Return a share of the state surplus to residents through direct relief checks (proposed at about $500 per person; enacted as $850 checks to an estimated 858,000 Mainers).

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Derived from a tracked promise: “Return a share of the state surplus to residents through direct relief checks (proposed at about $500 per person; enacted as $850 checks to …”