Taxes and Budget

Maine lawmakers OK 2-year budget after a few tense hours at the State House

Mills set the terms of the budget before she was elected, saying in her 2018 campaign that there would be no tax increase in it. She doubled down on […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted June 14, 2019

Tags Budget

Maine Senate deals a blow to cities' push for their own meals and lodging tax option

Opposition to the idea, however, came from business groups including the Maine State Chamber of Commerce and from across the political spectrum. The conservative Maine Heritage Policy […]

WGME

Posted June 14, 2019

Tags Local, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Maine lawmakers settle on 2-year budget for just less than the $8 billion Mills proposed

Early in her tenure, she doubled down on a 2018 campaign pledge not to raise taxes in her first budget proposal. It meant that there would not be enough […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted June 12, 2019

Tags Budget

Maine’s Economy

Maine Exhales

LePage destroyed the institutional capacity of Maine state government to do its job. The recovery from this epic maladministration will take years. With a Republican legislature backing […]

The American Prospect

Posted June 12, 2019

Tags Revenue, Tax Breaks, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Taxing the Rich Works

Advocates in some states have recently taken matters into their own hands and cooked up tax reform campaigns. In MAINE, the Prosperity Coalition campaign seeks to move Maine forward through […]

ITEP

Posted June 12, 2019

Tags Estate Tax, Inequality, Tax Fairness

Taxes and Budget

Maine Voices: Democrats in Augusta shouldn’t let fear stop them from pursuing tax justice

When my wife and I married, and the first tax returns came back from our accountant, I found that my effective tax rate was slashed almost in […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted June 11, 2019

Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes

Education, Jobs and Income

‘Student Loan Bill of Rights’ will protect Maine students from predatory lenders

“This bill will prevent giant financial corporations from padding their bottom lines by preying on Mainers who just want to responsibly pay down their student debt,” Maine […]

Beacon

Posted June 11, 2019

Tags Consumer Protection, Higher Education, Student Debt

Taxes and Budget

Letter to the editor: Earned Income Tax Credit expansion will give a boost to hardworking Mainers

Financial burden is a terrible feeling and something that is, unfortunately, common in Maine. Maine has a bill to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit. According to […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted June 11, 2019

Tags EITC, Inequality, Tax Fairness

Education, Health Care, Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

Racial inequities run deep in Maine’s systems, data shows

Data published this week by the Maine Center For Economic Policy shows whether it’s economy, education, health care or criminal justice, systems in the state work better […]

Seacoast Online

Posted June 9, 2019

Tags Education, Health Care, Inequality, Racial Equity, Wages

Taxes and Budget

Taxation Committee votes to close business tax loophole

Sarah Austin, tax and budget policy analyst at Maine Center for Economic Policy, released the following statement in reaction to the Taxation Committee’s unanimous vote Thursday for […]

MaineBiz

Posted June 7, 2019

Tags EITC, Inequality, Tax Fairness, Taxes

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Maine lawmakers OK 2-year budget after a few tense hours at the State House

Maine Senate deals a blow to cities' push for their own meals and lodging tax option

Maine lawmakers settle on 2-year budget for just less than the $8 billion Mills proposed

Maine Exhales

Taxing the Rich Works

Maine Voices: Democrats in Augusta shouldn’t let fear stop them from pursuing tax justice

‘Student Loan Bill of Rights’ will protect Maine students from predatory lenders

Letter to the editor: Earned Income Tax Credit expansion will give a boost to hardworking Mainers

Racial inequities run deep in Maine’s systems, data shows

Taxation Committee votes to close business tax loophole