Taxes and Budget

Families, advocates demand accountability after string of deaths in Maine prisons and jails

Advocates at the rally argued that the rise in prison and jail deaths is related to decades of policy decisions in Maine that have resulted in a […]

Beacon

Posted September 12, 2022

Tags Budget, Health Care, Inequality

Maine’s Economy

Two months ahead of Election Day, Maine Gov. Janet Mills defends economic record

Maine’s gross domestic product growth under Mills, 2.4%, is above the national average, 1.7%, while under LePage, GDP growth, .9%, was below the national average, 2.6%, according […]

WMTW

Posted September 8, 2022

Tags Economy

Taxes and Budget

The coming tax debate between Janet Mills and Paul LePage

LePage wants to supercharge this idea in his first year, telling WMTW he would begin his plan to phase out Maine’s income tax by exempting all pension income from […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted September 2, 2022

Tags Budget, Income Tax, Property Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Education

Maine’s blue collar workers have college debt too — and welcome the relief

MECEP policy analyst James Myall broke down different categories of workers by analyzing the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances and found they all to varying degrees […]

Beacon

Posted September 2, 2022

Tags Economic Security, Education, Federal, Higher Education, Student Debt

Education

Maine lawmakers reckon with Augusta’s role in driving up college costs

The long-term financial trends in Maine are stark. Two-thirds of the University of Maine System’s budget was paid for by state funding in 1989, according to a 2021 […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted August 29, 2022

Tags Economic Security, Education, Federal, Higher Education, Student Debt

Education

Maine lawmakers divided over college debt forgiveness

Biden’s plan would benefit about 177,000 student loan borrowers in Maine, or about 95% of those who have outstanding federal loans, according to Maine Center for Economic […]

The Center Square

Posted August 26, 2022

Tags Economic Security, Education, Federal, Higher Education, Student Debt

Education

Could student loan forgiveness factor into Maine's races?

The left-leaning Maine Center for Economic Policy estimates that about 177,000 of federal borrowers in Maine will qualify for forgiveness based on the income caps of $125,000 […]

Maine Public

Posted August 26, 2022

Tags Economic Security, Education, Federal, Higher Education, Student Debt

Education

Why Maine’s congressional delegation all didn’t applaud Joe Biden’s student debt plan

Biden’s plan landed differently, although the liberal Maine Center for Economic Policy, which supported the action, estimated it would help 177,000 borrowers here while erasing the debt of 30,000 […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted August 25, 2022

Tags Economic Security, Education, Higher Education, Student Debt

Education

Maine programs offer student loan debt relief favoring certain careers

The Maine Center For Economic Policy forecast that 95% of the state residents with student loan debt would benefit from the Biden plan, which would increase the amount eligible […]

WMTW

Posted August 25, 2022

Tags Economic Security, Education, Federal, Higher Education, Student Debt

Education

Students, parents, and educators react to loan forgiveness plan

According to the Maine Center for Economic Policy, Biden’s plan will help roughly 177,000 loan borrowers in the state. The debt forgiveness will also help one in three […]

NewsCenter Maine

Posted August 25, 2022

Tags Economic Security, Education, Federal, Higher Education, Student Debt

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Families, advocates demand accountability after string of deaths in Maine prisons and jails

Two months ahead of Election Day, Maine Gov. Janet Mills defends economic record

The coming tax debate between Janet Mills and Paul LePage

Maine’s blue collar workers have college debt too — and welcome the relief

Maine lawmakers reckon with Augusta’s role in driving up college costs

Maine lawmakers divided over college debt forgiveness

Could student loan forgiveness factor into Maine's races?

Why Maine’s congressional delegation all didn’t applaud Joe Biden’s student debt plan

Maine programs offer student loan debt relief favoring certain careers

Students, parents, and educators react to loan forgiveness plan