Budget committee funds data center ban, dozens of other measures during weekend meetings

Budget committee funds data center ban, dozens of other measures during weekend meetings

Legislative staff prepares for Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee work in Augusta. (By Emma Davis/ Maine Morning Star)Over the weekend, the budget committee made the majority of its decisions on which legislation to fund this year outside of the budget, which the governor signed into law Friday, including a first-in-the-nation ban on large data centers. “We’ve pretty much done the bulk of the work that we have to do,” said committee …