Gov. Mills to give State of the State (spectrumlocalnews.com)

"Republican Katrina Smith of Palermo, who is running for the Maine House, said she hopes to hear Mills talk about how children have fared during the pandemic, particularly with regard to remote learning and mask mandates.

“I think the governor needs to talk about our children and acknowledge how they are suffering with mental health pressures and the stress they are under,” said Smith, a mother of three. “I think kids have been put to the bottom of the list.”