Lawmakers return next week to consider veto overrides, leftover spending bills [Video]

Lawmakers will return to Augusta next week to consider overriding a handful of vetoes by Gov. Janet Mills and try to advance additional spending bills that were passed by both chambers but still need funding approval.

An announcement on Tuesday morning from the presiding officers — Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, and House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross, D-Portland — says lawmakers will return to the State House on Friday, May 10 to “conduct business and consider the objections of Governor Mills.” The Legislature would need the support of two-thirds of its members to override any vetoes.

Spokespeople for Jackson confirmed that lawmakers also plan to take up some of the dozens of bills that are awaiting funding on what’s known the special appropriations table. Those bills have passed both chambers but still need funding before being sent to Mills to be signed or vetoed.

The plan to take up additional …