Taxes and Budget

Maine tax credit data leads to questions about effectiveness of programs

The programs’ effect on future economic progress or job creation is an open question. “What we do know is that the revenue lost to these tax breaks […]

The Center Square

Posted November 19, 2019

Tags Economy, Tax Breaks

Taxes and Budget

Walmart, Lowe’s among big retailers scheming to avoid Maine property taxes

In a scheme that could lead to millions of dollars in lost revenue for Maine communities, behemoth retailers like Walmart, Lowe’s and Home Depot are looking to […]

Beacon

Posted November 2, 2019

Tags Property Tax, Tax Breaks

Taxes and Budget

Walmart appeals to state for massive tax breaks for Thomaston store

“Across the country, the large retailers that own big-box stores have used this dubious legal theory to challenge local assessments, arguing they should be taxed as if their properties […]

Sun Journal

Posted October 31, 2019

Tags Local, Property Tax, Tax Breaks

Jobs and Income

How Maine’s public university system became one of the biggest threats to worker protections

James Myall, a policy analyst with the Maine Center for Economic Policy, who consulted with Tipping on the overtime bill, said, “They tend to oppose anything that is […]

Beacon

Posted October 30, 2019

Tags Higher Education, Incomes, Job Quality

Maine’s Economy

Confronting the End of Everything — Part Five

Amtrak is another tax-subsidized, mass-transit network. If you’ve ever spent time in Europe, you know how much better the heavily subsidized train systems are there. Subsidy is […]

The Free Press

Posted October 29, 2019

Tags Inequality, Taxes

Jobs and Income

Uncertain work schedules linked to food and housing insecurity, anxiety in kids

James Myall, a policy analyst with the Maine Center for Economic Policy, said that these outcomes are especially relevant in Maine given that 128,000 of the state’s […]

Beacon

Posted October 16, 2019

Tags Children, Fair Scheduling, Job Quality

Jobs and Income

28,000 Maine workers stand to miss out on overtime under Trump’s new rule

However, had the Obama rule been enacted, a total of 54,000 salaried workers in Maine, or 42 percent of the workforce, would be covered, according to estimates […]

Beacon

Posted September 23, 2019

Tags Federal, Incomes, Job Quality

Taxes and Budget

MECEP talks tax fairness on the George Hale Ric Tyler Show

“We’re moving in the right direction. With the end of the last legislative session, Maine really achieved an important milestone in tax fairness. And that milestone was […]

WVOM

Posted September 11, 2019

Tags EITC, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Tax reforms credited with ensuring Maine’s poorest no longer pay highest tax rate

“According to MECEP policy analyst Sarah Austin, who authored the report, the change can be attributed to the Maine Legislature’s passage of an expanded Maine Earned Income […]

Beacon

Posted September 6, 2019

Tags EITC, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Beacon Podcast: 'Signs of progress' as Maine reaches milestone for tax fairness

“The Maine Center for Economic Policy just released information that for the very first time in…decades… the bottom 20% of folks in Maine are going to have […]

Beacon

Posted September 6, 2019

Tags EITC, Tax Fairness, Taxes

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Maine tax credit data leads to questions about effectiveness of programs

Walmart, Lowe’s among big retailers scheming to avoid Maine property taxes

Walmart appeals to state for massive tax breaks for Thomaston store

How Maine’s public university system became one of the biggest threats to worker protections

Confronting the End of Everything — Part Five

Uncertain work schedules linked to food and housing insecurity, anxiety in kids

28,000 Maine workers stand to miss out on overtime under Trump’s new rule

MECEP talks tax fairness on the George Hale Ric Tyler Show

Tax reforms credited with ensuring Maine’s poorest no longer pay highest tax rate

Beacon Podcast: 'Signs of progress' as Maine reaches milestone for tax fairness