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flag Maine to give $300 checks to 725K low- and middle-income residents, fund affordable housing and education.

flag Maine Governor Janet Mills, in her final State of the State address, announced a $300 affordability check for about 725,000 residents, funded by the state’s $1 billion Budget Stabilization Fund, targeting low- and middle-income earners. flag She also proposed $70 million for affordable housing, including 825 new units, and made Maine’s free community college program permanent. flag Mills criticized federal immigration enforcement actions, calling them fear-based and discriminatory, and pledged to protect residents. flag Additional funding was proposed for reproductive health care providers and K-12 education. flag The measures are part of a broader effort to combat rising living costs and resist federal overreach.

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