Taxes and Budget

Wednesday Sit-Down: Making taxes easier for Mainers

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Maura Pillsbury, analyst from the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to talk about taxes in Maine. Click […]

WGME

Posted June 12, 2024

Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Wednesday Sit Down

Taxes and Budget

Letter: Invest in Maine people and communities

Mainers cannot work if they are not healthy and lack access to stable, affordable housing or child care. They cannot support local businesses if they have no […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted May 28, 2024

Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Meet the Private Equity Firm Squeezing America for Baseball Stadium Subsidies

For example, earlier this year, the Maine legislature approved a $2 million tax credit for Diamond Baseball Holdings to upgrade the stadium of the Portland Sea Dogs, […]

Boondoggle

Posted May 17, 2024

Tags Budget, Corporate Power, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Wednesday Sit-Down: Chaotic end to legislative session

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss the the chaotic end to […]

WGME

Posted May 15, 2024

Tags Budget, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, K-12 Education, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Wednesday Sit Down

Taxes and Budget

Opinion: Gov. Mills is choosing austerity over the people of Maine

Raising revenue – especially from the wealthiest Mainers who have the most ability to pay – is a solution that is popular with the public, enjoys broad […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted May 10, 2024

Tags Appropriations Committee, Budget, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Mills vetoes bill restructuring income tax brackets

Garrett Martin, president and CEO of the Maine Center for Economic Policy, said in a statement Friday that the governor’s veto is a missed opportunity to add […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted April 28, 2024

Tags Income Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

MECEP statement on Governor Mills’ veto of LD 1231

AUGUSTA, Maine — Garrett Martin, president & CEO at the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP), released the following statement in reaction to Governor Mills’ veto of […]

Posted April 26, 2024

Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Tax policy hits and misses in the 2024 legislative session

The second session of the 131st legislature delivered some surprising tax policy proposals and outcomes. From a bipartisan proposal to raise taxes on wealthy households to a […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted April 26, 2024

Tags Corporate Power, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Mills vetoes bill that would have taxed wealthy Mainers at higher rates

In a statement following the veto, Garrett Martin, president and CEO at the Maine Center for Economic Policy, also said there wouldn’t have been much benefit to […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted April 26, 2024

Tags Income Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Gov. Janet Mills vetoes income tax changes, clean energy workforce bills

While Republicans have been pushing for years for lower income tax rates, progressive groups have been calling for higher taxes on the wealthiest Mainer residents. Garrett Martin, […]

Maine Public

Posted April 26, 2024

Tags Income Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

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Wednesday Sit-Down: Making taxes easier for Mainers

Letter: Invest in Maine people and communities

Meet the Private Equity Firm Squeezing America for Baseball Stadium Subsidies

Wednesday Sit-Down: Chaotic end to legislative session

Opinion: Gov. Mills is choosing austerity over the people of Maine

Mills vetoes bill restructuring income tax brackets

MECEP statement on Governor Mills’ veto of LD 1231

Tax policy hits and misses in the 2024 legislative session

Mills vetoes bill that would have taxed wealthy Mainers at higher rates

Gov. Janet Mills vetoes income tax changes, clean energy workforce bills