Taxes and Budget

MECEP statement on bipartisan budget deal

MECEP applauds the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee’s inclusion of many life-changing policies in the proposed budget, but cautions lawmakers about the authorization of an untested new […]

Posted June 28, 2023

Tags Budget

Statement from the All Means All Campaign on LD 199

AUGUSTA – Organizations supporting the All Means All campaign to allow all income-qualified Mainers to access MaineCare, regardless of age or immigration status, issued the following statement […]

Posted June 28, 2023

Tags Health Care, Immigration, Inequality

Taxes and Budget

MECEP statement on senior property tax freeze program fix

Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) State/Local Tax Policy Analyst Maura Pillsbury reacts to the overhaul of the senior property tax freeze program: “We applaud the work […]

Posted June 2, 2023

Tags Property Tax, Seniors, Tax Fairness

Maine’s Economy

MECEP statement on debt ceiling agreement

Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) President and CEO Garrett Martin reacts to the debt ceiling agreement: “While we’re relieved the nation isn’t headed for a catastrophic […]

Posted June 2, 2023

Tags Debt Ceiling, Economy

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

MECEP reaction to State of the Budget address

Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) president and CEO Garrett Martin reacts to Governor Mills’ State of the Budget address: “State budget choices can change lives. Maine […]

Posted February 15, 2023

Tags Budget, Corporate Power, Economic Security, Economy, Family and Medical Leave, Income Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

MECEP statement on Mills budget proposal

Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) president and CEO Garrett Martin reacts to the preliminary unveiling of Governor Mills’ budget proposal: “Maine Center for Economic Policy applauds […]

Posted January 11, 2023

Tags Budget

Taxes and Budget

Congress must expand the Child Tax Credit, or risk 49,000 Maine children being pushed into poverty or greater hardship

Congress has a real chance in the Lame Duck session to prevent greater hardship for the 49,000 Maine children who lost out after a recent expansion of […]

Posted November 16, 2022

Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Economic Security, Poverty

Health Care

Census data: Health insurance coverage in Maine at record levels

This week, the U.S. Census Bureau released 2021 poverty, income, and health data from its Current Population and American Community Surveys (CPS and ACS). Overall, the new national and state […]

Posted September 15, 2022

Tags Child Tax Credit, Economic Security, EITC, Health Care, Medicaid

Education

Federal student debt cancellation helps 177,000 Mainers who need help the most

Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) celebrates President Biden’s plan to forgive federal student loans — up to $20,000 for people who went to college on Pell […]

Posted August 24, 2022

Tags Economic Security, Economy, Education, Federal, Incomes, Jobs, Racial Equity, Student Debt

Taxes and Budget

MECEP applauds the enactment of the “Inflation Reduction Act”

“The Inflation Reduction Act will ensure wealthy corporations making record profits pay their fair share. It will bring down the cost of prescription drugs for older Mainers […]

Posted August 16, 2022

Tags Economy, Federal, Inequality, Inflation, Tax Fairness, Taxes

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MECEP statement on bipartisan budget deal

Statement from the All Means All Campaign on LD 199

MECEP statement on senior property tax freeze program fix

MECEP statement on debt ceiling agreement

MECEP reaction to State of the Budget address

MECEP statement on Mills budget proposal

Congress must expand the Child Tax Credit, or risk 49,000 Maine children being pushed into poverty or greater hardship

Census data: Health insurance coverage in Maine at record levels

Federal student debt cancellation helps 177,000 Mainers who need help the most

MECEP applauds the enactment of the “Inflation Reduction Act”