Janet Mills readies heating relief package that could include direct checks

While the Maine Center for Economic Policy does not have a specific proposal for relief, it wants to see a proposal targeted at low-income and middle-class Mainers most at risk this winter, said James Myall, an economic policy analyst with the liberal group.

“It could take the form of another round of direct payments,” he said last week. “Those have been a solution that’s relatively simple from an administrative point of view.”

Click here to read the full story, first published November 29, 2022 in the Bangor Daily News.