Taxes and Budget

Opinion: Maine doesn’t have to choose between bold policy and balanced budgets

Maine lawmakers are heading into a new term facing a big challenge — how to sustain bold investments in Maine people and communities in a year when […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted January 22, 2025

Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Governor Mills’ budget proposal: key takeaways and recommendations

On January 10, Governor Janet Mills unveiled her budget plans for Maine through 2027. While the proposal balances the budget through some revenue increases, it largely relies […]

James Myall

Posted January 16, 2025

Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Breaks, 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

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, 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

Taxes and Budget

Maine can’t afford Trump’s dangerous plans to gut Medicaid

If the election taught us anything, it’s that the cost of living is way too high. So why are we hearing about cuts that would make health […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted December 20, 2024

Tags Budget, Medicaid, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

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Opinion: Maine doesn’t have to choose between bold policy and balanced budgets

Governor Mills’ budget proposal: key takeaways and recommendations

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

Maine's Economic Outlook

Increasing tobacco tax, AI protections among 2025 Maine health priorities

The new paid leave tax hitting Mainers in 2025, explained

Maine can’t afford Trump’s dangerous plans to gut Medicaid