Taxes and Budget

Yes, a budget can change lives

Upcoming budget process gives legislators a choice to make our communities more resilient As Mainers have seen, when legislators resist a scarcity mindset and choose to fund […]

Josie Phillips

Posted January 9, 2023

Tags Budget, Child Tax Credit, Children, Health Care

Taxes and Budget

New year, new budgets, new ways to put working families first

In passing the 2023 budget plan, our representatives in Congress took an important step in providing the kinds of tools Maine working families said they need, including […]

MECEP

Posted January 5, 2023

Tags Budget, Child Tax Credit, Children, Education, Federal, Higher Education, Housing, Medicaid, Wages

Taxes and Budget

Heating and housing relief package can’t wait until January

Last week, the Maine legislature voted on a $474 million emergency heating and housing relief bill proposed by Governor Mills in consultation with Democratic and Republican leaders. […]

James Myall

Posted December 15, 2022

Tags Budget, Economic Security, Economy, Housing, Inequality, Poverty

Taxes and Budget

Janet Mills readies heating relief package that could include direct checks

While the Maine Center for Economic Policy does not have a specific proposal for relief, it wants to see a proposal targeted at low-income and middle-class Mainers […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted November 29, 2022

Tags Budget, Economic Security, Economy

Taxes and Budget

Expanded child tax credit should be a priority for Congress

When the expanded credit expired at the start of this year, the child poverty rate rose quickly and significantly. In Maine, about four out of five kids […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted November 27, 2022

Tags Budget, Child Tax Credit, Children, Federal, Food Insecurity, Poverty

Taxes and Budget

How Paul LePage, Running to Lead Maine, Benefited From Florida Tax Breaks

While he was governor, Mr. LePage tried to eliminate Maine’s homestead exemption, a proposal that would have denied an estimated 213,000 Mainers benefits similar to those he […]

New York Times

Posted September 24, 2022

Tags Budget, Taxes

Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

Cost emerges as early hurdle to Maine paid-leave plans

A separate estimate assumes $192 million in benefits would be paid out annually from the fund, according to economic policy analyst James Myall at the liberal Maine Center for […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted September 13, 2022

Tags Budget, Job Quality, Jobs, Paid Sick Days

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

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

Taxes and Budget

Biden signs into law Democrats’ wide-ranging climate change, health care and tax bill

The bill, named the Inflation Reduction Act, was hailed by analysts in Maine, who said the tax and health care provisions would help create a more fair […]

Beacon

Posted August 17, 2022

Tags Budget, Federal, Tax Fairness, Taxes

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Yes, a budget can change lives

New year, new budgets, new ways to put working families first

Heating and housing relief package can’t wait until January

Janet Mills readies heating relief package that could include direct checks

Expanded child tax credit should be a priority for Congress

How Paul LePage, Running to Lead Maine, Benefited From Florida Tax Breaks

Cost emerges as early hurdle to Maine paid-leave plans

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

The coming tax debate between Janet Mills and Paul LePage

Biden signs into law Democrats’ wide-ranging climate change, health care and tax bill