Taxes and Budget

‘People are desperate:’ Budget committee encouraged to make bold investments in affordable housing

“While public investment is necessary to alleviate Maine’s affordable housing crisis, $30 million is insufficient to address the shortage of affordable housing,” said Josie Phillips, a budget […]

Beacon

Posted February 10, 2023

Tags Budget, Housing

Taxes and Budget

Economists, lawmakers caution against squandering unexpected fiscal strength on tax cuts

“Is it really a surplus if we’re not paying for these really essential needs that Mainers have?” asked Maura Pillsbury, a state and local tax analyst with […]

Beacon

Posted February 6, 2023

Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Radio interview with Maura Pillsbury about tax policy in Maine

Our guest will be Maura Pillsbury who is a tax analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy. She will talk about what the 131st Maine State […]

WMPG

Posted January 31, 2023

Tags Budget, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Jobs and Income

Amid efforts to boost worker pay, Maine Republicans introduce 7 bills to roll back wages

In the 2021 legislative session, lawmakers considered at least five GOP-led efforts to undercut the minimum wage. If they had been approved, James Myall, policy analyst at […]

Beacon

Posted January 19, 2023

Tags Incomes, Wages

Editorial: It’s past time to stop editing MLK’s words and ideas

The Bangor Daily News was the source of a national uproar on Monday when it reprinted a deeply-edited, heavily-sanitized version of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” […]

Beacon

Posted January 17, 2023

Tags Inequality, Racial Equity

Taxes and Budget

Bills to ensure wealthy and corporations pay fair share of taxes will be a focus this session

Still, some bills that simply made the tax code more balanced were successful last year, including a measure to stop large chain stores from exploiting a “dark store” tax […]

Beacon

Posted January 13, 2023

Tags Budget, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Mills pitches $10.3B budget plan as progressives call for stronger social safety net

The budget will now be taken up by the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee, which is under new leadership this year, and will also be negotiated by […]

Beacon

Posted January 11, 2023

Tags Budget

Jobs and Income

Podcast: Will robots take Maine’s jobs and other insights from the author of the State of Working Maine

James Myall of the Maine Center for Economic Policy joins Ben Chin to discuss the 2023 State of Working Maine report and the economic environment of the […]

Beacon

Posted January 8, 2023

Tags Employment, Job Quality, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Maine, Portland minimum wages jump on Jan. 1

It is unclear how many workers this will affect – many businesses have already raised hourly wages for many positions to try to compete in a labor […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted January 2, 2023

Tags Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income

Maine’s minimum wage to hit $13.80 on Jan. 1

Raising the minimum wage also helps other workers because employers are likely to bump up the pay of other hourly employees to keep up, said James Myall, […]

Spectrum News

Posted December 29, 2022

Tags Minimum Wage, Wages

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‘People are desperate:’ Budget committee encouraged to make bold investments in affordable housing

Economists, lawmakers caution against squandering unexpected fiscal strength on tax cuts

Radio interview with Maura Pillsbury about tax policy in Maine

Amid efforts to boost worker pay, Maine Republicans introduce 7 bills to roll back wages

Editorial: It’s past time to stop editing MLK’s words and ideas

Bills to ensure wealthy and corporations pay fair share of taxes will be a focus this session

Mills pitches $10.3B budget plan as progressives call for stronger social safety net

Podcast: Will robots take Maine’s jobs and other insights from the author of the State of Working Maine

Maine, Portland minimum wages jump on Jan. 1

Maine’s minimum wage to hit $13.80 on Jan. 1