MECEP: Jobs Report Confirms that Maine's Recovery is Incomplete

One hundred months after the recession began, Maine is among a handful of states yet to reach pre-recession employment levels For a PDF version of this release, […]

Posted May 20, 2016

Tags Employment, Jobs

Taxes and Budget

MECEP Statement on Governor LePage's Proposal to Eliminate Maine's Estate Tax

Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, March 1, 2016) The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) issued the following statement in response to Gov. LePage’s proposal (LD 1622) to eliminate Maine’s estate […]

Posted March 1, 2016

Tags Estate Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

MECEP Releases Informative Guide for Maine Tax Filers, Policymakers, and the Media

How Maine’s Personal Income Taxes Work explains how the 2015 bipartisan state budget agreement benefits low- and middle-income families Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, February 23, 2016) The Maine […]

Posted February 23, 2016

Tags Taxes

Taxes and Budget

MECEP Congratulates Maine Delegation for Supporting Legislation to Make Permanent Vitally Important Working Family Tax Credits

Key provisions of the earned income tax and child tax credits benefitting 37,000 Maine families including 64,000 children were set to expire in 2017 Augusta, Maine (Friday, […]

Posted December 18, 2015

Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

MECEP Statement on Gov. LePage's Proposal to Seek a Ballot Initiative to Reduce Maine’s Income Tax to 4 Percent by 2021

Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, September 22, 2015) The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) issued the following statement in response to media reports that Gov. LePage and the Maine Republican Party […]

Posted September 22, 2015

Tags Income Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Health Care

New Census Data Reveal Maine Is the Only State that Has Not Experienced an Increase in the Percentage of People with Health Insurance since ACA Passage

Maine has fallen from 10th to 24th in the nation for the percentage of people with health coverage since 2010 for a PDF of this release as […]

Posted September 16, 2015

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care

Maine’s Economy

MECEP Endorses Campaign Finance Referendum

“In order to truly strengthen this state’s economy we need to ensure that politicians are accountable to everyday, middle-class Mainers who are struggling to get by, pay […]

Posted July 2, 2015

Tags Economy

Maine’s Economy

MECEP Urges the Maine House and Senate to Override an Veto of Key Legislation to Protect Maine Consumers from Unscrupulous Debt Collectors

“L.D. 1092 will protect Maine consumers from some of the worst abuses by debt buyers and their collection agencies. Unscrupulous debt buyers purchase old consumer debts from […]

Posted June 29, 2015

Tags Consumer Protection

Taxes and Budget

Republican Tax Plan Will Raise Taxes for Working Mainers and Seniors

“The Republican plan is a bad deal. It prioritizes income tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations at the expense of the rest of us. Future impacts […]

Posted May 15, 2015

Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

MECEP Hails Tax Committee Vote Against Income Tax Repeal Amendment

“We applaud the committee for rejecting this reckless gimmick that would put funding for schools and other vital service at risk” Augusta, Maine (Wednesday, May 13, 2015) […]

Posted May 13, 2015

Tags Income Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

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MECEP: Jobs Report Confirms that Maine's Recovery is Incomplete

MECEP Statement on Governor LePage's Proposal to Eliminate Maine's Estate Tax

MECEP Releases Informative Guide for Maine Tax Filers, Policymakers, and the Media

MECEP Congratulates Maine Delegation for Supporting Legislation to Make Permanent Vitally Important Working Family Tax Credits

MECEP Statement on Gov. LePage's Proposal to Seek a Ballot Initiative to Reduce Maine’s Income Tax to 4 Percent by 2021

New Census Data Reveal Maine Is the Only State that Has Not Experienced an Increase in the Percentage of People with Health Insurance since ACA Passage

MECEP Endorses Campaign Finance Referendum

MECEP Urges the Maine House and Senate to Override an Veto of Key Legislation to Protect Maine Consumers from Unscrupulous Debt Collectors

Republican Tax Plan Will Raise Taxes for Working Mainers and Seniors

MECEP Hails Tax Committee Vote Against Income Tax Repeal Amendment