Taxes and Budget This Week on MECEP’s State of the State: “June 8th Ballot: Bonds to Fund Infrastructure Critical to Create Jobs and Grow Maine’s Economy” Program airs on Time Warner Cable Channel 9 in Central Maine and Aroostook, Cumberland, Washington and York counties, Channel 12 in Penobscot County Augusta, Maine (Monday, […] Posted May 17, 2010 Tags Bonds, Infrastructure
Taxes and Budget This Week on MECEP’s State of the State: “Tax Reform: Relief and Fairness for Maine Families” Program airs on Time Warner Cable Channel 9 in Central Maine and Aroostook, Cumberland, Washington and York counties, Channel 12 in Penobscot County Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, […] Posted May 11, 2010 Tags Taxes
Maine’s Economy MEDIA ADVISORY: CBPP’s Tannenwald to Deliver MECEP’s Inaugural Shepard Lee Lecture Augusta, Maine (Friday, April 23, 2010)—The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) announced today that Dr. Robert Tannenwald, a former vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank […] Posted April 23, 2010 Tags Economy
Taxes and Budget Choices: Tax Reform Delivers Benefits to Maine Households On June 8, 2010, Maine voters will vote on a “people’s veto” which puts tax reform passed in June 2009 on hold. A “no” vote would make […] Jody Harris Posted April 20, 2010 Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Fact Sheet: Tax Reform, Future of Maine’s tax laws is in the hands of Maine voters A one-page summary of the major provisions of the tax reform law passed in June 2009 and now subject to a “people’s veto” vote to repeal it […] Jody Harris Posted April 20, 2010 Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget MECEP Releases Analysis of Tax Reform Law; Supports a NO Vote on Repeal Mainers are one step away from modestly more progressive tax relief that maintains critical public investment by shifting the tax burden to nonresidents Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, […] Posted April 20, 2010 Tags Taxes
Taxes and Budget Citizens for Tax Justice Report Finds that the 2009 Recovery Act Reduced Taxes for 99% of Maine’s Working Families by an Average of $995 Cash to these families also provides a tremendous boost the recovering Maine and American economies need Augusta, Maine (Thursday, April 15, 2010)—The Maine Center for Economic […] Posted April 15, 2010 Tags Taxes
Maine’s Economy MECEP Announces the Publication of “Banking Reform: Building a Financial System for the Future” ShoreBank Corp. Executive Vice President and New America Foundation Sr. Fellow Ellen Seidman authors latest edition in the MECEP Choices series Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, April 13, […] Posted April 13, 2010 Tags Economy
Taxes and Budget MECEP Praises Bipartisan Agreement on Bonds $57.8 million package represents an important step toward job creation and economic recovery Augusta, Maine (Monday, April 12, 2010)—The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) today […] Posted April 12, 2010 Tags Bonds
Maine’s Economy Choices: Banking Reform: Building a Financial System for the Future Two of the most potentially devastating concerns during the financial meltdown in the fall of 2008 were the near total collapse of both the residential and commercial […] Jody Harris Posted April 9, 2010 Tags Consumer Protection, Economic Security