Taxes and Budget Eye on Augusta: Legislature Adjourns, Passes Solar Bills, Rejects Aid to Asylum Seekers The Maine Legislature unanimously passed a bill to more than double the earned income tax credit and expand eligibility to 18- to 24-year-olds without children. In a […] The Free Press Posted June 27, 2019 Tags EITC, Tax Fairness
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget STATEMENT: EITC expansion will boost economic security for roughly 100,000 Maine households CONTACT Mario Moretto mario@mecep.org 207-620-1101 AUGUSTA, Maine — Sarah Austin, policy analyst at Maine Center for Economic Policy, released the following statement regarding the unanimous enactment Thursday […] Posted June 20, 2019 Tags Economic Security, EITC, Tax Fairness
Taxes and Budget After tax credit bill passes, 100,000 Mainers set to get an income boost in 2020 “In our out-of-balance tax code, the poor pay more than the wealthiest residents of our state,” said Sarah Austin, a policy analyst for the Maine Center for […] Beacon Posted June 20, 2019 Tags EITC, Tax Fairness
Taxes and Budget Eye on Augusta: Legislature Passes a Budget, Defeats Gun Control Bills, Pushes Forward Monhegan Wind Project & More Progressives decried the budget for not funding several bills that passed both houses and are now languishing on the Appropriations table — such as LD 1689, which […] The Free Press Posted June 20, 2019 Tags Budget, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness
Taxes and Budget Final budget marks gains in property tax relief, healthcare, but fails to un-rig tax code “Reversing LePage-era tax cuts for the wealthiest would have put budget negotiators in a position to fully fund, for the first time ever, our children’s schools and […] Beacon Posted June 15, 2019 Tags Budget, Health Care, Property Tax, Tax Fairness
Taxes and Budget Maine lawmakers OK 2-year budget after a few tense hours at the State House Mills set the terms of the budget before she was elected, saying in her 2018 campaign that there would be no tax increase in it. She doubled down on […] Bangor Daily News Posted June 14, 2019 Tags Budget
Taxes and Budget Maine Senate deals a blow to cities' push for their own meals and lodging tax option Opposition to the idea, however, came from business groups including the Maine State Chamber of Commerce and from across the political spectrum. The conservative Maine Heritage Policy […] WGME Posted June 14, 2019 Tags Local, Taxes
Taxes and Budget STATEMENT: Budget deal fails to address persistent state revenue challenges CONTACT Mario Moretto mario@mecep.org 207-620-1101 AUGUSTA, Maine — Garrett Martin, executive director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy, released the following statement in reaction to the biennial budget deal […] Posted June 12, 2019 Tags Budget, Revenue
Taxes and Budget Maine lawmakers settle on 2-year budget for just less than the $8 billion Mills proposed Early in her tenure, she doubled down on a 2018 campaign pledge not to raise taxes in her first budget proposal. It meant that there would not be enough […] Bangor Daily News Posted June 12, 2019 Tags Budget
Maine’s Economy Maine Exhales LePage destroyed the institutional capacity of Maine state government to do its job. The recovery from this epic maladministration will take years. With a Republican legislature backing […] The American Prospect Posted June 12, 2019 Tags Revenue, Tax Breaks, Taxes