Taxes and Budget Maine Can Raise $133.9 Million with New Wealth Proceeds Tax Taxing the proceeds generated by wealth — such as capital gains, dividends, and passive business income — through a new Wealth Proceeds Tax is a simple, shovel-ready way for Maine to raise hundreds of millions in new revenue […] Posted October 30, 2025 Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes
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 Tags Appropriations Committee, Budget, Caregiving, Child Care, Consumer Protection, Corporate Power, Direct Care Work, Economic Security, Farmworkers, Health Care, Housing, Immigration, Income Tax, Incomes, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
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
