Taxes and Budget

Once again, Legislature extends broken tax break for businesses

When funding is funneled away from public priorities like schools, infrastructure, and health care and into business tax breaks, we should be confident that the spending is […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted May 27, 2022

Tags Economic Security, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

How Maine is spending federal rescue plan funds

Under the Biden administration’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), over $4.5 billion of federal funding is flowing into Maine to contend with the impacts of the COVID-19 […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted May 19, 2022

Tags ARPA, Budget, Children, Economic Security, Economy, Health Care, Infrastructure

Taxes and Budget

American Rescue Plan funds create local opportunities to advance equitable pandemic recovery

Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) in March of 2021, sending $130 billion dollars to county and municipal governments across the country to support recovery […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted March 15, 2022

Tags Budget, Infrastructure, Local

Taxes and Budget

Improvements recommended to tax expenditure review process

A bipartisan group of lawmakers have agreed to recommendations to strengthen Maine’s tax code. At issue is how to ensure that spending through the tax code in […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted January 11, 2022

Tags Economic Security, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

American Rescue Plan Act funding creates opportunity for Maine counties

Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to provide relief to states and localities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and with its passage, an […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted October 8, 2021

Tags Economic Security, Economy

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Guidance for county spending of American Rescue Plan Act funds

The Maine Center for Economic Policy recently submitted this guidance to counties to help ensure ARPA funds adequately respond to local data-demonstrated needs and reduce inequality in […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted October 8, 2021

Taxes and Budget

Legislative watchdog finds Maine seed capital program needs fixing

Maine spends hundreds of millions of dollars each year in business tax incentives. Because allocating money for this purpose reduces potential investments in other priorities including education […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted September 21, 2021

Tags Budget, Tax Breaks, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Legislature forms working group on tax expenditure review process

The Maine Legislature is forming a working group to evaluate the State’s process for reviewing tax expenditures – a broad set of policies and programs that have […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted July 29, 2021

Tags Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Closing the tax gap would help fund broad new priorities

The Biden administration is proposing broad investments in infrastructure and supports for American families and identifies improved tax enforcement as one way to pay for it. Through […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted July 14, 2021

Tags Federal, Infrastructure, Tax Fairness, Taxes

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Once again, Legislature extends broken tax break for businesses

How Maine is spending federal rescue plan funds

American Rescue Plan funds create local opportunities to advance equitable pandemic recovery

Improvements recommended to tax expenditure review process

American Rescue Plan Act funding creates opportunity for Maine counties

Guidance for county spending of American Rescue Plan Act funds

Legislative watchdog finds Maine seed capital program needs fixing

Legislature forms working group on tax expenditure review process

Closing the tax gap would help fund broad new priorities