Taxes and Budget

Opinion: Gov. Mills is choosing austerity over the people of Maine

Raising revenue – especially from the wealthiest Mainers who have the most ability to pay – is a solution that is popular with the public, enjoys broad […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted May 10, 2024

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

Taxes and Budget

A ‘Rubik’s cube’: Lawmakers reconvene as more than 200 bills await legislative action

As James Myall, an analyst for the progressive Maine Center for Economic Policy, previously told Maine Morning Star, “It would be especially frustrating if they don’t even pass […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted May 7, 2024

Tags Budget

Taxes and Budget

Wednesday Sit-Down: Bills that may die due to lack of funding

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, James Myall, policy analyst from the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to talk about bills that may […]

WGME

Posted May 1, 2024

Tags Budget, Wednesday Sit Down

Taxes and Budget

Gov. Mills’ proposed savings halved in state budget after objections

Meanwhile, James Myall, an analyst for the progressive Maine Center for Economic Policy, said the state is in a strong position when it comes to savings, pointing […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted April 25, 2024

Tags Appropriations Committee, Budget, Revenue

Taxes and Budget

Tribal, labor bills among those left in limbo between passage and funding

“It’s always frustrating when bills die on the table,” James Myall, an analyst for the progressive Maine Center for Economic Policy, told Maine Morning Star. “But it […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted April 24, 2024

Tags Budget

Taxes and Budget

Wednesday Sit-Down: State budget winners and losers

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss the winners and losers of […]

WGME

Posted April 24, 2024

Tags Budget, Revenue, Taxes, Wednesday Sit Down

Taxes and Budget

What’s in the $430 million supplemental budget

On Monday, Governor Janet Mills signed into law a $430 million supplemental budget passed by the legislature that includes significant investments in pressing needs for Mainers, particularly […]

James Myall

Posted April 24, 2024

Tags Budget, Education, Housing, Medicare, Revenue, Seniors, SNAP, Wages

Taxes and Budget

Statement on supplemental budget

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

Posted April 23, 2024

Tags Budget, Child Care, Corporate Power, Direct Care Work, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Wages

Taxes and Budget

New rent relief program to offer struggling Mainers up to $800 a month

There are twice as many renter households with extremely low income in Maine as there are housing units affordable at that income, said James Myall, an economic […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted April 22, 2024

Tags Budget, Housing

Health Care, Taxes and Budget

Maine Legislature preserves expansion of Medicare Savings Programs

The Legislature approved the supplemental budget early Thursday morning, and it now heads to Gov. Janet Mills, who is expected to sign it. By refusing to roll […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted April 18, 2024

Tags Budget, Health Care, Medicare

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Opinion: Gov. Mills is choosing austerity over the people of Maine

A ‘Rubik’s cube’: Lawmakers reconvene as more than 200 bills await legislative action

Wednesday Sit-Down: Bills that may die due to lack of funding

Gov. Mills’ proposed savings halved in state budget after objections

Tribal, labor bills among those left in limbo between passage and funding

Wednesday Sit-Down: State budget winners and losers

What’s in the $430 million supplemental budget

Statement on supplemental budget

New rent relief program to offer struggling Mainers up to $800 a month

Maine Legislature preserves expansion of Medicare Savings Programs