Education, Taxes and Budget Wednesday Sit-Down: Supreme Court strikes down student loan forgiveness Garrett Martin from the Maine Center for Economic Policy sat down with CBS13 to discuss the Supreme Court striking down student loan forgiveness. Click here to watch […] Fox 23 Posted July 5, 2023 Tags Student Debt, Wednesday Sit Down
Taxes and Budget Wednesday Sit-Down: Last-minute budget deal Garrett Martin from the Maine Center for Economic Policy sat down with CBS13 to discuss the last-minute budget deal in Maine. Click here to watch the full video, […] Fox 23 Posted June 28, 2023 Tags Budget, Wednesday Sit Down
Jobs and Income Wednesday Sit-Down: Expanding workers' rights in Maine Garrett Martin from the Maine Center for Economic Policy sat down with CBS13 to discuss expanding workers’ rights in Maine. Click here to watch the full video, […] Fox 23 Posted June 21, 2023 Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Unions, Wednesday Sit Down
Taxes and Budget Wednesday Sit-Down: Property tax relief Garrett Martin from the Maine Center for Economic Policy sat down with CBS13 to discuss property tax relief. Click here to watch the full video, first posted […] Fox 23 Posted June 14, 2023 Tags Property Tax, Taxes, Wednesday Sit Down
Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget Wednesday Sit-Down: Tax breaks to bring in more jobs Garrett Martin from the Maine Center for Economic Policy sat down with CBS13 to discuss Governor Janet Mills’ plan to bring in more jobs. Click here to […] Fox 23 Posted June 7, 2023 Tags Jobs, Taxes, Wednesday Sit Down
Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget Wednesday Sit-Down: Seasonal worker shortage and debt ceiling debate Garrett Martin from the Maine Center for Economic Policy sat down with CBS13 to discuss Maine’s seasonal worker shortage and the debt ceiling debate in Washington. Click […] Fox 23 Posted May 31, 2023 Tags Debt Ceiling, Federal, Jobs, Wednesday Sit Down
Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget Wednesday Sit-Down: Paid family and medical leave debate Garrett Martin from the Maine Center for Economic Policy sat down with CBS13 to discuss the paid family and medical leave debate in Maine. Click here to […] Fox 23 Posted May 25, 2023 Tags Paid Family and Medical Leave, Wednesday Sit Down
Health Care, Taxes and Budget Maine lawmakers push to expand MaineCare to some non-citizens “With some of the previous expansions of MaineCare, the federal government has born a lot of the cost,” Maine Center for Economic Policy Analyst James Myall said. […] Fox 23 Posted March 28, 2023 Tags Health Care, Racial Equity, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Mainers urge for permanently expanding child tax credit MECEP policy analyst Arthur Phillips is featured in video coverage of the December 5th rally in support of the expanded Child Tax Credit. Click here to read […] Fox 23 Posted December 5, 2022 Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Federal
Taxes and Budget Advocates renew calls to decriminalize all drugs in Maine In 2019, the state spent $111 million on arresting, jailing, prosecuting and incarcerating people who use drugs. “They do not address the underlying causes of substance use […] Fox 23 Posted March 21, 2022 Tags Budget, Revenue, Taxes