Additional comments on LD 1141, An Act To Increase the Affordability of College Tuition and Attract Professionals to Maine

Low-income students seeking admission to community college have less unmet need than those attending the University of Maine. According to research presented to the Commission to Study […]

Honoring Maine’s Veterans: Serving Better Those Who Served (Full Report)

“Our veterans also rely on the public services and the safety net available to Mainers regardless of military service. Because of the lasting, ill effects of their […]

Honoring Maine’s Veterans: Serving Better Those Who Served (Executive Summary)

MECEP released a new report, Honoring Maine’s Veterans:Serving Better Those Who Served, on May 7,2015.  MECEP graduate intern and Iraq war veteran Hal Brewster served as the report’s lead […]

Testimony in Support of LD 1318, An Act To Promote Individual Private Savings Accounts through a Public-private Partnership

Part-time workers are mostly ineligible for employer retirement plans. Just over 40,000 Mainers work in part-time jobs. Maine has the sixth highest rate of “involuntary part-time” employment […]

Testimony in Support of LD 1344, An Act to Protect Maine Consumers in the Individual Health Insurance Market and Support Maine's Economy

“Maine’s Marketplace enrollment has been a stunning success.  Maine’s uninsured rate dropped 4.5 percentage points between 2013 and 2014 – the first year the Marketplace policies were […]

3 unsavory ways to pay for eliminating Maine’s income tax

Maine’s Constitution requires a balanced budget. Eliminating the state’s income tax. as the governor proposes to do in 2020, will blow a $1.7 billion hole in the […]

Testimony in Opposition to LD 1367, A Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Eliminate the Income Tax

Like other states across the country, Maine’s constitution requires that the legislature balance the state budget every year, so any income tax cut must result in some […]

Composition of Average State and Local Tax Bills in Selected Income Groups (charts)

Testimony in Favor of LD 933 – An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Task Force To End Student Hunger in Maine

The Maine Center for Economic Policy particularly supports the community eligibility working group. This community eligibility program allows high-poverty schools to offer nutritious breakfasts and lunches to […]

Eliminating Maine’s income tax: A boon to wealthy Mainers, will hurt everyone else

Two weeks ago Governor LePage notified lawmakers of his intention to amend Maine’s constitution to eliminate the state’s income tax by 2020. This may mean the governor […]