Health Care, Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget Legislative Rundown: First regular session of the 132nd Co-authored by James Myall, Arthur Phillips & Maura Pillsbury In the first half of 2025, MECEP presented 110 pieces of testimony before the Maine Legislature that affect […] MECEP Posted July 30, 2025 Tags Appropriations Committee, Budget, Caregiving, Child Care, Consumer Protection, Corporate Power, Direct Care Work, Economic Security, Farmworkers, Health Care, Housing, Immigration, Income Tax, Incomes, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Social Security staffing cuts hit Maine hard, increasing wait times and stress for residents James Myall, a policy analyst with the Maine Center for Economic Policy, says the effects go beyond individual finances. As people feel less secure, they may start […] Maine Public Posted July 29, 2025 Tags Budget, Economic Security, Federal, Seniors
Taxes and Budget Susan Collins Is Not Concerned The Maine Center for Economic Policy finds that as a result of that mega-bill, up to 31,000 people in the state could lose SNAP benefits, another 170,000 will […] The American Prospect Posted July 24, 2025 Tags Budget, Federal, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Health Care, Taxes and Budget Medicaid cuts could cost Maine hospitals $66 million a year, report finds Families USA also identified Cary Medical Center in Caribou and Calais Community Hospital as at risk because the cuts to Medicaid are expected to lower their operating […] Maine Morning Star Posted July 18, 2025 Tags Budget, Federal, Health Care, Medicaid
Taxes and Budget Podcast: The real cost of Trump’s federal budget bill This week on the podcast, Cate chats with Garrett Martin of the Maine Center for Economic Policy. They do some unpacking on what the new federal tax […] Beacon Posted July 11, 2025 Tags Budget, Federal, Medicaid, Revenue, SNAP, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget Wednesday Sit-Down: Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS13/FOX23 to talk about the impacts of the “One […] WGME Posted July 10, 2025 Tags Budget, Economic Security, Economy, Federal, Tax Breaks, Trump Tax Cuts, Wednesday Sit Down
Health Care, Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget How Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” further enriches the rich and immiserates the poor On July 4, President Trump signed into law the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) after passage in the Senate and the US House of Representatives. It […] James Myall Posted July 8, 2025 Tags Budget, Child Tax Credit, Economic Security, Economy, Federal, Health Care, Immigration, Inequality, Jobs, Medicaid, Racial Equity, SNAP, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Trump Tax Cuts
Maine’s Economy What Maine could do to mitigate federal funding loss from GOP budget “We are still leaving money on the table that could make a difference in terms of our ability to not only absorb these cuts,” said Garrett Martin, […] Maine Morning Star Posted July 8, 2025 Tags Budget, Economic Security, Federal, Trump Tax Cuts
Health Care, Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget Statement on Final Passage of Federal Budget Reconciliation Bill July 3, 2025 Congressional Republicans just turned a shell game into federal law — and working-class Americans are the marks. No one should be fooled by what […] Posted July 3, 2025 Tags Affordable Care Act, Budget, Debt Ceiling, Economy, Federal, Medicaid, SNAP, Trump Tax Cuts
Taxes and Budget Leaders condemn passage of budget bill they say will be ‘devastating’ for Maine The left-leaning Maine Center for Economic Policy said congressional Republicans passed “a shell game into federal law—and working-class Americans are the marks.” “Any child can tell you […] Maine Morning Star Posted July 3, 2025 Tags Budget, Economic Security, Trump Tax Cuts
