Taxes and Budget

Maine Can Raise $133.9 Million with New Wealth Proceeds Tax

Taxing the proceeds generated by wealth — such as capital gains, dividends, and passive business income — through a new Wealth Proceeds Tax is a simple, shovel-ready way for Maine to raise hundreds of millions in new revenue […]

Posted October 30, 2025

Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Anti-Hunger Advocates to Governor Mills and Legislature: “all-hands-on-deck moment” for state government requires special legislative session to prevent hunger crisis during federal shutdown

AUGUSTA – Maine Equal Justice, Full Plates Full Potential, and the Maine Center for Economic Policy today called on Governor Mills and legislators to convene a special […]

Posted October 30, 2025

Tags Budget, Economic Security, Federal, Food Insecurity, SNAP

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Janet Mills faces calls to convene lawmakers to tackle the shutdown’s fallout

Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, who is running for governor next year, said he would support a special session that makes use of the state’s […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted October 30, 2025

Tags Budget, Federal, SNAP

Jobs and Income

Portland voters set to decide on minimum wage hike

An analysis of the proposal by the Maine Center for Economic Policy, a left-leaning think tank, estimates that more than 15,000 workers — about 1 in 5 […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted October 30, 2025

Tags Incomes, Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Maine Constitution requires state to provide SNAP, says Winthrop Democrat

Also Thursday, a group of anti-hunger advocates, including the Maine Center for Economic Policy and Full Plates, Full Potential, called for a special session so lawmakers can […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted October 30, 2025

Tags Budget, Federal, SNAP

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Gov. Mills calls on USDA to release food aid, says state can only do so much

“This is an all-hands-on-deck moment for our state government,” said Robyn Merrill, executive director of Maine Equal Justice, which along with Full Plates, Full Potential and the […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted October 30, 2025

Tags Budget, Federal, SNAP

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Wednesday Sit-Down: Growing impacts of the government shutdown

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS13 to discuss the growing impacts of the government […]

WGME

Posted October 29, 2025

Tags Federal, Wednesday Sit Down

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Maine Center for Economic Policy report links land sovereignty to statewide economic growth

On Oct. 14, the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) released a new report titled “Sovereignty Starts Here: Land, Economy, and Tribal Rights in Maine,” which explores how generations […]

The Maine Campus

Posted October 29, 2025

Tags Economy, Tribal Sovereignty

Jobs and Income

Portland residents to vote on $19 minimum wage

James Myall, a policy analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy, has been looking into the impact this minimum wage increase would have. He said a […]

NewsCenter Maine

Posted October 28, 2025

Tags Minimum Wage, Wages

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Maine experts say feds ‘hiding the evidence’ by eliminating key food security survey

The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) has used the USDA survey data in several ways as an overall indicator of economic hardship, according to Economic Policy […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted October 24, 2025

Tags Federal, SNAP

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Maine Can Raise $133.9 Million with New Wealth Proceeds Tax

Anti-Hunger Advocates to Governor Mills and Legislature: “all-hands-on-deck moment” for state government requires special legislative session to prevent hunger crisis during federal shutdown

Janet Mills faces calls to convene lawmakers to tackle the shutdown’s fallout

Portland voters set to decide on minimum wage hike

Maine Constitution requires state to provide SNAP, says Winthrop Democrat

Gov. Mills calls on USDA to release food aid, says state can only do so much

Wednesday Sit-Down: Growing impacts of the government shutdown

Maine Center for Economic Policy report links land sovereignty to statewide economic growth

Portland residents to vote on $19 minimum wage

Maine experts say feds ‘hiding the evidence’ by eliminating key food security survey