Taxes and Budget Testimony at Hearing on LD 816 and LD 956 Property taxes hit low- and middle-income Maine families hardest, accounting for the greatest share of taxes they pay. The Maine Residents Property Tax and Rent Refund Program, […] MECEP Posted May 6, 2013 Tags Property Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Give Maine’s Working Families a Break Fix and Fund the Circuit Breaker Property tax increases in Governor LePage’s budget proposal mean more hardship is in store for low- and middle-income property taxpayers who […] MECEP Posted May 3, 2013 Tags Property Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Testimony at Hearing on LD 1227, An Act to Promote Tourism and Economic Development We have a dilemma in Maine. We want good schools, good roads, safe communities, and opportunities to achieve a better life. Unfortunately, our current tax system is […] MECEP Posted April 26, 2013 Tags Property Tax, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Education Testimony at Hearing on LD 1353: An Act to Further Reduce Student Hunger Over 80,000 kids in Maine do not get enough to eat. During the school year, the National School Lunch program, which has been around since the 1940s, […] MECEP Posted April 23, 2013 Tags Education, Food Insecurity, K-12 Education
Education Testimony at Hearing on LD 517: An Act To Restore Funding for Head Start and LD 1383: An Act To Improve the Delivery of Early Child Care and Education Services Investing in Head Start, child care, and home visiting is good for our children, their parents, our communities, and our economy. Academic research shows that quality child […] MECEP Posted April 23, 2013 Tags Children, Education
Taxes and Budget Testimony at Hearing on LDs 1124, 834, 1256, and 1113 We have a dilemma in Maine. We want good schools, good roads, safe communities, and opportunities to achieve a better life. Unfortunately, our current tax system is […] MECEP Posted April 23, 2013 Tags Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Education Testimony on LR 1046: Biennial Budget Competitive Skills Scholarship Program The hard fact is that low educational attainment in states is associated with high rates of unemployment and poverty. And Maine lags behind New England in educational […] MECEP Posted March 21, 2013 Tags Education, Higher Education
Education Testimony at Hearing on LD 90: An Act to Strengthen Maine's Workforce and Economic Future LD 90 is particularly important to enhance the education levels of low-skill, low-income, working adults so they can compete for the higher-paying jobs that will lift them […] MECEP Posted March 18, 2013 Tags Education, Higher Education
Education Testimony at Hearing on LR 1046: Biennial Budget- Part C -Education Too many Maine families where at least one person works a full-time job do not make enough to meet a basic needs budget (calculated at 200 percent […] MECEP Posted March 18, 2013 Tags Education, Higher Education
Jobs and Income Testimony at Hearing on LD 611: An Act to Adjust Maine's Minimum Wage Annually Based on Cost-of-living Changes Increasing the minimum wage by a dollar and indexing it to inflation will reward hard-working Mainers and help pull Maine’s economy out of the doldrums after the […] MECEP Posted March 14, 2013 Tags Incomes, Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage