Health Care Amid rising costs, lawmaker wants to restart conversation about universal health care A November 2024 report from the Maine Center for Economic Policy found that, based on current demographics and insurance coverage, the cost of such a program would roughly […] Maine Morning Star Posted May 15, 2025 Tags Budget, Health Care, Revenue
Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy Forget the motherhood medals — Maine parents need real support If Republicans want more babies, they should stop punishing the parents who already have them. Parents don’t need platitudes. They need paid leave, child care they can […] Maine Morning Star Posted May 12, 2025 Tags Caregiving, Child Care, Children, Economic Security, Food Insecurity, Paid Family and Medical Leave
Taxes and Budget Lawmakers want to create tax credits to incentivize employers to provide child care Maura Pillsbury, tax policy analyst for the progressive Maine Center for Economic Policy, argued the state should instead reinforce and build on what it’s already done — […] Maine Morning Star Posted April 16, 2025 Tags Budget, Child Care, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget On Tax Day, Mainers rally against tax breaks for the wealthy Advocates for tax reform under the coalition Mainers for Tax Fairness gathered at the State House in Augusta to voice their objections to Congress advancing a budget […] Maine Morning Star Posted April 15, 2025 Tags Budget, Inequality, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Bipartisan lawmakers, educators, parents push to expand Maine’s child tax credit Garrett Martin, president and CEO of the Maine Center for Economic Policy, called the child tax credit expansion a smart economic move for Maine, citing research that […] Maine Morning Star Posted April 8, 2025 Tags Budget, Child Tax Credit, Children, Taxes
Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget Lawmakers hear proposals to better support families and child care providers According to the Maine Center for Economic Policy, an estimated 18,000 people in Maine are currently out of the labor force due to a lack of child care. […] Maine Morning Star Posted April 4, 2025 Tags Budget, Child Care, Job Quality, Jobs
Jobs and Income Proposals to bolster farmworkers’ hour and wage rights back before Legislature The Maine AFL-CIO was generally in favor of the proposals, but described LD 588 as a compromise. All three of the bills were also supported by the […] Maine Morning Star Posted April 2, 2025 Tags Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, Racial Equity
Education, Taxes and Budget U.S. Department of Education determines Maine guilty of violating Title IX The letter gives the state ten days to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order banning trans girls from playing girls’ sports or risk losing federal funding. While the […] Maine Morning Star Posted March 20, 2025 Tags Budget, Education, Federal
Taxes and Budget Maine delegation say they’ll challenge Trump’s dismantling of Education Department The Education Department awarded $347 million to Maine entities in 2024, according to the Maine Center for Economic Policy, with funding mostly coming through the National School Lunch Program, Special […] Maine Morning Star Posted March 20, 2025 Tags Budget, Education, Federal
Taxes and Budget Mainers object to proposed program cuts ahead of governor’s budget address Mills vetoed a proposal last year to tax wealthy Mainers at higher rates, but Ryan Tipping, director of campaigns and strategy for the progressive Maine Center for Economic Policy, said […] Maine Morning Star Posted January 28, 2025 Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes