Taxes and Budget

Poll: Mainers prefer investments in housing, infrastructure over one-time checks

Policy analysts at the Maine Center for Economic Policy have argued that if the one-time checks were more narrowly targeted, and the amount deposited in the Rainy […]

Beacon

Posted March 30, 2022

Tags Budget, Revenue

Taxes and Budget

Biden proposes billionaire tax to pay for increased spending on military, public health

Megan Michaud, vice president of programs and policy with the Maine Center for Economic Policy, said by closing offshore tax loopholes and taxing the unrealized capital gains on […]

Beacon

Posted March 29, 2022

Tags Budget, Federal, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Our View: The question at the heart of Maine’s overdose epidemic

According to a new report from the Maine chapter of the ACLU and the Maine Center for Economic Policy, state and local governments here spend $111 million on arresting […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted March 23, 2022

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Taxes and Budget

Report calls for Maine to decriminalize drugs, outlines dangers of punishing substance use

The study was produced by the ACLU of Maine and the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP). Based on conversations with more than 150 people — including […]

Beacon

Posted March 22, 2022

Tags Budget, Health Care, Revenue, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

A Better Path for Maine: The Case for Decriminalizing Drugs

Maine spends $111 million to punish people for using drugs. The return on this investment: record shattering overdose deaths, thousands of people held back from reaching their […]

MECEP

Posted March 21, 2022

Tags Budget, Revenue, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

ACLU of Maine, MECEP release report on decriminalizing drugs

Maine spends more than $100 million dollars per year to penalize people for possessing small amounts of drugs. Two nonprofit organizations released a report highlighting the harm criminalization […]

Fox Bangor

Posted March 21, 2022

Tags Budget, Revenue, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Advocates renew calls to decriminalize all drugs in Maine

In 2019, the state spent $111 million on arresting, jailing, prosecuting and incarcerating people who use drugs. “They do not address the underlying causes of substance use […]

Fox 23

Posted March 21, 2022

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Taxes and Budget

Two Maine groups make case for decriminalizing drug use and possession

The Maine Center for Economic Policy and the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine discussed findings from their new report “A Better Path for Maine: The Case […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted March 21, 2022

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Taxes and Budget

Report calls on Maine to decriminalize drug use and possession

The ACLU of Maine along with the Maine Center for Economic Policy released a report on Monday calling on the state to decriminalize drug use and possession. […]

WABI

Posted March 21, 2022

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Taxes and Budget

Maine ACLU, Maine Center for Economic Policy release report calling for drug decriminalization

On Monday, the Maine ACLU and Maine Center for Economic Policy held a press conference, discussing a new report that recommends decriminalizing drug use and possession in the state. […]

NewsCenter Maine

Posted March 21, 2022

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Poll: Mainers prefer investments in housing, infrastructure over one-time checks

Biden proposes billionaire tax to pay for increased spending on military, public health

Our View: The question at the heart of Maine’s overdose epidemic

Report calls for Maine to decriminalize drugs, outlines dangers of punishing substance use

A Better Path for Maine: The Case for Decriminalizing Drugs

ACLU of Maine, MECEP release report on decriminalizing drugs

Advocates renew calls to decriminalize all drugs in Maine

Two Maine groups make case for decriminalizing drug use and possession

Report calls on Maine to decriminalize drug use and possession

Maine ACLU, Maine Center for Economic Policy release report calling for drug decriminalization