Taxes and Budget

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 […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted April 26, 2024

Tags Income Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Jobs and Income

Advocates dismayed by Gov. Mills’ veto of her own bill to improve farmworker wages

In a statement, the Maine Center for Economic Policy said Mills vetoed the bill “simply because it ensured farmworkers have the same access to the courts that […]

Beacon

Posted April 25, 2024

Tags Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, Racial Equity

Taxes and Budget

Gov. Mills’ proposed savings halved in state budget after objections

Meanwhile, James Myall, an analyst for the progressive Maine Center for Economic Policy, said the state is in a strong position when it comes to savings, pointing […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted April 25, 2024

Tags Appropriations Committee, Budget, Revenue

Taxes and Budget

Tribal, labor bills among those left in limbo between passage and funding

“It’s always frustrating when bills die on the table,” James Myall, an analyst for the progressive Maine Center for Economic Policy, told Maine Morning Star. “But it […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted April 24, 2024

Tags Budget

Taxes and Budget

Wednesday Sit-Down: State budget winners and losers

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss the winners and losers of […]

WGME

Posted April 24, 2024

Tags Budget, Revenue, Taxes, Wednesday Sit Down

Jobs and Income

Gov. Mills vetoes 3 bills, including measure to set minimum wage for farmworkers

“After a year of deliberation, with all relevant stakeholders at the table agreeing farmworkers should be guaranteed at least the minimum wage, Gov. Mills still chose to […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted April 23, 2024

Tags Economic Security, Job Quality, Jobs, Wages

Jobs and Income

Labor advocates call Gov. Mills’ veto of her own farmworker wage bill ‘an embarrassment’

Arthur Phillips, policy analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy who served on the minimum wage committee, said Mills “has reaffirmed farmworkers’ second-class status in Maine’s […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted April 23, 2024

Tags Economic Security, Job Quality, Jobs, Wages

Jobs and Income

MECEP statement on LD 2273 and LD 525, the farmworker minimum wage and concerted activity bills

AUGUSTA, Maine — Arthur Phillips, policy analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP), released the following statement in reaction to Governor Mills’s vetoes of LD […]

Posted April 23, 2024

Tags Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs

Taxes and Budget

Statement on supplemental budget

AUGUSTA, Maine — Garrett Martin, president & CEO at the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP), released the following statement in reaction to the budget approved by […]

Posted April 23, 2024

Tags Budget, Child Care, Corporate Power, Direct Care Work, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Wages

Maine’s Economy

Immigration and Maine's economy

Click here to listen to the full episode of “Community Voices for Change” featuring MECEP analyst James Myall, first posted April 22, 2024 by WMPG.

WMPG

Posted April 22, 2024

Tags Economy, Immigration

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

Advocates dismayed by Gov. Mills’ veto of her own bill to improve farmworker wages

Gov. Mills’ proposed savings halved in state budget after objections

Tribal, labor bills among those left in limbo between passage and funding

Wednesday Sit-Down: State budget winners and losers

Gov. Mills vetoes 3 bills, including measure to set minimum wage for farmworkers

Labor advocates call Gov. Mills’ veto of her own farmworker wage bill ‘an embarrassment’

MECEP statement on LD 2273 and LD 525, the farmworker minimum wage and concerted activity bills

Statement on supplemental budget

Immigration and Maine's economy