Taxes and Budget

Firefighters, city officials say Mills’ budget shortchanges municipalities

With the cut to revenue sharing, Mills may end up continuing the legacy of her predecessor, Governor LePage, who shifted state tax reliance away from the income […]

Beacon

Posted March 20, 2019

Tags Budget

Analysis: Legislature must raise revenue to fill shortfalls from LePage-era tax cuts

Summary: Click here to read this complete policy brief For years, Maine has fallen short on its commitments to fund public schools and make robust investments in our local communities. This year, legislators can […]

Sarah Austin

Posted February 28, 2019

Tags Budget, Education, Municipal Revenue Sharing, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Mills Budget Provides More School Funding, Fails to Fully Fund Revenue Sharing & Keeps LePage’s Tax Cuts

The liberal-leaning Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) praised Mills for her support for Medicaid expansion, but criticized the proposal for failing to reverse LePage’s income tax […]

The Free Press

Posted February 14, 2019

Tags Budget, Education, Revenue, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

EDITORIAL: Janet Mills offers hopeful budget but raises questions about funding sources

Mills’ proposal may thread a political needle, but calls from her left to roll back the LePage-era tax cuts are a more intellectually honest way of achieving […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted February 12, 2019

Tags Budget, Revenue

Taxes and Budget

Reaction to Gov. Mills' budget: Pro and con

Garrett Martin, executive director of Maine Center for Economic Policy: “Gov. Mills’ budget plan makes progress on investments critical for Maine’s future, particularly in the area of […]

MaineBiz

Posted February 12, 2019

Tags Budget

Taxes and Budget

Mills uses budget speech to further chip away at LePage legacy

In 2017, the liberal Maine Center for Economic Policy found that LePage had foregone roughly $2 billion in federal funds — much of that around Medicaid expansion […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted February 11, 2019

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Taxes and Budget

Janet Mills begins selling her budget to both ends of Maine’s political spectrum

The leader of the liberal Maine Center for Economic Policy, which issued a budget framework with an income tax hike on higher earners, said it “locks in” […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted February 11, 2019

Tags Budget

Taxes and Budget

New report: State 'millionaires' taxes' can fund key investments without harming state economies

CONTACT: Mario Moretto: mario@mecep.org; 207-620-1101; Maine Center for Economic Policy Jacob Kaufman-Waldron: jkaufmanwaldron@cbpp.org; 202-325-8746; Center on Budget and Policy Priorities AUGUSTA, Maine – State income tax increases […]

Posted February 8, 2019

Tags Budget, Income Tax, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

What to expect from Janet Mills’ first two-year budget proposal

Mills promised in her campaign she wouldn’t raise taxes. Progressives have only pushed her a bit so far. The Maine Center for Economic Policy released a budget framework calling for […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted February 8, 2019

Tags Budget

Taxes and Budget

MECEP statement on Gov. Janet Mills' biennial budget proposal

CONTACT: Mario Moretto mario@mecep.org (207) 620-1101 AUGUSTA, Maine — Garrett Martin, executive director of Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP), released the following statement in reaction to […]

Posted February 8, 2019

Tags Budget, Tax Fairness, Taxes

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Firefighters, city officials say Mills’ budget shortchanges municipalities

Analysis: Legislature must raise revenue to fill shortfalls from LePage-era tax cuts

Mills Budget Provides More School Funding, Fails to Fully Fund Revenue Sharing & Keeps LePage’s Tax Cuts

EDITORIAL: Janet Mills offers hopeful budget but raises questions about funding sources

Reaction to Gov. Mills' budget: Pro and con

Mills uses budget speech to further chip away at LePage legacy

Janet Mills begins selling her budget to both ends of Maine’s political spectrum

New report: State 'millionaires' taxes' can fund key investments without harming state economies

What to expect from Janet Mills’ first two-year budget proposal

MECEP statement on Gov. Janet Mills' biennial budget proposal