Taxes and Budget

Families, advocates demand accountability after string of deaths in Maine prisons and jails

Advocates at the rally argued that the rise in prison and jail deaths is related to decades of policy decisions in Maine that have resulted in a […]

Beacon

Posted September 12, 2022

Tags Budget, Health Care, Inequality

Taxes and Budget

The coming tax debate between Janet Mills and Paul LePage

LePage wants to supercharge this idea in his first year, telling WMTW he would begin his plan to phase out Maine’s income tax by exempting all pension income from […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted September 2, 2022

Tags Budget, Income Tax, Property Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Biden signs into law Democrats’ wide-ranging climate change, health care and tax bill

The bill, named the Inflation Reduction Act, was hailed by analysts in Maine, who said the tax and health care provisions would help create a more fair […]

Beacon

Posted August 17, 2022

Tags Budget, Federal, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

A recent history of Maine’s swiftly evolving tax code

For most of the 1990s and 2000s, Maine’s tax code remained relatively stable. Corporate and income tax rates were unchanged and except for modifications to how the […]

Sarah Austin

Posted August 4, 2022

Tags Budget, EITC, Income Tax, Property Tax, Revenue, Sales Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Paul LePage’s new plan for his old tax cut ideas

His last budget proposal in 2017 was criticized by the Maine Center for Economic Policy, which said it would raise taxes on 80 percent of Mainers when […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted July 6, 2022

Tags Budget, Income Tax, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

Everything You Need To Know About Maine Stimulus Checks

In an attempt to help residents deal with high inflation costs, Maine has begun issuing $850 stimulus payments to qualified taxpayers. As of June 24, stimulus checks […]

Forbes

Posted June 24, 2022

Tags Budget, Economy

Taxes and Budget

How Maine is spending federal rescue plan funds

Under the Biden administration’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), over $4.5 billion of federal funding is flowing into Maine to contend with the impacts of the COVID-19 […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted May 19, 2022

Tags ARPA, Budget, Children, Economic Security, Economy, Health Care, Infrastructure

Taxes and Budget

The best of the budget for Maine’s economy

The 130th legislative session began with a surplus of more than $800 million which was revised up to $1.2 billion in March. The bipartisan budget approved last […]

Sarah Austin

Posted April 28, 2022

Tags Budget, Economic Security, Economy, Education, Housing, Infrastructure, K-12 Education, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

‘Unconscionable’: Lawmakers criticize budget plan to send checks to higher-income Mainers

Some advocates also praised the budget plan. In an email, Maine Center for Economic Policy president Garrett Martin lauded the expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit and […]

Beacon

Posted April 15, 2022

Tags Budget

Taxes and Budget

MECEP statement on bipartisan budget package

AUGUSTA, Maine — Garrett Martin, president & CEO at the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP), released the following statement in reaction to the budget deal announced […]

Posted April 15, 2022

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Families, advocates demand accountability after string of deaths in Maine prisons and jails

The coming tax debate between Janet Mills and Paul LePage

Biden signs into law Democrats’ wide-ranging climate change, health care and tax bill

A recent history of Maine’s swiftly evolving tax code

Paul LePage’s new plan for his old tax cut ideas

Everything You Need To Know About Maine Stimulus Checks

How Maine is spending federal rescue plan funds

The best of the budget for Maine’s economy

‘Unconscionable’: Lawmakers criticize budget plan to send checks to higher-income Mainers

MECEP statement on bipartisan budget package