(The Center Square) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills is proposing to hike taxes on cigarettes and pot while scaling back several public health programs to help whittle down a projected $450 million budget shortfall next year. In her $11.6 billion two-year preliminary budget plan, unveiled on Friday, Mills is calling for higher taxes on tobacco […]
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