Taxes and Budget

Maine Mayors Push to Allow Local Sales Taxes

The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) is a left-leaning lobbying group that urged lawmakers to vote no on allowing local sales taxes at a hearing in […]

NECN

Posted March 28, 2019

Tags Local, Sales Tax, Taxes

Jobs and Income

Josh Caldwell: Paid sick leave a plus for Maine

Paid sick leave is a crucial labor component for Maine employees and should be considered a necessary provision for all employers. According to the Maine Center for […]

Sun Journal

Posted March 26, 2019

Tags Paid Sick Days

Taxes and Budget

Firefighters, city officials say Mills’ budget shortchanges municipalities

With the cut to revenue sharing, Mills may end up continuing the legacy of her predecessor, Governor LePage, who shifted state tax reliance away from the income […]

Beacon

Posted March 20, 2019

Tags Budget

Jobs and Income

Maine Lawmakers Consider Proposals To Head Off Minimum Wage Hikes

But opponents argued that there are no studies to support claims that Maine’s economy has been hurt by the minimum wage increases approved by referendum. “The efforts […]

Maine Public

Posted March 18, 2019

Tags Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income

Maine Republicans attempt to roll back wages for younger workers

During Monday’s hearing before the legislature’s Labor and Housing Committee, proponents of Maine’s minimum wage law pointed to economic data showing how the state has fared overall […]

Beacon

Posted March 18, 2019

Tags Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income

Small business owners, workers weigh in on a series of minimum wage bills

Others testified in support of the higher minimum wage. “All the evidence points to the same conclusion,” said James Myall, a policy analyst at the Maine Center […]

WABI

Posted March 18, 2019

Tags Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income

Analysis: GOP plan would reduce paid sick protections for 190,000 Maine workers

An initial analysis by the Maine Center for Economic Policy found that 57,000 Maine workers who would be covered by Sen. Millett’s bill would be denied any ability to […]

Beacon

Posted March 12, 2019

Tags Paid Sick Days

Jobs and Income

Bill Would Make More Maine Workers Eligible For Overtime Pay

James Myall, an analyst for Maine Center for Economic Policy, a liberal advocacy group, said right now employers can easily classify salaried workers as administrative or professional […]

Maine Public

Posted March 11, 2019

Tags Job Quality, Overtime

Taxes and Budget

Has Janet Mills Paralyzed Progressive Reform?

To many Democrats, most disturbing about Mills’ no-new-taxes pledge is that it leaves in place LePage’s income-tax cuts, which lowered the top rate on the rich from […]

The Free Press

Posted March 7, 2019

Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Experts say repealing estate tax cut for millionaires key to fixing Maine’s wealth gap

A legislative effort to undo massive estate tax cuts passed by former Gov. Paul LePage was praised by tax fairness advocates and policy experts at a public […]

Beacon

Posted March 7, 2019

Tags Estate Tax, Taxes

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Maine Mayors Push to Allow Local Sales Taxes

Josh Caldwell: Paid sick leave a plus for Maine

Firefighters, city officials say Mills’ budget shortchanges municipalities

Maine Lawmakers Consider Proposals To Head Off Minimum Wage Hikes

Maine Republicans attempt to roll back wages for younger workers

Small business owners, workers weigh in on a series of minimum wage bills

Analysis: GOP plan would reduce paid sick protections for 190,000 Maine workers

Bill Would Make More Maine Workers Eligible For Overtime Pay

Has Janet Mills Paralyzed Progressive Reform?

Experts say repealing estate tax cut for millionaires key to fixing Maine’s wealth gap