Testimony Neither For Nor Against LD 1141 An Act To Increase the Affordability of College Tuition and Attract Professionals to Maine

Pay it Forward does nothing to address Maine’s college affordability crisis. It does not help Maine students reduce the burden of repaying tuition costs; in fact its […]

More than Half of Governor LePage's $292 Million Tax Cut Would Accrue to Maine Families with Annual Incomes over $137K (chart)

What’s wrong with the governor’s tax proposal, in one chart

There are two fundamental problems with the governor’s tax reform plan. First, it doesn’t adequately target tax cuts to low- and moderate-income Mainers. Second, it would force […]

Testimony in Support of LD 1220, An Act To Increase Funding for the Maine Community College System

“Maine’s economy, rocked by the shift from manufacturing to services, has fallen behind the region and the nation. An increasing number of new jobs require post-secondary education […]

Testimony in Support of LD 813, An Act to Ensure that Hospitals Comply with the Laws Governing Transparency of Medical Billing

“LD 813 levels the playing field by giving individual consumers recourse when health care providers fail to comply with existing laws of public disclosure. It is a […]

Distributional Analysis: “Better Deal” Provides Bigger Tax Cuts for Most Mainers while Increasing Investment in Education and Other Critical Services

“The Better Deal for Maine plan would cut taxes, on average, for the bottom 95% of Maine taxpayers. It would reduce taxes more than the governor’s plan, […]

Testimony in Support of LD 1092, An Act To Prevent Abusive Debt Collection Practices by Debt Buyers

“LD 1092 isn’t about helping Mainer’s avoid their financial responsibilities. Instead, it’s about common sense reforms that would ensure that consumers really owe the debts they are […]

Estimated Distributional Impact of Two Maine Tax Reform Proposals (table)

#BetterDeal4ME is a big winner in Maine’s major newspapers

When the Democratic leaders in the legislature announced their Better Deal for Maine (#BetterDeal4ME) plan on April 9, the Bangor Daily News was bullish on the proposal: […]

Education committee fails Maine college students

Maine’s neediest college students will get no relief from the crushing costs of a college education. In fact, this week the legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Education […]