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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MECEP statement on supplemental budget signed into law

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