Taxes and Budget

Coalition vows it will fight for fair taxes

Garrett Martin of the Maine Center for Economic Policy said the policies of the previous administration forced the middle class to struggle economically while the rich prospered. […]

Fox Bangor

Posted May 10, 2019

Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Coalition of Maine groups demands roll-back of LePage tax breaks for wealthy

With state budget negotiations on the horizon, a newly formed coalition of 22 Maine organizations and elected officials, called the Prosperity Coalition, held a press conference Thursday […]

Beacon

Posted May 10, 2019

Tags Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness

Taxes and Budget

Coalition pushes for rollback of LePage-era tax cuts

Dubbing itself “the Prosperity Coalition,” the group includes the Maine Center for Economic Policy, a state employee union, immigrant rights groups, clergy and advocates for several causes. […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted May 9, 2019

Tags Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Jobs and Income

Maine Work Credit will help Maine families make ends meet

Click here to hear the full radio segment featuring MECEP Communications Director Mario Moretto, first aired May 3rd, 2019, on WVOM.

WVOM

Posted May 3, 2019

Tags Incomes

Taxes and Budget

Rep. Terry: Hardworking Mainers should receive a ‘cost of living refund’

EITC is so effective that 29 states, including Maine, have created their own state-level EITCs to build on the federal credit’s success. Unfortunately, as Mainers’ cost of […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted April 24, 2019

Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes

Jobs and Income

Proposed city sick-day ordinance will protect Portland’s unique workforce

Finally, we strongly disagree that Portland should wait for the state to pass L.D. 369, which would provide paid time off to some workers. Portland needs a paid-sick-days ordinance […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted April 20, 2019

Tags Job Quality, Paid Sick Days

Taxes and Budget

Want to reduce poverty? Expand the Earned Income Tax Credit.

In Maine, more than 103,000 families received the federal EITC in 2017 with an average refund of $2,158. Another 20,000, by IRS estimates, are eligible for the credit but […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted April 19, 2019

Tags EITC, Poverty, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Jobs and Income

Gideon’s bill would make Maine a national leader on paid family leave

If passed, the program would cover 95 percent of private employees and offer up to 12 weeks of paid family leave, as well as 20 weeks of […]

Beacon

Posted April 19, 2019

Tags Job Quality, Paid Sick Days

Taxes and Budget

Taxpayers finding costly surprises in their 2018 returns

In the past, payroll managers depended largely on the number of personal exemptions claimed by an employee to determine family size, which helped them calculate how much […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted April 9, 2019

Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes

Jobs and Income

Portland council to hear arguments about paid sick leave proposal

An April 16, 2018, memo from Maine Center for Economic Policy analyst James Myall for the SMWC concludes that the ordinance could help 19,000 employees, 10,600 of […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted April 7, 2019

Tags Paid Sick Days

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Coalition vows it will fight for fair taxes

Coalition of Maine groups demands roll-back of LePage tax breaks for wealthy

Coalition pushes for rollback of LePage-era tax cuts

Maine Work Credit will help Maine families make ends meet

Rep. Terry: Hardworking Mainers should receive a ‘cost of living refund’

Proposed city sick-day ordinance will protect Portland’s unique workforce

Want to reduce poverty? Expand the Earned Income Tax Credit.

Gideon’s bill would make Maine a national leader on paid family leave

Taxpayers finding costly surprises in their 2018 returns

Portland council to hear arguments about paid sick leave proposal