fund and additional resources for mobile crisis teams. It also includes $442,400 for surging mental health assessments under the state’s yellow flag law, which can be used to take guns from someone in a psychiatric crisis.
The additional funding adds to a two-year budget that now totals $10.47 billion. That includes more than $285 million in tax relief per year, the governor said.
veryGood! (989)
Related
- Love Actually Secrets That Will Be Perfect to You
- The B-21 Raider, the Air Force's new nuclear stealth bomber, takes flight for first time
- Constitutional challenge to Georgia voting machines set for trial early next year
- 1 child killed, 4 others injured following shooting at a Texas flea market: Police
- Wildfires burn from coast-to-coast; red flag warnings issued for Northeast
- Stock tips from TikTok? The platform brims with financial advice, good and bad
- IKEA recalls more than 25,000 mirrors for possible falling, shattering risk
- How bad are things for Bill Belichick? Winners, losers from Patriots' loss to Colts
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Good Try (Freestyle)
- More than 800 Sudanese reported killed in attack on Darfur town, UN says
Ranking
- The results are in: Peanut the Squirrel did not have rabies, county official says
- Jim Harbaugh restraining order hearing scheduled for Friday; coach suspended vs. Penn State
- Part of Interstate 10 near downtown Los Angeles closed indefinitely until repairs made; motorists urged to take public transport
- Pakistan opens 3 new border crossings to deport Afghans in ongoing crackdown on migrants
- Arkansas governor unveils $102 million plan to update state employee pay plan
- 3 dead, more than a dozen others injured in large Brooklyn house fire, officials say
- Israel loses to Kosovo in Euro 2024 qualifying game
- Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner Reunite at SNL After-Party After He Hosts Show
Recommendation
-
Jana Duggar Reveals She's Adjusting to City Life Amid Move Away From Farm
-
Russia ramps up attacks on key cities in eastern Ukraine
-
The world is awash in plastic. Oil producers want a say in how it's cleaned up
-
US conducts airstrikes against Iran-backed groups in Syria, retaliating for attacks on US troops
-
New Orleans marks with parade the 64th anniversary of 4 little girls integrating city schools
-
Military training efforts for Ukraine hit major milestones even as attention shifts to Gaza
-
With both homes at war, a Ukrainian mother in Gaza struggles to find new place to go with her 5 children
-
More than 800 Sudanese reportedly killed in attack on Darfur town, UN says