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Hannah left seven hundred and fifty million dollars in bills unpaid as the head of the legislature

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Bobby Charles, at Maine Governor General Election Debate (Maine Public)

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Why we checked itSpecific dollar figure attributed to Hannah Pingree's tenure as head of the legislature — verifiable against state financial records
What we foundNo source — primary or secondary — confirms a $750 million unpaid bills figure specifically attributable to Hannah Pingree's tenure as Speaker of the Maine House, and the claim cannot be verified or refuted on current evidence.
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