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Health Care, Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

How Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” further enriches the rich and immiserates the poor

On July 4, President Trump signed into law the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) after passage in the Senate and the US House of Representatives. It […]

James Myall
Posted July 8, 2025
Tags Budget, Child Tax Credit, Economic Security, Economy, Federal, Health Care, Immigration, Inequality, Jobs, Medicaid, Racial Equity, SNAP, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Trump Tax Cuts
Taxes and Budget

Federal Budget Recap: House trades food security and health care for billionaire tax cuts in one big, ugly bill

By Megan Michaud and James Myall Updated June 25, 2025 In May, House Republicans passed legislation pairing spending cuts on food security, health, and other important programs […]

James Myall
Posted June 25, 2025
Tags Budget, Child Tax Credit, Economic Security, Economy, Federal, Medicaid, SNAP, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Trump Tax Cuts
Health Care

Federal budget plan puts Maine’s rural hospitals at grave risk, reports show

More than 300 rural hospitals nationwide, including four in Maine, could close if the federal budget includes proposed deep cuts to Medicaid, according to two new analyses […]

James Myall
Posted June 18, 2025
Tags Economic Security, Economy, Federal, Health Care, Medicaid, Trump Tax Cuts
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Reporting Work Requirements: Bad at encouraging work, good at making people sick and hungry

Congress wants to make work reporting requirements in safety net programs harsher and more pervasive to remove supports from tens of thousands of Mainers and use that […]

James Myall
Posted May 22, 2025
Tags Budget, Economic Security, Federal, Food Insecurity, Health Care, Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP, TCJA, Trump Tax Cuts, Unemployment
Taxes and Budget

Maine’s economy could lose more than $400 million in federal funds each year under the House reconciliation bill

A number of changes to safety net programs, particularly Medicaid (MaineCare) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will lead to more than $400 million less in […]

James Myall
Posted May 22, 2025
Tags Economic Security, Economy, Food Insecurity, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid, SNAP, TCJA, Trump Tax Cuts
Health Care, Jobs and Income

Maine’s paid family leave law is under attack — and must be defended

Recently, Maine’s legislative Labor Committee heard testimony on more than a dozen bills on Maine’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) program, most of which would […]

James Myall
Posted May 15, 2025
Tags Economic Security, Job Quality, Jobs, Paid Family and Medical Leave
Taxes and Budget

Memo: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Maine’s Eviction Prevention Program

To aid the Joint Standing Housing and Economic Development Committee in its deliberations on LD 1522, “An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program,” Maine Center […]

James Myall
Posted May 6, 2025
Tags Budget, Economic Security, Economy, Housing
Taxes and Budget

Calm before the storm: New revenue forecast shows little change, for now

At a glance: The state’s Revenue Forecasting Commission made only minor adjustments to future revenue estimates, resulting in a net increase of just over $1 million, while […]

James Myall
Posted May 2, 2025
Tags Budget, Direct Care Work, Education, Medicaid, Revenue, SNAP, Trump Tax Cuts
Taxes and Budget

Feds threaten to blow a $649 million hole in Maine’s state budget

At a glance:  Congress and President Trump are considering cutting federal funds to states, primarily to finance tax cuts for the wealthy, with Maine facing a potential […]

James Myall
Posted April 3, 2025
Tags Budget, Education, Federal, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Trump Tax Cuts
Jobs and Income

LD 599: Expanding overtime protections for 21,000 salaried workers

At a glance:  LD 599 would align Maine’s salary threshold for overtime pay with the federal standard of $58,656, ensuring an additional 21,000 salaried workers are eligible […]

James Myall
Posted March 28, 2025
Tags Incomes, Job Quality, Overtime, Wages
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