Maine’s Economy Paul LePage Is Back! By most metrics, despite the high inflation and soaring energy costs, Governor Mills has a sterling set of accomplishments to fall back on during her reelection campaign […] The Nation Posted May 31, 2022 Tags Economic Security, Economy, Jobs, Poverty, Revenue
Taxes and Budget Once again, Legislature extends broken tax break for businesses When funding is funneled away from public priorities like schools, infrastructure, and health care and into business tax breaks, we should be confident that the spending is […] Maura Pillsbury Posted May 27, 2022 Tags Economic Security, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Paul LePage keeps proposing tax ideas that would harm average Mainers LePage’s second term plans for slashing, leading to an elimination of, the income tax would have also raised sales taxes, which hit low and middle income people more. A 2017 analysis […] Bangor Daily News Posted May 24, 2022 Tags Economic Security, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Republican lawmakers want to give millionaires $850 Republican legislators are proposing to remove income caps from the governor’s planned $850 COVID Pandemic Relief Payments. This would make the richest 20 percent of Maine households, […] Sarah Austin Posted April 7, 2022 Tags Budget, Coronavirus, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Poll: Mainers prefer investments in housing, infrastructure over one-time checks Policy analysts at the Maine Center for Economic Policy have argued that if the one-time checks were more narrowly targeted, and the amount deposited in the Rainy […] Beacon Posted March 30, 2022 Tags Budget, Revenue
Taxes and Budget Biden proposes billionaire tax to pay for increased spending on military, public health Megan Michaud, vice president of programs and policy with the Maine Center for Economic Policy, said by closing offshore tax loopholes and taxing the unrealized capital gains on […] Beacon Posted March 29, 2022 Tags Budget, Federal, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Our View: The question at the heart of Maine’s overdose epidemic According to a new report from the Maine chapter of the ACLU and the Maine Center for Economic Policy, state and local governments here spend $111 million on arresting […] Portland Press Herald Posted March 23, 2022 Tags Budget, Health Care, Revenue, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Report calls for Maine to decriminalize drugs, outlines dangers of punishing substance use The study was produced by the ACLU of Maine and the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP). Based on conversations with more than 150 people — including […] Beacon Posted March 22, 2022 Tags Budget, Health Care, Revenue, Taxes
Taxes and Budget A Better Path for Maine: The Case for Decriminalizing Drugs Maine spends $111 million to punish people for using drugs. The return on this investment: record shattering overdose deaths, thousands of people held back from reaching their […] MECEP Posted March 21, 2022 Tags Budget, Revenue, Taxes
Taxes and Budget ACLU of Maine, MECEP release report on decriminalizing drugs Maine spends more than $100 million dollars per year to penalize people for possessing small amounts of drugs. Two nonprofit organizations released a report highlighting the harm criminalization […] Fox Bangor Posted March 21, 2022 Tags Budget, Revenue, Taxes