Mills administration agrees to give unionized state workers $2K payments

But another analysis, this one from the Maine Center for Economic Policy, contested that conclusion, noting that growth in private sector wages have outpaced growth for state public […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted September 5, 2024

Tags Budget, Unions, Wages

Taxes and Budget

From Augusta – Prioritizing policies that support Maine families

Amid the rising costs making it harder for folks to make ends meet, lawmakers boosted tax credits for working families. In the first regular session, I voted […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted August 1, 2024

Tags Budget, Revenue, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Letter: Invest in Maine people and communities

Mainers cannot work if they are not healthy and lack access to stable, affordable housing or child care. They cannot support local businesses if they have no […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted May 28, 2024

Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Lawmakers can do better for Maine workers, families and communities

Elected leaders in Maine strengthen our communities and address economic challenges through legislation. The major challenge facing Maine’s economy is the state’s plateauing workforce and to solve it we […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted May 22, 2024

Tags Budget, Direct Care Work, Economic Security, Incomes, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, K-12 Education, Minimum Wage, Racial Equity, Unemployment, Wages

Taxes and Budget

Meet the Private Equity Firm Squeezing America for Baseball Stadium Subsidies

For example, earlier this year, the Maine legislature approved a $2 million tax credit for Diamond Baseball Holdings to upgrade the stadium of the Portland Sea Dogs, […]

Boondoggle

Posted May 17, 2024

Tags Budget, Corporate Power, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Wednesday Sit-Down: Chaotic end to legislative session

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss the the chaotic end to […]

WGME

Posted May 15, 2024

Tags Budget, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, K-12 Education, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Wednesday Sit Down

Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

Worker justice wins and losses in the 2024 legislative session

The second session of Maine’s 131st legislature ended Friday, as resistance from Governor Mills and inaction in the House left many important bills to die. While lawmakers […]

Arthur Phillips

Posted May 15, 2024

Tags Budget, Incomes, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, Wages

Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

From farmworker wage bill to raising taxes on wealthy, legislators sustain Gov. Mills’ vetoes

The House vote on the farmworker minimum wage bill was 54 in favor of overriding the governor and 69 in favor of sustaining the veto. After the […]

News From The States

Posted May 10, 2024

Tags Budget, Job Quality, Jobs

Taxes and Budget

Opinion: Gov. Mills is choosing austerity over the people of Maine

Raising revenue – especially from the wealthiest Mainers who have the most ability to pay – is a solution that is popular with the public, enjoys broad […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted May 10, 2024

Tags Appropriations Committee, Budget, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

A ‘Rubik’s cube’: Lawmakers reconvene as more than 200 bills await legislative action

As James Myall, an analyst for the progressive Maine Center for Economic Policy, previously told Maine Morning Star, “It would be especially frustrating if they don’t even pass […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted May 7, 2024

Tags Budget

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Mills administration agrees to give unionized state workers $2K payments

From Augusta – Prioritizing policies that support Maine families

Letter: Invest in Maine people and communities

Lawmakers can do better for Maine workers, families and communities

Meet the Private Equity Firm Squeezing America for Baseball Stadium Subsidies

Wednesday Sit-Down: Chaotic end to legislative session

Worker justice wins and losses in the 2024 legislative session

From farmworker wage bill to raising taxes on wealthy, legislators sustain Gov. Mills’ vetoes

Opinion: Gov. Mills is choosing austerity over the people of Maine

A ‘Rubik’s cube’: Lawmakers reconvene as more than 200 bills await legislative action