The Maine Monitor on MSN23d
Public safety expenses make up largest share of Maine counties’ ARPA budgets
While counties made deep investments in community projects and critical infrastructure, they budgeted more for emergency services, sheriffs’ offices and county jails.
Portland Press Herald24d
Public safety expenses make up largest share of Maine counties’ pandemic recovery fund budgets
Between May 2021 and May 2022, the U.S. Treasury Department sent $350 billion in direct payments to state, territorial, local and tribal governments nationwide, including to all 16 Maine counties.