Taxes and Budget

Proposed cigarette tax increase draws praise and concern

James Myall, an economic policy analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy, said Monday that an increase to the cigarette tax wasn’t the center’s first suggestion […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted January 14, 2025

Tags Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

Speaker of Maine House unveils bill to ease health care workforce shortage

A June 2024 analysis by the Maine Center for Economic Policy think tank said that Maine needs to hire an additional 2,300 full-time direct care workers — there are […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted January 13, 2025

Tags Budget, Direct Care Work, Job Quality, Jobs

Taxes and Budget

Janet Mills may get Democratic pushback on proposed cigarette tax hike

The liberal Maine Center for Economic Policy criticized the cuts or lack of additional investments in various health care and child care programs that Mills said would […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted January 13, 2025

Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

MECEP statement on Mills budget proposal

“Governor Mills’ budget comes up short for workers and families,” says MECEP President and CEO Garrett Martin. “While Mainers struggle with soaring costs, wealthy people and multinational […]

Posted January 10, 2025

Tags Budget, Direct Care Work, Health Care, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Mills proposes $1 per pack cigarette tax increase, social service cuts to balance Maine budget

Another left-leaning group, the Maine Center for Economic Policy, slammed the budget, saying it “comes up short for workers and families.” They vowed to work with legislators […]

Spectrum News

Posted January 10, 2025

Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Health Care

Mainers among millions benefiting from new federal rule on medical debt

“This new rule will help more than 100,000 Mainers who hold medical debt, which in most cases was incurred simply for trying to take care of their basic health […]

Beacon

Posted January 7, 2025

Tags Economic Security, Federal, Health Care

Maine’s Economy

Maine's Economic Outlook

The state faces a predicted revenue shortfall. Incoming President Trump is threatening to place tariffs on Canadian and Chinese goods. Maine’s labor shortage is expected to persist […]

Maine Public

Posted January 6, 2025

Tags Budget, Economic Security, Economy, Revenue

Taxes and Budget

Increasing tobacco tax, AI protections among 2025 Maine health priorities

Jess Maurer, executive director of the Maine Council on Aging, and Arthur Phillips, the economic policy analyst with the Maine Center for Economic Policy, both said they […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted January 2, 2025

Tags Budget, Direct Care Work, Job Quality, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Maine’s minimum wage will get a boost Jan. 1

According to the Maine Center for Economic Policy, there are about 37,000 hourly workers in the state earning less than $14.65 hourly and an additional 50,000 employees […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted December 30, 2024

Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

The new paid leave tax hitting Mainers in 2025, explained

The new program will apply to 90 percent of Maine’s workforce, according to the liberal Maine Center for Economic Policy. Self-employed people and tribal governments can opt into […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted December 30, 2024

Tags Budget, Paid Family and Medical Leave, Revenue, Taxes

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Proposed cigarette tax increase draws praise and concern

Speaker of Maine House unveils bill to ease health care workforce shortage

Janet Mills may get Democratic pushback on proposed cigarette tax hike

MECEP statement on Mills budget proposal

Mills proposes $1 per pack cigarette tax increase, social service cuts to balance Maine budget

Mainers among millions benefiting from new federal rule on medical debt

Maine's Economic Outlook

Increasing tobacco tax, AI protections among 2025 Maine health priorities

Maine’s minimum wage will get a boost Jan. 1

The new paid leave tax hitting Mainers in 2025, explained