Maine ends another year with revenue surplus

By: Emma Davis

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: July 24, 2026

Words: 527

Last Updated: 1 week, 3 days ago


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Maine ended another year with a general fund surplus, allowing the state’s rainy day fund to again reach its statutory cap and helping to fill a transportation funding gap that had halted projects earlier this summer.

Gov. Janet Mills’ administration announced Friday that the state concluded the 2026 fiscal year with an excess of more than $148 million. That’s slightly less than the $152.2 million general fund surplus in 2025, which had grown …

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