Taxes and Budget

Should Maine give extra tax revenue back?

Sarah Austin of the Maine Center for Economic Policy, a liberal advocacy group, told the committee Maine still has too many unmet needs to give checks or […]

NewsCenter Maine

Posted January 12, 2022

Tags Caregiving, Children, Economic Security, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

MECEP statement on LD 327, An Act To Return Surplus Money to Maine Taxpayers

AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) is releasing the following statement in opposition to LD 327, An Act To Return Surplus Money to Maine […]

Posted January 12, 2022

Tags Coronavirus, Economic Security, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Expanded child tax credit worked and should be reinstated

With the stalling of President Joe Biden’s spending plan, the fate of the more generous child tax credit looks bleak, which is bad news for the millions […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted January 4, 2022

Tags Children, Economic Security, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Maine Voices: All too often, business tax breaks don’t work for Mainers

Programs that use public funds should be well designed so that money raised through taxes is not wasted, strengthens our communities and promotes long-term growth and opportunity […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted January 1, 2022

Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

MECEP context and quotes on inflation and surplus

AUGUSTA, Maine — Ahead of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday release of the November Consumer Price Index data on Friday, December 10, the Maine Center for Economic […]

Posted December 9, 2021

Tags Coronavirus, Economy, Federal, Wages

Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

Income of wealthiest in Maine nearly doubled from 2019 to 2020, report shows

Sarah Austin, director of policy and research at the Maine Center for Economic Policy, said because there weren’t any big changes to the tax code between those […]

Beacon

Posted December 2, 2021

Tags Incomes, Inequality, Tax Fairness

Jobs and Income

Editorial: Removing workforce barriers

Last week, the Maine Center for Economic Policy, a liberal-leaning think tank, released a report titled “State of Working Maine” and in it detailed the impact of the pandemic on […]

Mount Desert Islander

Posted December 2, 2021

Tags Coronavirus, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, Racial Equity, Unemployment, Wages

Health Care

Letter: Complicated and overpriced health care systems needs overhaul

A single universal system would be simpler and more affordable. Indeed, a study by the Maine Center for Economic Policy in 2019 demonstrated how a state-based healthcare system could […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted December 1, 2021

Tags Health Care, Inequality

Taxes and Budget

Build Back Better Act is the transformative plan Maine needs

Rep. Jared Golden opposed the bill in part because he disagreed with a provision lifting the cap on state and local tax deductions. The Maine Center for Economic Policy wrote […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted December 1, 2021

Tags Budget, Coronavirus, Federal, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Golden votes no as House passes landmark social spending bill

After months of debate, the U.S. House early Friday passed President Joe Biden’s landmark social spending bill, which will invest $1.85 trillion in child care, health care, […]

Beacon

Posted November 19, 2021

Tags Budget, Children, Coronavirus, Federal, Health Care

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Should Maine give extra tax revenue back?

MECEP statement on LD 327, An Act To Return Surplus Money to Maine Taxpayers

Expanded child tax credit worked and should be reinstated

Maine Voices: All too often, business tax breaks don’t work for Mainers

MECEP context and quotes on inflation and surplus

Income of wealthiest in Maine nearly doubled from 2019 to 2020, report shows

Editorial: Removing workforce barriers

Letter: Complicated and overpriced health care systems needs overhaul

Build Back Better Act is the transformative plan Maine needs

Golden votes no as House passes landmark social spending bill