Taxes and Budget Families of 229,000 Maine children eligible to receive first monthly payment as part of enhanced Child Tax Credit Biden administration launches new web portal to sign up, manage automatic payments AUGUSTA, MAINE — President Joe Biden has declared today “Child Tax Credit Awareness Day” to raise […] Posted June 21, 2021 Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Federal, Poverty, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget MECEP statement on Maine Legislature's rejection of estate tax bill AUGUSTA, MAINE — MECEP executive director Garrett Martin released the following statement regarding the Maine Legislature’s failure to pass LD 1524, “An Act To Amend the Maine […] Posted June 16, 2021 Tags Estate Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget MECEP statement on Gov. Mills' plan for federal ARP funds AUGUSTA, MAINE — MECEP executive director Garrett Martin released the following statement regarding Gov. Janet Mills’ plan for spending more than $1 billion in federal COVID relief […] Posted May 4, 2021 Tags Coronavirus, Federal
Maine’s Economy MECEP statement on Biden's American Families Plan AUGUSTA, MAINE — James Myall, economic policy analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy, released the following statement regarding the American Families Plan, a new legislative […] Posted April 28, 2021 Tags Coronavirus, Economic Security, Federal
Statement: Revenue reforecast shows power of bold action to support families, communities AUGUSTA, MAINE — Sarah Austin, tax and budget analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy, released the following statement in response to the state’s preliminary revenue […] Posted April 27, 2021
Taxes and Budget With baseline budget settled, lawmakers must shift focus to Maine's long-term recovery AUGUSTA, MAINE — Garrett Martin, executive director at the Maine Center for Economic Policy, released the following statement after the Maine Legislature approved a baseline biennial budget […] Posted March 30, 2021 Tags Budget, Coronavirus, Economic Security
Taxes and Budget MECEP statement on 'Back-to-Basics' budget AUGUSTA, MAINE — Garrett Martin, executive director at the Maine Center for Economic Policy, released the following statement about the ‘Back-to-Basics’ budget plan under consideration in the Maine […] Posted March 25, 2021 Tags Budget, Coronavirus, Jobs
Taxes and Budget MECEP statement on passage of supplemental budget AUGUSTA, MAINE — Garrett Martin, executive director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy, released the following statement in response to the Legislature’s approval early Friday morning of […] Posted March 12, 2021 Tags Budget, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness
Maine’s Economy MECEP applauds passage of American Rescue Plan to provide much-needed relief to Mainers AUGUSTA, MAINE — The Maine Center for Economic Policy applauds the passage today of the American Rescue Plan. This legislation is the kind of action the country […] Posted March 10, 2021 Tags Coronavirus, Economic Security, Federal
Taxes and Budget MECEP response to supplemental budget votes from the Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs CONTACTGarrett Martingmartin@mecep.org207.620.1102 AUGUSTA, Maine — Garrett Martin, executive director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy, released the following statement in response to the divided reports from […] Posted March 5, 2021 Tags Budget, Revenue