Taxes and Budget

Paul LePage keeps proposing tax ideas that would harm average Mainers

LePage’s second term plans for slashing, leading to an elimination of, the income tax would have also raised sales taxes, which hit low and middle income people more. A 2017 analysis […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted May 24, 2022

Tags Economic Security, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes

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

Health Care

GRAPHIC SERIES: Health insurance costs will soar for 66,000 Mainers if Congress doesn’t act

Among the provisions included in the American Rescue Plan passed by Congress in 2021 was a program to increase the affordability of health insurance purchased through the […]

MECEP

Posted May 18, 2022

Tags ARPA, Economic Security, Federal, Health Care

MECEP report shows the Child Tax Credit made a tangible difference for Maine families

The improved and expanded monthly Child Tax Credit (CTC) has been one of the most successful and popular American Rescue Plan Act programs, providing flexibility to parents […]

MECEP

Posted May 13, 2022

Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Economic Security, Economy, Incomes, Poverty

Taxes and Budget

REPORT: How the Child Tax Credit was spent in Maine

The improved and expanded monthly Child Tax Credit (CTC) has been one of the most successful and popular American Rescue Plan Act programs, providing flexibility to parents […]

MECEP

Posted May 13, 2022

Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Economic Security, Economy, Federal, Poverty, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

What a day in the life of record high inflation looks like

“I think we saw at the beginning of the pandemic, there was a lot of stimulus out in the economy. People were saving a lot more,” Sarah […]

NewsCenter Maine

Posted May 12, 2022

Tags Economic Security, Economy

Jobs and Income

Legislators sustain Mills’ vetoes of progressive labor and criminal justice reform bills

“Frankly, it’s an indefensible decision,” James Myall of the Maine Center for Economic Policy wrote on Twitter. “Fear of retaliation by employers is real, and by blocking this effort […]

Beacon

Posted May 9, 2022

Tags Economic Security, Job Quality, Paid Sick Days

Health Care, Maine’s Economy

Overturning Roe undermines Americans’ economic security

The US Supreme Court’s apparent intention to overturn Roe v Wade strikes a calamitous blow against decades of legal precedent, dangerously impacting health, privacy, and self-determination for […]

MECEP

Posted May 4, 2022

Tags Economic Security, Health Care, Inequality, Poverty

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

Restoring fairness for the Wabanaki requires Congressional action, too

The Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, Passamaquoddy Tribe, Penobscot Nation, and Mi’kmaq Nation are recognized under federal law. But unlike the 570 other federally recognized tribes, these […]

Garrett Martin

Posted April 20, 2022

Tags Children, Economic Security, Federal, Inequality

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Paul LePage keeps proposing tax ideas that would harm average Mainers

How Maine is spending federal rescue plan funds

GRAPHIC SERIES: Health insurance costs will soar for 66,000 Mainers if Congress doesn’t act

MECEP report shows the Child Tax Credit made a tangible difference for Maine families

REPORT: How the Child Tax Credit was spent in Maine

What a day in the life of record high inflation looks like

Legislators sustain Mills’ vetoes of progressive labor and criminal justice reform bills

Overturning Roe undermines Americans’ economic security

The best of the budget for Maine’s economy

Restoring fairness for the Wabanaki requires Congressional action, too