Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget Eliminating Maine’s Estate Tax: Another Gift from Governor LePage to Wealthy Mainers The Governor’s plan to eliminate the state’s estate tax is bad for Maine, and the legislature should reject this proposal. It would hurt our ability to invest […] Marpheen Chann-Berry Posted February 3, 2015 Tags Estate Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget Maine Capital Investment Credit: A Bogus "Bonus" Maine Can't Afford Imagine getting an unexpected bonus at the end of the year. It’s a nice windfall that we’d all appreciate. Would you feel differently if that bonus came […] Garrett Martin Posted January 29, 2015 Tags Economy, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget EITC Awareness Day: To receive it, you have to claim it Tomorrow, January 30th, is EITC Awareness Day, and as tens of thousands of Mainers and millions of Americans file their income tax returns, the value of the […] Mark Sullivan Posted January 29, 2015 Tags EITC, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Maine’s Economy Economist predicts slow and uneven economic growth in 2015 MECEP economist Joel Johnson recently spoke with MaineBiz about his predictions for the New Year. Joel forecast slow, unbalanced economic growth in 2015. Households will get a […] Mark Sullivan Posted January 23, 2015 Tags Economy, Inequality, Unemployment
Education Educational Opportunity: Opening Doors to Prosperity from Someone Who Knows Last week, I was fortunate to be invited to speak on higher education funding at the annual conference of the Maine Educational Opportunity Association (MEEOA). MEEOA represents […] Christy Daggett Posted January 20, 2015 Tags Education
Maine’s Economy Maine Jobs Recovery Continues to Trail the Nation and New England Beyond the good news, bad news stories of businesses expanding or shuttering are broader trends that affirm a critical challenge that too many Maine families are facing: […] Garrett Martin Posted December 19, 2014 Tags Economy, Jobs, Unemployment
Jobs and Income Maine's Injured and Disabled Workers: A Humanitarian Challenge and an Economic Opportunity Workers hurt on the job have no lobby in the State House, so little fanfare accompanied the Bureau of Labor Statistics release on workplace injury this week. […] Christy Daggett Posted December 15, 2014 Tags Employment, Jobs
Health Care ACA cost saving measures help turn McAllen, Texas from national basket case to bellwether in five years Health reform hasn’t only reduced the rate of uninsured to levels not seen since the 1990s; it also is reducing healthcare costs, which ultimately will make healthcare […] Christy Daggett Posted September 25, 2014 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care, Medicare
Health Care Health Reform is Making History – But Maine is Slipping Behind History is happening: the percent of Americans without health coverage is the lowest it’s been since the 1990s. Medicare costs are declining – not just slowing – […] Christy Daggett Posted September 22, 2014 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care, Medicare
Jobs and Income Maine’s Economic Recovery: Limited job growth, persistent underemployment, and declining incomes For months, we’ve written about Maine’s anemic economic recovery relative to the rest of the country. Today’s August jobs report does little to change that story. Maine […] Garrett Martin Posted September 19, 2014 Tags Economy, Employment, Jobs, Recession