Maine Governor Backs Millionaire Tax, Flipping From Prior Stance

Maine Governor Janet Mills now supports increasing taxes on the state’s richest residents, reversing her past opposition after lagging in recent polls for a key Democratic Senate primary.

Mills on Thursday endorsed a millionaire tax included in a budget proposal that passed a committee for the Democrat-controlled legislature. She vetoed a similar increase in 2024 and maintained that such a measure was short-sighted in an interview just a few weeks ago.

Mills’ flip-flop comes as the 78-year-old trails political newcomer Graham Platner in their contest to be the Democratic nominee to take on Republican Susan Collins in November. Platner, a ...