To pay for tax cuts for the rich, LePage budget shifts tens of millions of dollars onto the backs of homeowners

Governor LePage’s budget proposal offers tax breaks worth $23,000 annually to Maine’s 1%, while asking homeowners to pay an average of $300 more in already historically-high property […]

James Myall

Posted February 6, 2017

Tags Budget, Economy, Property Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Governor LePage's Proposed Cuts to Homestead Exemption Would Raise Property Taxes for Maine Homeowners

Governor LePage’s budget would repeal the homestead exemption and increase property taxes for an estimated 213,000 Maine homeowners by more than $300 a year on average. Particularly […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted February 6, 2017

Tags Budget, Homestead Exemption, Property Tax, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Testimony in Opposition to Governor’s Proposed Budget, Part G

“Part G of the governor’s budget would repeal the homestead exemption and increase property taxes for an estimated 213,000 Maine homeowners by more than $300 on average. […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted February 6, 2017

Tags Budget

Taxes and Budget

Property taxes will increase for 200,000 families in every part of the state under governor's budget (map)

Map from February 6, 2017 MECEP issue brief, “Governor LePage’s Proposed Cuts to Homestead Exemption Would Raise Property Taxes for Maine Homeowners.” Click on the map for […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted February 6, 2017

Tags Budget, Property Tax, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Governor's budget would increase property taxes on over 200,000 Maine households (interactive map)

Interactive map from February 5, 2017 blog post, “To pay for tax cuts for the rich, LePage budget shifts tens of millions of dollars onto the backs […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted February 6, 2017

Tags Budget, Property Tax, Taxes

Education

Oppose the Governor’s Efforts to Repeal Voter Approved Funding for Education and to Give Tax Breaks to the Rich Paid for by Mainers with Income below $92,000

Here are three reasons why Maine lawmakers should reject Governor LePage’s FY18/19 budget proposal: 1. Ignoring the Will of Maine Voters The governor’s proposed state budget completely […]

Sarah Austin

Posted February 3, 2017

Tags Education, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Oppose the Repeal of Homestead Exemption for Non-elderly Families

Governor LePage’s FY18/19 budget proposal would eliminate the Homestead Exemption property tax relief program for resident homeowners under 65 years of age. This is a bad idea. […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted February 3, 2017

Tags Budget, Homestead Exemption, Property Tax, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Testimony in Support of LD 32, An Act to An Act To Increase the Size of Grants under the Maine State Grant Program

For a PDF of this testimony, click here. January 23, 2017 Good afternoon, Senator Langley, Representative Kornfield, and members of the Joint Committee on Education and Cultural […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted January 23, 2017

Tags Higher Education

Education, Taxes and Budget

Maine College Affordability Gap Analysis: Dependent Students, Four Years at University of Maine System

Graphic referenced in testimony in support of LD 32, An Act to An Act to Increase the Size of Grants under the Maine State Grant Program, click here. […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted January 23, 2017

Tags Education, Higher Education, Student Debt

Health Care

The ACA Has Significantly Reduced Annual Insurance Premium Increases for Mainers and Maine Businesses

for a PDF of the report which includes this graphic, click here.

Mark Sullivan

Posted January 20, 2017

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care

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To pay for tax cuts for the rich, LePage budget shifts tens of millions of dollars onto the backs of homeowners

Governor LePage's Proposed Cuts to Homestead Exemption Would Raise Property Taxes for Maine Homeowners

Testimony in Opposition to Governor’s Proposed Budget, Part G

Property taxes will increase for 200,000 families in every part of the state under governor's budget (map)

Governor's budget would increase property taxes on over 200,000 Maine households (interactive map)

Oppose the Governor’s Efforts to Repeal Voter Approved Funding for Education and to Give Tax Breaks to the Rich Paid for by Mainers with Income below $92,000

Oppose the Repeal of Homestead Exemption for Non-elderly Families

Testimony in Support of LD 32, An Act to An Act To Increase the Size of Grants under the Maine State Grant Program

Maine College Affordability Gap Analysis: Dependent Students, Four Years at University of Maine System

The ACA Has Significantly Reduced Annual Insurance Premium Increases for Mainers and Maine Businesses