Taxes and Budget

Lawmakers can seize the opportunity to raise revenue for important priorities

Governor Janet Mills has released her FY26- FY27 supplemental budget and now lawmakers have important decisions to make about how they will allocate state funds to meet […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted March 10, 2026

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

Taxes and Budget

Tax conformity decisions will shape Maine’s future (Part 3: The QSBS tax break is BS)

Many of Maine’s tax rules are tied to federal law, so when federal tax laws change, the state must decide whether to follow or set its own […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted March 4, 2026

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

Taxes and Budget

As Mainers struggle, State gives away millions in new business tax breaks

At a glance: While lawmakers cut or underfund services like family planning, free community college, care worker wages, and eviction prevention, they approved millions in new and […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted February 11, 2026

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Tax conformity decisions will shape Maine’s future (Part 2: Big business don’t need help, struggling Mainers do)

Many of Maine’s tax rules are tied to federal law, so when federal tax laws change, the state must decide whether to follow or set its own […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted December 19, 2025

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

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Tax conformity decisions will shape Maine’s future (Part 1: Maine shouldn’t fall for policy gimmicks)

Many of Maine’s tax rules are tied to federal law, so when federal tax laws change, the state must decide whether to follow or set its own rules. Following […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted December 19, 2025

Tags Budget, Economic Security, Economy, Federal, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Missed opportunities to advance tax fairness and create a better state

The State doesn’t have adequate funding for health care, housing, and many other pressing needs. The fairest way to fix this is by asking the wealthiest people […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted October 16, 2025

Tags Budget, Child Care, Economic Security, Economy, Food Insecurity, Housing, Medicaid, SNAP, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Mainers deserve better: Corporate tax breaks win while care workers, students, reproductive health services, and families at risk of eviction get left behind

In the final hours of the legislative session, lawmakers are poised to choose corporations over care workers, tax breaks over tenant protections, and profits over people. While […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted June 25, 2025

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

Taxes and Budget

Tax bracket bill would raise taxes on the wealthy, cut bottom bracket

The Taxation Committee reported out an amended version of LD 229, a bill that creates two new top income tax brackets for higher earners and lowers the […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted June 11, 2025

Tags Economic Security, Income Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Tax Committee passes progressive revenue bills to raise millions for important priorities

The Maine Legislature’s Taxation Committee passed two progressive revenue bills last week that would raise millions of dollars to help fund important priorities in the next biennium. […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted May 28, 2025

Tags Budget, Education, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Expanding the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit is an investment in Maine’s future

Maine’s Dependent Exemption Tax Credit (DETC) is a vital investment in the state’s future. As Maine’s version of the child tax credit, it helps families with children […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted April 1, 2025

Tags Budget, Child Tax Credit, Economic Security

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Lawmakers can seize the opportunity to raise revenue for important priorities

Tax conformity decisions will shape Maine’s future (Part 3: The QSBS tax break is BS)

As Mainers struggle, State gives away millions in new business tax breaks

Tax conformity decisions will shape Maine’s future (Part 2: Big business don’t need help, struggling Mainers do)

Tax conformity decisions will shape Maine’s future (Part 1: Maine shouldn’t fall for policy gimmicks)

Missed opportunities to advance tax fairness and create a better state

Mainers deserve better: Corporate tax breaks win while care workers, students, reproductive health services, and families at risk of eviction get left behind

Tax bracket bill would raise taxes on the wealthy, cut bottom bracket

Tax Committee passes progressive revenue bills to raise millions for important priorities

Expanding the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit is an investment in Maine’s future