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Taxes and Budget

Biden proposes billionaire tax to pay for increased spending on military, public health

Megan Michaud, vice president of programs and policy with the Maine Center for Economic Policy, said by closing offshore tax loopholes and taxing the unrealized capital gains on […]

Beacon
Posted March 29, 2022
Tags Budget, Federal, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget

Economic relief should target people who need it most

Governor Janet Mills has proposed using the majority of Maine’s historic $1.2 billion budget surplus to pay for economic relief checks to 800,000 Mainers. While the rising […]

James Myall
Posted March 29, 2022
Tags Budget, Children, Economic Security, Food Insecurity, Housing, Inequality
Taxes and Budget

How to create more bang for Maine’s budget bucks

This year’s historic budget surplus offers a rare opportunity to invest in Mainers in ways that will have a lasting and tangible impact. While many of the […]

MECEP
Posted March 23, 2022
Tags Budget, Children, Economy, Education, Health Care, Higher Education, Immigration, Inequality, Racial Equity
Taxes and Budget

Our View: The question at the heart of Maine’s overdose epidemic

According to a new report from the Maine chapter of the ACLU and the Maine Center for Economic Policy, state and local governments here spend $111 million on arresting […]

Portland Press Herald
Posted March 23, 2022
Tags Budget, Health Care, Revenue, Taxes
Taxes and Budget

Legislature OKs bill to address ‘dark store’ tax scheme, measure to lift limits on clean syringes

As Beacon previously reported, large chain stores try to exploit a “dark store” tax scheme by arguing their retail properties should be valued the same as abandoned shopping centers that […]

Beacon
Posted March 23, 2022
Tags Budget, Dark Stores, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget

Report calls for Maine to decriminalize drugs, outlines dangers of punishing substance use

The study was produced by the ACLU of Maine and the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP). Based on conversations with more than 150 people — including […]

Beacon
Posted March 22, 2022
Tags Budget, Health Care, Revenue, Taxes
Taxes and Budget

A Better Path for Maine: The Case for Decriminalizing Drugs

Maine spends $111 million to punish people for using drugs. The return on this investment: record shattering overdose deaths, thousands of people held back from reaching their […]

MECEP
Posted March 21, 2022
Tags Budget, Revenue, Taxes
Taxes and Budget

ACLU of Maine, MECEP release report on decriminalizing drugs

Maine spends more than $100 million dollars per year to penalize people for possessing small amounts of drugs. Two nonprofit organizations released a report highlighting the harm criminalization […]

Fox Bangor
Posted March 21, 2022
Tags Budget, Revenue, Taxes
Taxes and Budget

Advocates renew calls to decriminalize all drugs in Maine

In 2019, the state spent $111 million on arresting, jailing, prosecuting and incarcerating people who use drugs. “They do not address the underlying causes of substance use […]

Fox 23
Posted March 21, 2022
Tags Budget, Revenue, Taxes
Taxes and Budget

Two Maine groups make case for decriminalizing drug use and possession

The Maine Center for Economic Policy and the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine discussed findings from their new report “A Better Path for Maine: The Case […]

Portland Press Herald
Posted March 21, 2022
Tags Budget, Revenue, Taxes
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