Our newsroom periodically examines and tracks political and governmental spending occurring in Maine — from how much money a candidate is receiving (and where that money comes from) to how taxpayer dollars are being used.
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Dig into Maine counties’ stimulus spending with this ARPA project database
The Maine Monitor worked with the Investigative Reporting Workshop to analyze data from reports submitted to the U.S. Treasury Department. Take a look at the top spending categories and explore nearly 500 projects in our searchable table.
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RSU 73 weighs increases, cuts as budget deadline nears
The effort to hold the budget increase to 3.18 percent means cuts to athletics and to library spending across the Spruce Mountain schools.
Maine county facing budget crisis pays down a big loan and hopes to get another
Another loan will not be the end of the long financial crisis in Maine’s easternmost county.
See where Maine’s outsized share of $460M in federal earmarks is going
Maine is getting $328 per resident from federal earmarks, the second highest per-capita amount in the nation.
Washington County commissioners approve final payoff of 2025 debt
Full payment will be made by Feb. 18 at the latest, as commissioners agree to strict terms for borrowing a tax anticipation note for 2026.
A majority of Washington County municipalities agree to prepay 2025 tax anticipation note
Six towns and the Passamaquoddy Nation have declined to prepay their portion of the county’s debt, while several others are set to meet this week as the county approaches its payment deadline.