Taxes and Budget Wednesday Sit-Down: SNAP impacts in Maine In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, James Myall, policy analyst from the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to talk about SNAP impacts in […] WGME Posted June 4, 2026 Tags Federal, SNAP, Wednesday Sit Down
Maine’s Economy Report finds nearly half of Mainers cannot afford basic needs Garrett Martin from the Maine Center For Economic Policy says it didn’t show them anything they didn’t already know. “An astonishingly high amount of households in Maine […] WGME Posted June 2, 2026 Tags Economic Security, Economy
Health Care, Taxes and Budget Wednesday Sit-Down: Healthcare shrinkflation In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS13 to discuss healthcare shrinkflation. Click here watch the […] WGME Posted May 6, 2026 Tags Budget, Federal, Health Care, Wednesday Sit Down
Health Care, Taxes and Budget Wednesday Sit-Down: Maine's new paid family and medical leave applications now open In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS13 to discuss Maine’s new paid family and medical […] WGME Posted April 29, 2026 Tags Budget, Federal, Paid Family and Medical Leave, Wednesday Sit Down
Maine’s Economy Wednesday Sit-Down: The state of Maine's economy In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS13 to discuss the state of Maine’s economy. Click […] WGME Posted April 22, 2026 Tags Economic Security, Economy, Wednesday Sit Down
Taxes and Budget Wednesday Sit-Down: The future of your taxes In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS13 to discuss the future of taxes. Click here […] WGME Posted April 15, 2026 Tags Budget, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Wednesday Sit Down
Health Care, Taxes and Budget Wednesday Sit-Down: Slowing the rise in hospital costs In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS13 to discuss a slowing the rise in hospital […] WGME Posted April 10, 2026 Tags Federal, Health Care, Wednesday Sit Down
Taxes and Budget Maine's supplemental budget advances with new tax on millionaires, $300 relief checks The Maine Center for Economic Policy says that’s 0.4% of all Maine’s taxpayers. The tax would generate about $150 million in two years. Click here to read […] WGME Posted April 1, 2026 Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Wednesday Sit-Down: Maine's possible 'millionaire's tax' In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS13 to discuss a possible tax on the wealthy […] WGME Posted April 1, 2026 Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Wednesday Sit Down
Taxes and Budget Wednesday Sit-Down: Cost of the war in Iran In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS13 to discuss the cost of the war in […] WGME Posted March 25, 2026 Tags Budget, Federal, Wednesday Sit Down
