Taxes and Budget

Maine lawmakers can transform Maine with the next budget

Maine lawmakers have an opportunity to transform the state’s economy by choosing to invest in our people and communities. Imagine an economy where workers don’t have to […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted February 23, 2023

Tags Budget

Mills outlines new climate goals, backs housing first, pledges access to Narcan in budget address

The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) also praised the budget while calling for lawmakers to build on the plan by making additional investments in programs to […]

Beacon

Posted February 15, 2023

Tags Budget

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

Health Care

Advocates worry that ‘fentanyl hysteria’ will further criminalize people who use drugs

“By 2016, harm reduction activists noted the product on the street that was being sold as heroin had almost none,” reads A Better Path for Maine: The […]

Beacon

Posted February 13, 2023

Tags Health Care

Taxes and Budget

‘People are desperate:’ Budget committee encouraged to make bold investments in affordable housing

“While public investment is necessary to alleviate Maine’s affordable housing crisis, $30 million is insufficient to address the shortage of affordable housing,” said Josie Phillips, a budget […]

Beacon

Posted February 10, 2023

Tags Budget, Housing

Taxes and Budget

Economists, lawmakers caution against squandering unexpected fiscal strength on tax cuts

“Is it really a surplus if we’re not paying for these really essential needs that Mainers have?” asked Maura Pillsbury, a state and local tax analyst with […]

Beacon

Posted February 6, 2023

Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Radio interview with Maura Pillsbury about tax policy in Maine

Our guest will be Maura Pillsbury who is a tax analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy. She will talk about what the 131st Maine State […]

WMPG

Posted January 31, 2023

Tags Budget, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Jobs and Income

Amid efforts to boost worker pay, Maine Republicans introduce 7 bills to roll back wages

In the 2021 legislative session, lawmakers considered at least five GOP-led efforts to undercut the minimum wage. If they had been approved, James Myall, policy analyst at […]

Beacon

Posted January 19, 2023

Tags Incomes, Wages

Editorial: It’s past time to stop editing MLK’s words and ideas

The Bangor Daily News was the source of a national uproar on Monday when it reprinted a deeply-edited, heavily-sanitized version of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” […]

Beacon

Posted January 17, 2023

Tags Inequality, Racial Equity

Taxes and Budget

Bills to ensure wealthy and corporations pay fair share of taxes will be a focus this session

Still, some bills that simply made the tax code more balanced were successful last year, including a measure to stop large chain stores from exploiting a “dark store” tax […]

Beacon

Posted January 13, 2023

Tags Budget, Tax Fairness, Taxes

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Maine lawmakers can transform Maine with the next budget

Mills outlines new climate goals, backs housing first, pledges access to Narcan in budget address

MECEP reaction to State of the Budget address

Advocates worry that ‘fentanyl hysteria’ will further criminalize people who use drugs

‘People are desperate:’ Budget committee encouraged to make bold investments in affordable housing

Economists, lawmakers caution against squandering unexpected fiscal strength on tax cuts

Radio interview with Maura Pillsbury about tax policy in Maine

Amid efforts to boost worker pay, Maine Republicans introduce 7 bills to roll back wages

Editorial: It’s past time to stop editing MLK’s words and ideas

Bills to ensure wealthy and corporations pay fair share of taxes will be a focus this session