Taxes and Budget Policy Brief: Why Maine lawmakers should reject the Local Option Sales Tax Summary: Communities in every corner of the state have suffered from underfunding of education and local services. The symptoms of cuts to communities are greater pressure on […] Sarah Austin Posted April 2, 2019 Tags Local, Sales Tax, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Maine Mayors Push to Allow Local Sales Taxes The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) is a left-leaning lobbying group that urged lawmakers to vote no on allowing local sales taxes at a hearing in […] NECN Posted March 28, 2019 Tags Local, Sales Tax, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Why Maine lawmakers should reject the Local Option Sales Tax Communities in every corner of the state have suffered from underfunding of education and local services. The symptoms of cuts to communities are greater pressure on town […] Sarah Austin Posted March 27, 2019 Tags Local, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Maine’s Economy MECEP Map: Economic Insights for Maine's Legislative Districts - 2019 The State of the Districts Dive into the data to discover the economic trends in Maine’s legislative districts, and how they compare with other regions in Maine. […] MECEP Posted January 23, 2019 Tags Economy, Local
Taxes and Budget Investors could receive significant tax breaks if city is chosen as Opportunity Zone From the article “There’s not a lot of evidence to show that companies or individuals invest because of these programs,” [said James Myall, MECEP policy analyst]. Read […] The Ellsworth American Posted April 6, 2018 Tags Local, Tax Breaks, Taxes
Maine’s Economy Charleston Sunday Gazette-Mail: Shop local often to support Charleston economy, community According to a study performed by Garrett Martin and Amar Patel for the Maine Center for Economic Policy, every $100 spent at locally owned businesses contributes an […] Sunday Gazette Posted November 18, 2017 Tags Economy, Local
Education, Taxes and Budget Change the narrative on local budgets This is not the time to pit older people against families with children when deciding whether the mil rate is more important than well-staffed quality schools. The […] Central Maine Newspapers Posted May 2, 2017 Tags Budget, Local
Maine’s Economy Federal grants now available for local food initiatives Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today announced the availability of new grants to support local agriculture under legislation she sponsored, the Local Farms, Food and Jobs Act, enacted as […] Mark Sullivan Posted March 17, 2015 Tags Economy, Federal, Local
Taxes and Budget General Assistance directive is penny wise, pound foolish This June, Governor LePage directed municipalities to stop giving General Assistance funds to undocumented immigrants or risk losing state funding of General Assistance. While LePage may tout […] Katherine Churchill Posted July 25, 2014 Tags Immigration, Local
Education Testimony at Hearing on L.D. 1431, An Act To Support School Nutrition and Expand the Local Foods Economy We all know that buying local is good. It keeps dollars in the local economy rather than having that money leave the state. In 2011, MECEP […] MECEP Posted January 21, 2014 Tags Economy, Education, Food Insecurity, Local
