Maine’s Economy

Roughly 13 percent of Maine’s workforce has filed unemployment claims in the past month

On Thursday, the Maine Department of Labor announced that 13,421 Mainers had filed new unemployment claims in the past week, a decline in weekly claims after three […]

Garrett Martin

Posted April 16, 2020

Tags Coronavirus, Unemployment

Health Care, Taxes and Budget

Study embraced by Senator Collins actually affirms that her plan will not prevent people from losing health insurance and paying higher premiums

Earlier this week, Avalere health consulting released a report indicating that two proposals advocated by Senator Collins would reduce health insurance premiums. Senator Collins seized on this analysis. In a tweet on December 6, she claimed that the Avalere study “confirms my reinsurance bill & Alexander-Murray proposal would reduce health insurance premiums by 18% in 2019.”

Garrett Martin

Posted December 8, 2017

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care

Taxes and Budget

MECEP Tax Calculator

The LePage budget would raise taxes by $423 for a family earning $56,000. The Democrats’ Opportunity Agenda would reduce their taxes by $150 and fully fund our […]

Garrett Martin

Posted April 22, 2017

Tags Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Not filing an income tax return? You could be leaving as much as $1,000 on the table!

As the deadline for filing income taxes approaches, tens of thousands of Mainers who don’t owe any income tax should still file a return in order to […]

Garrett Martin

Posted March 31, 2017

Tags EITC, Income Tax

Education, Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

The LePage administration’s Q2 analysis gets it wrong

Economic impact analysis is not an exact science. It is rife with assumptions. Bad assumptions result in bad analysis. And bad analysis yields bad public policy. Look […]

Garrett Martin

Posted March 10, 2017

Tags Economy, Education, Taxes

Education, Taxes and Budget

No Communities Will Lose Education Funding as a Result of Question 2

Don’t be deceived Sebago, Lincolnville, Greenwood, Bremen, Newry, Machiasport, and Jonesport. Despite Maine Heritage Policy Center’s (MHPC) bogus claim, a “Yes” vote on Question 2 will not […]

Garrett Martin

Posted October 19, 2016

Tags Education, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Focus on sales tax increases obscures the reality of a better deal for Maine people

Last year’s budget deal reduced taxes for 83% of Mainers. But the changes don’t happen all at once. And as the Maine media has reported, new sales […]

Garrett Martin

Posted January 11, 2016

Tags Budget, Taxes

Health Care

Health Insurance Coverage in Maine: Heading in the Wrong Direction, Particularly for Children

New Census Bureau data released yesterday paint a bleak picture for Maine when it comes to improving access to affordable health coverage Maine is the only state […]

Garrett Martin

Posted September 17, 2015

Tags Children, Health Care

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Latest Budget Deal modestly improves Maine’s tax system progressivity, future revenue adequacy less certain

Today, state legislators released details of a budget deal that, if passed, would avoid a state government shutdown. The deal includes significant changes to Maine’s tax code. […]

Garrett Martin

Posted June 16, 2015

Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

The one question Republican legislators need to answer

Last Friday legislative Republicans released their tax plan for the coming two-year budget cycle. In reference to the Republican plan, Maine people deserve an answer to one […]

Garrett Martin

Posted May 22, 2015

Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

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Roughly 13 percent of Maine’s workforce has filed unemployment claims in the past month

Study embraced by Senator Collins actually affirms that her plan will not prevent people from losing health insurance and paying higher premiums

MECEP Tax Calculator

Not filing an income tax return? You could be leaving as much as $1,000 on the table!

The LePage administration’s Q2 analysis gets it wrong

No Communities Will Lose Education Funding as a Result of Question 2

Focus on sales tax increases obscures the reality of a better deal for Maine people

Health Insurance Coverage in Maine: Heading in the Wrong Direction, Particularly for Children

Latest Budget Deal modestly improves Maine’s tax system progressivity, future revenue adequacy less certain

The one question Republican legislators need to answer