Governor Gretchen Whitmer is presenting her 6th budget recommendation, this one for the fiscal year of 2025 and worth tens of billions of dollars in a joint session of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees.
Lake County’s employees will be getting a 4% pay hike in 2024, though they will not notice the impact on their paychecks right away. The County Council Tuesday approved a balanced 2024 budget of around $240 million on second reading, including the 4% pay raise for employees. The raise is effective Jan. 1 and will cost the county about $4 million, according to officials. In balancing the .
Two months into a first legislative term and one just begins to learn how this government works or doesn't. Maine is required to have a balanced budget. The previous legislature passed a budget for the current fiscal year (year ending June 30, 2023.