Education, Taxes and Budget Moving Maine Students to the Head of the Class Shoring up state funding for schools by cleaning up Maine’s tax code will promote opportunity for all Maine children MECEP finds that a three percent tax on income […] Mark Sullivan Posted September 19, 2016 Tags Education, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Education, Taxes and Budget Moving Maine Students to the Head of the Class (Executive Summary) Shoring up state funding for schools by cleaning up Maine’s tax code will promote opportunity for all Maine children. This November, Maine voters will consider a ballot initiative […] Mark Sullivan Posted September 19, 2016 Tags Education, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Education, Taxes and Budget Millions of Dollars in Lost Tax Revenue Will Fund Tax Breaks that Disproportionately Benefit Maine's Wealthiest Families (bar graph)Education, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes Mark Sullivan Posted September 19, 2016 Tags Education, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Education, Taxes and Budget Percent of Low-income Students on the Rise in Maine (line graph) Mark Sullivan Posted September 19, 2016 Tags Education, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Education, Taxes and Budget Improved Tax Fairness for Maine Families (bar chart) Mark Sullivan Posted September 19, 2016 Tags Education, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Education, Taxes and Budget Wealthy Mainers Will Receive Largest Tax Breaks in 2017 (bar chart) Mark Sullivan Posted September 19, 2016 Tags Education, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget ConnectME Revenues, 2010-18 (line graph) Mark Sullivan Posted August 31, 2016 Tags Revenue
Maine’s Economy Legislators can help working families by overriding bonds release bill veto “Governor LePage has it all wrong when he says LMF is only for the rich. LMF very specifically helps working families. In particular, it keeps farm lands in […] Jody Harris Posted June 30, 2015 Tags Bonds, Revenue
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget Latest Budget Deal modestly improves Maine’s tax system progressivity, future revenue adequacy less certain Today, state legislators released details of a budget deal that, if passed, would avoid a state government shutdown. The deal includes significant changes to Maine’s tax code. […] Garrett Martin Posted June 16, 2015 Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget A crumbling road is not the route to economic growth “If the governor and legislature want vibrant downtowns and a thriving economy, they must invest in our roads and highways. If they don’t want our downtowns to […] Jody Harris Posted June 4, 2015 Tags Budget, Economy, Infrastructure, Revenue