Taxes and Budget

Maine’s revenue misses keep holding back progress

Maine’s unexpected $152 million budget surplus signifies a pattern of overly cautious revenue forecasts that led to unnecessary cuts and regressive taxes, underscoring the need for more […]

James Myall

Posted October 15, 2025

Tags Budget, Economic Security, Economy, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

LD 1932: Maine direct care bill could raise pay, improve services

LD 1932, a direct care bill sponsored by Speaker Ryan Fecteau and carried over from the first legislative session, gives Maine a big chance to keep caregivers, […]

Arthur Phillips

Posted August 20, 2025

Tags Budget, Direct Care Work, Economic Security, Revenue, Seniors, Wages

Health Care, Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Legislative Rundown: First regular session of the 132nd

Co-authored by James Myall, Arthur Phillips & Maura Pillsbury In the first half of 2025, MECEP presented 110 pieces of testimony before the Maine Legislature that affect […]

MECEP

Posted July 30, 2025

Taxes and Budget

Podcast: The real cost of Trump’s federal budget bill

This week on the podcast, Cate chats with Garrett Martin of the Maine Center for Economic Policy. They do some unpacking on what the new federal tax […]

Beacon

Posted July 11, 2025

Tags Budget, Federal, Medicaid, Revenue, SNAP, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Mainers deserve better: Corporate tax breaks win while care workers, students, reproductive health services, and families at risk of eviction get left behind

In the final hours of the legislative session, lawmakers are poised to choose corporations over care workers, tax breaks over tenant protections, and profits over people. While […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted June 25, 2025

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

Taxes and Budget

MECEP Statement on Supplemental Budget Signed Into Law

The Maine Legislature made some good budget moves — funding child care, school meals, boosting the child tax credit for young kids, and supporting affordable housing through […]

Posted June 23, 2025

Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Havens, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

These Democrats opposed taxing millionaires to fund schools

Maine Center for Economic Policy tax analyst Maura Pillsbury previously called LD 1098 a necessary step. “The programs families rely on are under threat because our tax […]

Beacon

Posted June 13, 2025

Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Wednesday Sit-Down: Taxes on Maine's wealthiest residents

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Maura Pillsbury, analyst from the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to talk about taxes on Maine’s wealthiest […]

Fox 23

Posted June 11, 2025

Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Wednesday Sit Down

Taxes and Budget

Legislators, advocates, experts urge Augusta to tax the wealthiest Mainers to fund vital programs – not make cuts

Maura Pillsbury, a state and local tax policy analyst with Maine Center for Economic Policy, speaks at Thursday’s Mainers For Tax Fairness press conference in Augusta. Click […]

Beacon

Posted June 6, 2025

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

Taxes and Budget

Rally held in Maine to protect pay raises for direct care workers

“MECEP estimates that Maine currently needs over 2,300 more full-time direct care professionals to meet growing demand. Keeping wages and benefits flat will only exacerbate the shortage, […]

WGME

Posted June 6, 2025

Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes

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Maine’s revenue misses keep holding back progress

LD 1932: Maine direct care bill could raise pay, improve services

Legislative Rundown: First regular session of the 132nd

Podcast: The real cost of Trump’s federal budget bill

Mainers deserve better: Corporate tax breaks win while care workers, students, reproductive health services, and families at risk of eviction get left behind

MECEP Statement on Supplemental Budget Signed Into Law

These Democrats opposed taxing millionaires to fund schools

Wednesday Sit-Down: Taxes on Maine's wealthiest residents

Legislators, advocates, experts urge Augusta to tax the wealthiest Mainers to fund vital programs – not make cuts

Rally held in Maine to protect pay raises for direct care workers