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

Taxes and Budget

Maine Democrats begin crafting another state budget over Republican opposition

Major pieces of a potential Democratic-only budget were still unclear on Saturday. Mills’ proposal included major items mostly swept out of the last spending plan, including $80 […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted June 24, 2023

Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Commentary: Business incentive tax giveaway not the program Maine needs

It’s no secret that Maine is facing a critical workforce shortage. A 2022 survey of Maine businesses conducted by the Maine State Chamber of Commerce and the […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted June 18, 2023

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

Taxes and Budget

Wednesday Sit-Down: Property tax relief

Garrett Martin from the Maine Center for Economic Policy sat down with CBS13 to discuss property tax relief. Click here to watch the full video, first posted […]

Fox 23

Posted June 14, 2023

Tags Property Tax, Taxes, Wednesday Sit Down

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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

Maine Democrats begin crafting another state budget over Republican opposition

Commentary: Business incentive tax giveaway not the program Maine needs

Wednesday Sit-Down: Property tax relief