Press Releases
2023
2022
- Dec. 1, 2022: John Hudak Appointed Director of Office of Cannabis Policy
- Nov. 1, 2022: Mills Administration Announces Inflation Relief Checks Sent to More Than 850,000 Maine People
- July 29, 2022: State of Maine Ends Fiscal Year 2022 in the Black
- July 18, 2022: Mills Administration Completes Processing of $850 Relief Checks to Filers
- June 24, 2022: DAFS Delivers Second and Final Round of ARPA Funding to Municipalities
- February 24, 2022: Maine Revenue Services Announces Tax Deadline of April 19th
2021
- October 27, 2021: Mills Administration To Issue Disaster Relief Payments Beginning in November
- October 15, 2021: Maine Revenue Services Launches Portal to Improve Functionality, Citizen Experience
- October 8, 2021: Mills Administration Encourages Maine Towns and Cities to Apply for $119 Million in Federal American Rescue Plan Act Funds
- October 7, 2021: Maine Service Employees Association Ratifies Labor Contract with Mills Administration
- September 21, 2021: State Reports $42.4 Million in Surplus Revenues for August 2021
- September 15, 2021: Registration is now open for the virtual Maine Tax Symposium on Sept. 23
- August 25, 2021: Mills Administration Unveils Local Fiscal Recovery Program to Distribute $119 Million in American Rescue Plan Act Funds to Maine Towns and Cities
- June 4, 2021: Mills Administration Introduces Legislation to Make Historic $1 Billion Investment in Maine’s Families, Businesses, Communities, and Infrastructure Through Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan
- February 25, 2021: Amid Pandemic, State Revenue Up 6.6 Percent Over Downgraded Expectations
- February 12, 2021: Maine Among Several States That Received Potentially Counterfeit N95 Respirators
- January 25, 2021: Mills Administration Submits Proposal To Support Maine Families & Businesses Ahead of Tax Filing Season
- January 22, 2021: Maine’s General Fund Revenue Up $65 Million Over Projections
2020
- December 11, 2020: Mills Administration Commits Full $1.25 Billion of Federal Coronavirus Relief Funding
- November 23, 2020: State Revenue Forecast Improves Mid-Pandemic
- November 19, 2020: DAFS October Revenues Top Revised Targets as COVID-19 Relief Sunsets
- October 20, 2020: DAFS Issues September Revenue Report Showing State Revenues Up
- October 16, 2020: Mills Administration Provides COVID-19 Tax Guidance
- October 8, 2020: DAFS Assists Maine CDC With Outbreak Investigation Associated with DAFS Employee
- September 9, 2020: DAFS Delivers Proposed Budget Recommendations to Governor Mills for Consideration
- July 10, 2020: Maine State Archives, State Library, and State Museum Closed to the Public to Receive Critical Mechanical Systems Upgrades
- June 23, 2020: Mills Administration Dedicates Coronavirus Relief Funding for State and Local Match on FEMA Public Assistance
- May 5, 2020: Mills Administration Extends Deadline for Certain Maine Estimated and Final Fiscal-Year Tax Payments to July 15th
- April 2, 2020: State Government Augments Employee Leave Time
- March 23, 2020: Maine Revenue Service Updates Telephone Assistance Hours
- March 18, 2020: Maine Revenue Services to Limit Public Access
- January 30, 2020: 2020 State Valuation Reports Record Increase
- January 14, 2020: NABCA Selects BABLO Director as Incoming Chair-Elect
News Archives
- View archived press releases and policy-related information: https://www.maine.gov/dafs/news/archives/
- To view a list of all of Commissioner Figueroa's informational "Did You Know" emails to DAFS employees, click here.