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

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Wednesday Sit-Down: Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS13/FOX23 to talk about the impacts of the “One […]

WGME

Posted July 10, 2025

Tags Budget, Economic Security, Economy, Federal, Tax Breaks, Trump Tax Cuts, Wednesday Sit Down

Health Care, Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

MECEP Statement on Passage of Senate Budget Reconciliation Bill

July 1, 2025 Make no mistake: the reconciliation bill that squeaked through the Senate today is a five-alarm fire for Maine’s working families. We’re staring at the […]

Posted July 1, 2025

Tags Affordable Care Act, Angus King, Budget, Debt Ceiling, Federal, Health Care, Medicaid, SNAP, Susan Collins, Tax Breaks, Taxes, TCJA, Trump Tax Cuts

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

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

Opinion: COLA for retirees got cut, millionaires got breaks — let’s change that

The gap you see in the chart is due to pandemic-era collection issues for the census, but the trend is clear. Over the past decade, the top […]

Beacon

Posted June 5, 2025

Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Poll: Majority of Mainers say support for GOP budget would hurt Collins in 2026

Maine Center of Economic Policy President and CEO Garrett Martin echoed Pingree. “Let’s be clear: this bill is an abomination,” Martin said. “It rips food off the […]

Beacon

Posted May 22, 2025

Tags Budget, Federal, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Poll: Mainers strongly back taxes on the wealthy, oppose cuts to health and child care

Mainers have made it clear that they want a fairer tax system where the ultra-wealthy pay their share, said Garrett Martin, president and CEO of the Maine […]

Beacon

Posted May 20, 2025

Tags Budget, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Lawmakers want to create tax credits to incentivize employers to provide child care

Maura Pillsbury, tax policy analyst for the progressive Maine Center for Economic Policy, argued the state should instead reinforce and build on what it’s already done — […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted April 16, 2025

Tags Budget, Child Care, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Tax Breaks

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Legislative Rundown: First regular session of the 132nd

Wednesday Sit-Down: Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'

MECEP Statement on Passage of Senate Budget Reconciliation 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

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

Opinion: COLA for retirees got cut, millionaires got breaks — let’s change that

Poll: Majority of Mainers say support for GOP budget would hurt Collins in 2026

Poll: Mainers strongly back taxes on the wealthy, oppose cuts to health and child care

Lawmakers want to create tax credits to incentivize employers to provide child care