Taxes and Budget

How to navigate tax breaks and subsidies as a Maine parent

Garrett Martin, the executive director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy, said tying benefits to the tax code can be a slippery slope. While families are […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted July 7, 2026

Tags Budget, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Maine can’t afford Susan Collins’ earmarks | Opinion

The Maine Center for Economic Policy reports that the total tariffs collected by Trump in the first year equal about $1,100 per household. In Maine, that translates […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted July 6, 2026

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

Taxes and Budget

How taxing the rich helps everyone, and how we can do it more

This week on the podcast, Nora sits down with Maine Center for Economic Policy President and CEO Garrett Martin to talk about why tax fairness has become […]

Beacon

Posted July 3, 2026

Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Maine could face higher costs to keep SNAP program running

Now, the future of Maine’s SNAP program is in question unless millions of dollars are paid to the federal government. “It essentially opens up a new kind […]

WGME

Posted June 30, 2026

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

Taxes and Budget

Pillars of democracy: Democracy costs money. Who pays?

We’ll talk about taxes and democracy. Everyone complains about paying taxes. But what if we need taxation if we want the benefits of democracy? If democracy costs […]

WERU

Posted May 15, 2026

Tags Economic Security, Inequality, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

2026 Session Recap: Tax policy

By Maura Pillsbury and Mark Shaffer The 2026 legislative session delivered major milestones in tax fairness, including: passage of a millionaire tax signed by the governor into […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted April 23, 2026

Tags Property Tax, Tax Fairness, Tax Havens, Taxes, Trump Tax Cuts

Taxes and Budget

Here’s how Maine’s new ‘millionaire tax’ will work

This was identical to a bill from Rep. Cheryl Golek, D-Harpswell, that was opposed by the Mills administration and the Maine State Chamber of Commerce and backed […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted April 21, 2026

Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Washington Post’s attack on Maine’s millionaire tax ignores the facts

Mainers don’t take kindly to outsiders telling us what to do. The Washington Post’s editorial attacking Maine’s new millionaire tax is no exception. Misdirected and devoid of […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted April 15, 2026

Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Maine’s millionaire’s tax marks shift toward fairness while federal cuts boost billionaires

“Mainers want stability, fairness, and a tax code that benefits us, not billionaires,” said Ryan Tipping of the Maine Center for Economic Policy. “By raising taxes on […]

Beacon

Posted April 15, 2026

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

Taxes and Budget

Wednesday Sit-Down: The future of your taxes

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS13 to discuss the future of taxes. Click here […]

WGME

Posted April 15, 2026

Tags Budget, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Wednesday Sit Down

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How to navigate tax breaks and subsidies as a Maine parent

Maine can’t afford Susan Collins’ earmarks | Opinion

How taxing the rich helps everyone, and how we can do it more

Maine could face higher costs to keep SNAP program running

Pillars of democracy: Democracy costs money. Who pays?

2026 Session Recap: Tax policy

Here’s how Maine’s new ‘millionaire tax’ will work

Washington Post’s attack on Maine’s millionaire tax ignores the facts

Maine’s millionaire’s tax marks shift toward fairness while federal cuts boost billionaires

Wednesday Sit-Down: The future of your taxes