Watch and read Maine governor’s full State of the Budget address [Video]

Gov. Janet Mills delivered her latest State of the Budget address to the Maine Legislature on Tuesday.The governor’s full speech can be watched in the video player above and the transcript of her address is available below.Introduction”Thank you.”Madam President, Mr. Speaker, Madam Chief Justice, Mr. Attorney General, Madam Secretary of State, Mr. Treasurer, Chief Sabattis, Chief Nicholas, Members of the Cabinet, including our newly confirmed Commissioner Joan Cohen, Members of the 132nd Legislature, and esteemed guests –”Tonight, we gather for the time-honored tradition of a Governor’s Address to you, the one hundred and eighty-six public servants who collectively have been chosen to represent the interests of them 1.4 million people of this state.”One year ago, we were starting to recover from several deadly storms which had devastated our communities. “We responded with the largest investment in storm relief in state history to rebuild our working waterfronts, critical infrastructure and local …