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

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How Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” further enriches the rich and immiserates the poor

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

Federal Budget Recap: House trades food security and health care for billionaire tax cuts in one big, ugly bill

These Democrats opposed taxing millionaires to fund schools

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

Tax bracket bill would raise taxes on the wealthy, cut bottom bracket

Tax flight is a myth

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

Proposal for fair taxes: Maine's middle class vs. millionaires