Taxes and Budget

Report: Maine’s tax code 7th most progressive in the nation

In a blog post analyzing the ITEP report, Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) tax analyst Maura Pillsbury credited recent reforms — such as the expansion of Maine’s Earned […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted January 10, 2024

Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Report: Maine’s tax system creates more equality than states without an income tax

“Maine’s tax code should help narrow income inequality, not widen it,” Maura Pillsbury, a state and local tax policy analyst with the Maine Center for Economic Policy, […]

Beacon

Posted January 10, 2024

Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Wednesday Sit-Down: Breaking down who pays taxes

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to break down a recent report about […]

WGME

Posted January 10, 2024

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

Taxes and Budget

Sea Dogs look for state help in financing upgrades to Hadlock Field

The prospect of using state money to help finance improvements at Hadlock Field already has met with opposition. Maura Pillsbury, a state and local tax policy analyst […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted December 13, 2023

Tags Budget, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Portland Sea Dogs could lose MLB affiliation without $10M in upgrades

The new owner could feature prominently in any debate over upgrades. Both the conservative Maine Policy Institute and the liberal Maine Center for Economic Policy have added a proposed bill aiming […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted December 13, 2023

Tags Budget, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Business tax giveaways to watch in 2024

Each year the state of Maine gives away millions of public dollars in subsidies to businesses in the form of tax breaks. Often these tax breaks are […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted December 5, 2023

Tags Budget, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Rising poverty proves policies like improved child tax credit matter

Earlier this month, the U.S. census released data on poverty in 2022, and despite a growing economy, a great many families have been left behind. Nationally, one […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted September 26, 2023

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

Taxes and Budget

Amid rise in child poverty rates, Maine child tax credit expected to buoy 3,500 youth

Those percentages come from what’s called a “supplemental poverty measure,” which accounts for government benefits, post-tax income and costs of running a family such as commuting, child […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted September 19, 2023

Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Poverty, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Good Jobs First finds business subsidies contribute to racial and wealth inequality

For years, research organization Good Jobs First has been at the forefront of examining the impacts of using public money to subsidize wealthy corporations. Now in a […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted September 7, 2023

Tags Budget, Inequality, Racial Equity, Tax Breaks, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

5 things that matter to most Mainers in the state budget

One of the groups not in favor of the Dirigo Business Incentive is the liberal Maine Center for Economic Policy, which argued it will primarily benefit large businesses and […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted July 3, 2023

Tags Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

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Report: Maine’s tax code 7th most progressive in the nation

Report: Maine’s tax system creates more equality than states without an income tax

Wednesday Sit-Down: Breaking down who pays taxes

Sea Dogs look for state help in financing upgrades to Hadlock Field

Portland Sea Dogs could lose MLB affiliation without $10M in upgrades

Business tax giveaways to watch in 2024

Rising poverty proves policies like improved child tax credit matter

Amid rise in child poverty rates, Maine child tax credit expected to buoy 3,500 youth

Good Jobs First finds business subsidies contribute to racial and wealth inequality

5 things that matter to most Mainers in the state budget