How Maine's Personal Income Taxes Work

Mainers calculate their state personal income tax in three basic steps. The 2015 state budget changes how Mainers will calculate each step.  Step One: Calculate Taxable Income […]

Unlimited Wealthy Write Offs Siphon Money away from Maine Communities

For a PDF of this document, click here. Last year, legislators came together to determine our state’s needs and craft a budget to meet them. This process […]

When Budgets Unravel: Unlimited deductions will jeopardize schools and safety

LD 1519 will create a $52 million budget hole Legislators passed a bipartisan budget last year that funds schools, communities, and programs that give a hand up […]

Maine Has More Pressing Priorities: Lawmakers Should Not Renew the Maine Capital Investment Credit

For a PDF of this document, click here. Maine people and businesses count on lawmakers to effectively use taxpayer dollars to help grow Maine’s economy. Continuing ineffective […]

Is Maine’s current job creation strategy “off base”?

Analysis in a new report (State Job Creation Strategies Often Off Base) from our partners at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) concludes that: “To […]

Testimony to the United States International Trade Commission opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

MECEP’s written testimony to the US International Trade Commission on how the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement detracts from the economic stability of Maine’s hard-working families. Specifically they exacerbate wage […]

Testimony in opposition to LD 1553, “An Act to Improve the Workers’ Compensation System”

“The bill under consideration would remove the voice of Mainers from any future changes to the determination of employee status for workers’ compensation purposes.  That determination, and […]

Maine Unemployment Numbers, Dec, 2006-Dec. 2015

Maine’s working families set to score an important win in the tax package scheduled for vote in the House and Senate

More than 37,000 hardworking Maine families will keep a key income boost that helps them go to work and pay for basic necessities under a new bipartisan […]