Taxes and Budget

Despite spending more than $100 million a year, Maine’s drug crisis is getting worse

According to the report by MECEP and the ACLU of Maine, state and local governments spend $111 million a year – more than $8,000, on average, per drug arrest […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted April 4, 2022

Tags Budget, Economic Security, Economy, Inequality

Health Care

Lawmakers vote to give more Maine children access to affordable healthcare

At the hearing, groups like the American Academy of Pediatrics, Maine Children’s Alliance, United Way of Greater Portland and the Maine Center for Economic Policy came out […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted March 31, 2022

Tags Budget, Children, Health Care

Taxes and Budget

Poll: Mainers prefer investments in housing, infrastructure over one-time checks

Policy analysts at the Maine Center for Economic Policy have argued that if the one-time checks were more narrowly targeted, and the amount deposited in the Rainy […]

Beacon

Posted March 30, 2022

Tags Budget, Revenue

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

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Despite spending more than $100 million a year, Maine’s drug crisis is getting worse

Lawmakers vote to give more Maine children access to affordable healthcare

Poll: Mainers prefer investments in housing, infrastructure over one-time checks

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

Economic relief should target people who need it most

How to create more bang for Maine’s budget bucks

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

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

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

A Better Path for Maine: The Case for Decriminalizing Drugs