Taxes and Budget New MECEP policy briefs give state candidates a roadmap toward success in the next budget As campaigns for governor and state legislative seats swing into high gear, one thing is certain: The winners of this fall’s elections need to be able to […] MECEP Posted September 10, 2018 Tags Budget
Taxes and Budget ADVISORY: Media call WEDNESDAY about next state budget, MECEP's outreach to state-level candidates Winners of legislative and gubernatorial elections will have a chance to fully fund public schools, health care and local services in the next budget ADVISORY: September 10, […] Posted September 10, 2018 Tags Budget
Taxes and Budget MECEP Policy Brief: Comparing the Democratic and GOP tax bills Summary: Because of the federal tax overhaul spearheaded by President Trump and Congressional Republicans, the Maine Legislature is considering two competing proposals to change its own tax […] MECEP Posted April 17, 2018 Tags Budget, Taxes
Taxes and Budget PRESS RELEASE: LePage Tax Bill siphons revenue from Maine's future to pay for benefits to profitable businesses and wealthy households AUGUSTA, Maine – Gov. Paul LePage’s administration on Thursday unveiled the governor’s tax conformity bill – an $88.2 million proposal to adopt portions of the Trump Tax Plan […] Posted March 1, 2018 Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes, TCJA
Maine’s Economy Press Release: New revenue identified in latest forecast should fund state needs, not tax breaks AUGUSTA, Maine — The state’s Revenue Forecasting Committee told lawmakers on Tuesday that Maine’s General Fund will exceed original estimates by roughly $128.5 million in the current budget […] Posted February 27, 2018 Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Taxes
Education, Health Care, Maine’s Economy Analysis: Trump’s budget squeezes struggling Mainers to pay for giveaways to top 1 percent, wealthy corporations The tax bill passed by the Republican-controlled Congress and signed by President Donald Trump in December created a $1.5 trillion hole in the federal budget to create […] Sarah Austin Posted February 23, 2018 Tags Budget, Education, Federal, Health Care
Taxes and Budget WABI Channel 5: Taking a look at Question 4 “Question 4 is a simple bi-partisan solution to mend the Maine constitution to change the period time where we amortize or cover the loss for unfunded liabilities from 10 years to 20 years,” said Marpheen Chann, the communications director at Maine Center for Economic Policy. Channel 7 ABC Posted October 27, 2017 Tags Budget, Taxes
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget Looming state shutdown dangerous for Maine’s economy As the state’s two year budget comes due, Republican lawmakers continue to hold negotiations hostage over demands to repeal the voter approved 3% surcharge on household income […] James Myall Posted June 24, 2017 Tags Budget, Economy
Taxes and Budget Maine Groups Urge Our Members of Congress to Oppose Provisions of President Trump's Proposed Budget Harmful to Maine Families [pdf-embedder url=”https://www.mecep.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Maine-organizations-opposed-to-Trump-budget_06-20-17.pdf” title=”Maine organizations opposed to Trump budget_06-20-17″] Mark Sullivan Posted June 20, 2017 Tags Budget, Economy, Federal
Taxes and Budget Trump budget would shift huge SNAP costs to Maine and put more Mainers at risk of going hungry [pdf-embedder url=”https://www.mecep.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Trump-budget-SNAP-cuts-6-13-2017.pdf” title=”Trump budget SNAP cuts 6-13-2017″] Posted June 13, 2017 Tags Budget, Federal, SNAP