To pay for tax cuts for the rich, LePage budget shifts tens of millions of dollars onto the backs of homeowners

Governor LePage’s budget proposal offers tax breaks worth $23,000 annually to Maine’s 1%, while asking homeowners to pay an average of $300 more in already historically-high property […]

James Myall

Posted February 6, 2017

Tags Budget, Economy, Property Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

MECEP Matters, January 2017

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Posted January 31, 2017

Tags Economy

Education, Health Care, Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Mainers vote for MECEP-backed initiatives to raise the minimum wage, rollback tax breaks for the wealthy to fund education

On November 8th, Maine voters approved two referendum questions the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) strongly supported and for which we provided critical research and analytical […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted November 15, 2016

Tags Economy, Education, Health Care, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

MECEP Matters, September 2016

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Posted September 30, 2016

Tags Economy

Education, Health Care

Faster internet speeds, wider availability would boost Maine’s economy

If it took a while for your internet service provider (ISP) to load this page onto your computer, you’re not alone. Maine has some of the slowest […]

James Myall

Posted August 31, 2016

Tags Economy, Education, Health Care, Infrastructure

Health Care, Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Augusta’s adherence to austerity holds Maine back

Conservative fiscal policies at the state and national level have been a key cause of the lackluster economic recovery following the Great Recession, according to a new […]

James Myall

Posted August 15, 2016

Tags Economy, Education, Health Care, Infrastructure, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Real Per-capita State Spending Continues to Fall, Even as the Economy Sputters (line graph)

Mark Sullivan

Posted August 15, 2016

Tags Economy

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Failure to invest in Maine’s future is the real fiscal negligence

We all want a financially sound state government, but Governor LePage seems bent on undermining our public services in the name of fiscal integrity. His most recent […]

Jody Harris

Posted August 8, 2016

Tags Budget, Economy, Taxes

Education, Maine’s Economy

Immigrants, including refugees, are good for Maine

In a visit to Maine on Thursday, Donald Trump suggested that the presence of Somali refugees in the state was a security risk and an economic drag. However, […]

James Myall

Posted August 5, 2016

Tags Economy, Education, Immigration

Jobs and Income

Mainers’ personal income growth third slowest in the nation; are big businesses to blame?

Since the Great Recession, Mainers’ personal incomes have grown at a slower rate than residents of nearly every other state, according to a new Pew Research Center […]

James Myall

Posted August 3, 2016

Tags Economy, Incomes, Jobs, Wages

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To pay for tax cuts for the rich, LePage budget shifts tens of millions of dollars onto the backs of homeowners

MECEP Matters, January 2017

Mainers vote for MECEP-backed initiatives to raise the minimum wage, rollback tax breaks for the wealthy to fund education

MECEP Matters, September 2016

Faster internet speeds, wider availability would boost Maine’s economy

Augusta’s adherence to austerity holds Maine back

Real Per-capita State Spending Continues to Fall, Even as the Economy Sputters (line graph)

Failure to invest in Maine’s future is the real fiscal negligence

Immigrants, including refugees, are good for Maine

Mainers’ personal income growth third slowest in the nation; are big businesses to blame?