Janet Mills vetoes a Republican’s proposal to raise income tax rates on wealthier Mainers

Garrett Martin, president and CEO of the liberal Maine Center for Economic Policy, said Mills “missed a valuable opportunity to add fairness to Maine’s tax code.”

Martin said Carmichael’s proposal “wasn’t a perfect tax bill — most of its benefits targeted upper middle-class households and no benefits were available for Mainers with the lowest incomes — but asking the wealthy to pay more was a step in the right direction.”

Click here to read the full story, first published April 26, 2024 in Bangor Daily News.