Hill to lead Maine appropriations committee
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The Legislature’s Appropriations Committee, which will face intense pressure to balance a state budget riddled with repeated shortfalls, will be headed by two veterans of the committee for the next two years, legislative leaders announced Thursday.
Appropriations will be headed by Sen. Dawn Hill of Cape Neddick and Rep. Peggy Rotundo of Lewiston. Rotundo was the lead Democrat on the committee for the last two years, when majority Republicans controlled the committee chairmanships, and she has served continuously on the panel as a member of the House and Senate for 10 years. Hill served on the committee last session as a senator.
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