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MECEP Map: Economic Insights for Maine’s Legislative Districts 2021

Closing the tax gap would help fund broad new priorities

The Biden administration is proposing broad investments in infrastructure and supports for American families and identifies improved tax enforcement as one way to pay for it. Through […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted July 14, 2021

Tags Federal, Infrastructure, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Jobs and Income

Governor Mills Has Chance to Transform Protections for Maine Workers

On Wednesday, the Maine legislature passed LD 1711, “An Act To Enhance Enforcement of Employment Laws.” Now heading to the Governor’s desk for her signature, the bill would allow private attorneys […]

James Myall

Posted July 8, 2021

Tags Coronavirus, Federal, Inequality, Job Quality, Wages

Taxes and Budget

Improved Child Tax Credit Long Overdue for Maine Families

Maine families will get a significant boost from the Biden Administration’s expansion and improvement of the Child Tax Credit (CTC). Starting in July, the families of 229,000 […]

MECEP

Posted July 1, 2021

Tags Children, Economic Security, Federal, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness

Jobs and Income

Maine’s Worker Shortage Has Deep Roots

As the COVID-19 pandemic recedes in Maine, business-owners have begun to raise a new economic concern as they report difficulty hiring workers to fill vacancies. These concerns […]

James Myall

Posted June 10, 2021

Tags Coronavirus, Employment, Job Quality, Jobs, Unemployment

Health Care

Maine Lawmakers Must Fix the ACA for 34,000 Mainers in the Family Glitch

All Mainers deserve access to affordable health care. The Affordable Care Act was intended to make this a reality, but tens of thousands of Mainers are excluded […]

MECEP

Posted May 26, 2021

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care

Taxes and Budget

Wealth tax bill addresses defects in our tax code and would increase funding for local services and affordable housing

Ensuring fair taxation of wealth should always be a priority, and the pandemic has revealed just how important it is. Mostly low-wage workers on the frontlines of […]

Sarah Austin

Posted May 24, 2021

Tags Housing, Inequality, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Education

Protections for private student loan borrowers protect seniors and people with disabilities

In 2019, Maine led the nation by passing the Student Loan Bill of Rights (SLBOR) to address the predatory loan servicing practices that are exacerbating Maine’s student […]

MECEP

Posted May 18, 2021

Tags Consumer Protection, Education, Higher Education, Student Debt

Taxes and Budget

Repealing tax cuts for the wealthiest estates would reduce inequality, fund investments in communities

Our communities and are state are stronger when all Mainers and Maine families have equal opportunities to thrive. But growing inequality is a barrier to opportunity for […]

Sarah Austin

Posted May 13, 2021

Tags Estate Tax, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Jobs and Income

Lawmakers must reject plan to give corporations free pass to put workers and customer at risk

The Legislature today is considering a bill — LD 1403, “An Act to Protect Maine Businesses, Nonprofits, Educational Institutions and Municipalities during the COVID-19 Pandemic” — that […]

James Myall

Posted May 13, 2021

Tags Coronavirus, Health Care, Jobs

Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

Speaker Fecteau’s bill would use 3-cent tax on top 1 percent to fund hazard payments for frontline workers

Maine’s pandemic experience has looked very different depending on where you stand in today’s economy. Essential frontline workers, many of whom were underpaid and experienced poor working […]

Sarah Austin

Posted May 12, 2021

Tags Coronavirus, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Wages

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Closing the tax gap would help fund broad new priorities

Governor Mills Has Chance to Transform Protections for Maine Workers

Improved Child Tax Credit Long Overdue for Maine Families

Maine’s Worker Shortage Has Deep Roots

Maine Lawmakers Must Fix the ACA for 34,000 Mainers in the Family Glitch

Wealth tax bill addresses defects in our tax code and would increase funding for local services and affordable housing

Protections for private student loan borrowers protect seniors and people with disabilities

Repealing tax cuts for the wealthiest estates would reduce inequality, fund investments in communities

Lawmakers must reject plan to give corporations free pass to put workers and customer at risk

Speaker Fecteau’s bill would use 3-cent tax on top 1 percent to fund hazard payments for frontline workers