Taxes and Budget

Mills’ vow not to raise taxes puts her at odds with some Maine Democrats and their allies

The budget conversation will begin in earnest when Mills files her two-year spending plan, though the liberal Maine Center for Economic Policy issued its framework on Tuesday. Mills […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted January 16, 2019

Tags Budget, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Jobs and Income

Personal income grew in Maine — thanks to the minimum wage

Income for the poorest Mainers rose much faster for these workers than for any other group. Compared with 2016, household incomes for the bottom quarter of Maine […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted November 24, 2018

Tags Incomes, Minimum Wage, Wages

Taxes and Budget

Republicans want to pay for their huge tax cuts with cuts to Social Security and health care

When Congress was on the cusp of passing the Republican tax plan last year, experts lined up to warn about the effect the plan would have on the federal […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted November 6, 2018

Tags Health Care, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

Editorial: Fewer Maine children are living in poverty. Thank the minimum wage increase.

The Bangor Daily News editorial board published an editorial citing MECEP’s research linking the 2017 minimum wage increase to a dramatic reduction in child poverty: Income for […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted October 3, 2018

Tags Children, Minimum Wage, Poverty

Taxes and Budget

‘Marriage penalty’ debate takes center-stage in Maine home care fight

Garrett Martin, the executive director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy, a progressive group that has taken no position on the referendum, said the LePage administration’s […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted August 17, 2018

Tags Caregiving, Economic Security

Taxes and Budget

BDN Editorial: Tax conformity not a top priority for Maine

Given this, there is no reason for Maine to conform with the federal tax changes. In fact, Gov. Paul LePage acknowledges this and has warned Maine legislators […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted March 10, 2018

Tags Federal, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Trump Tax Cuts

Jobs and Income

BDN Editorial: Maine Shouldn’t go Backward on its Minimum Wage

Employment increased in nearly every industry, including low-wage industries, such as retail, restaurants and accommodations, according to an analysis by the Maine Center for Economic Policy. Read […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted February 22, 2018

Tags Minimum Wage, Wages

Taxes and Budget

BDN Editorial: LePage policies, not land trusts, have driven up property taxes

According to an analysis by the Maine Center for Economic Policy, payments to municipalities have been reduced by $602 million between 2011 and 2019 because of these […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted February 20, 2018

Tags Property Tax, Taxes

Jobs and Income

BDN Editorial: A higher minimum wage is helping Maine. There’s no reason to roll it back.

Employment increased in nearly every industry, including low-wage industries, such as retail, restaurants and accommodations, according to an analysis by the Maine Center for Economic Policy. Read more at […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted January 10, 2018

Tags Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income

BDN Blogs: No savings, no retirement, no relief: The plight of so many low-wage workers

According to the Maine Center for Economic Policy close to one in three of Maine’s working families live below, or near, the poverty line. If they are not getting […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted December 20, 2017

Tags Wages

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Mills’ vow not to raise taxes puts her at odds with some Maine Democrats and their allies

Personal income grew in Maine — thanks to the minimum wage

Republicans want to pay for their huge tax cuts with cuts to Social Security and health care

Editorial: Fewer Maine children are living in poverty. Thank the minimum wage increase.

‘Marriage penalty’ debate takes center-stage in Maine home care fight

BDN Editorial: Tax conformity not a top priority for Maine

BDN Editorial: Maine Shouldn’t go Backward on its Minimum Wage

BDN Editorial: LePage policies, not land trusts, have driven up property taxes

BDN Editorial: A higher minimum wage is helping Maine. There’s no reason to roll it back.

BDN Blogs: No savings, no retirement, no relief: The plight of so many low-wage workers