Taxes and Budget Fact Sheet: Putting People before Politics Maine’s challenges highlight need for facts and the importance of keeping all options on the table. MECEP releases a background paper to provide a factual overview of Maine’s […] Jody Harris Posted February 10, 2011 Tags Budget, Taxes
Taxes and Budget "Putting People before Politics": MECEP Backround Paper on Maine's Biennial Budget Maine’s leading nonprofit research and policy development organization urges lawmakers to “keep all options, not just budget cuts, on the table” Augusta, Maine (Thursday, February 10, […] Posted February 10, 2011 Tags Budget
Taxes and Budget Sensibility, Not Rhetoric, Key to Strong State Finances On 1/20/2011, Maine’s new State Treasurer, Bruce Poliquin, posted his first official blog describing Maine’s $4.3 billion in unfunded pension liability for teachers and state employees as […] Mark Sullivan Posted February 3, 2011 Tags Budget, Education, Infrastructure
Taxes and Budget Fact Sheet: Building on a Solid Foundation: Maine’s Future Prosperity Demands Responsible, Fact-based Fiscal Management MECEP urges the Legislature and Governor to consider all options and adopt a reasonable, balanced approach that preserves needed investments for roads, bridges, schools, health care and […] MECEP Posted January 26, 2011 Tags Budget, Education, Infrastructure
Taxes and Budget MECEP Statement on Maine's Debt Situation Maine’s leading nonprofit research and policy development organization urges the state to “consider all options” and take a “reasonable, balanced approach” Augusta, Maine (Wednesday, January 26, […] Posted January 26, 2011 Tags Budget
Taxes and Budget Shepard Lee Lecturer Calls Deficit Reduction Fervor Misplaced Center for American Progress Vice President for Economic Policy Michael Ettlinger warned the audience at MECEP’s 12/14/2010 event that states will not likely receive additional federal aid […] Mark Sullivan Posted December 16, 2010 Tags Budget, Federal, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Fact Sheet: Where the Money Is (and Isn’t): MHPC Report Raises False Alarms about Maine’s Spending Priorities The Maine Center for Economic Policy believes that rigorous and credible research and analysis should be at the core of discussions of public policy. The recent Maine […] Jody Harris Posted December 14, 2010 Tags Budget
Taxes and Budget MHPC Report Raises False Alarms about Maine's Spending Priorities MECEP challenges methodology, findings and conclusions; urges the media “to apply a more rigorous standard” to its coverage Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, December 14, 2010)—The Maine Center […] Posted December 14, 2010 Tags Budget
Taxes and Budget "Economic Development in Hard Times: How to Spend Less and Get More" More than 50 people attended MECEP’s Second Shepard Lee Lecture by Good Jobs First Founder and Executive Director Greg LeRoy at USM on Tuesday (11/16) evening. MECEP […] Mark Sullivan Posted November 17, 2010 Tags Budget, Economy
Taxes and Budget Greg LeRoy, Good Jobs First Founder, to Deliver MECEP's 11/16 Shepard Lee Lecture Tomorrow evening (Tuesday, 11/16), Greg LeRoy, Founder and Executive Director of Good Jobs First, will deliver MECEP’s latest Shepard Lee Lecture. LeRoy’s topic will be “Economic Development […] Mark Sullivan Posted November 15, 2010 Tags Budget, Economy