Health Care, Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget How Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” further enriches the rich and immiserates the poor On July 4, President Trump signed into law the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) after passage in the Senate and the US House of Representatives. It […] James Myall Posted July 8, 2025 Tags Budget, Child Tax Credit, Economic Security, Economy, Federal, Health Care, Immigration, Inequality, Jobs, Medicaid, Racial Equity, SNAP, Tax Fairness, Taxes, 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 Federal Budget Recap: House trades food security and health care for billionaire tax cuts in one big, ugly bill By Megan Michaud and James Myall Updated June 25, 2025 In May, House Republicans passed legislation pairing spending cuts on food security, health, and other important programs […] James Myall Posted June 25, 2025 Tags Budget, Child Tax Credit, Economic Security, Economy, Federal, Medicaid, SNAP, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Trump Tax Cuts
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 Tax bracket bill would raise taxes on the wealthy, cut bottom bracket The Taxation Committee reported out an amended version of LD 229, a bill that creates two new top income tax brackets for higher earners and lowers the […] Maura Pillsbury Posted June 11, 2025 Tags Economic Security, Income Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Tax flight is a myth With majority reports out of the legislature’s Taxation Committee, a number of bills are on their way to the floor to raise taxes on the wealthiest individuals […] MECEP Posted June 10, 2025 Tags Economy, Income Tax, Tax Fairness, 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 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
Taxes and Budget Proposal for fair taxes: Maine's middle class vs. millionaires Tax public policy analyst Maura Pillsbury said Mainers can avoid those cuts. She explained that currently, hardworking middle-class Mainers bear the state’s funding needs with high taxes. […] NewsCenter Maine Posted June 5, 2025 Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes