When the 130th Maine Legislature reconvenes for its second session in January 2022, it will debate the state’s next supplemental…
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ProPublica’s deceptive and misguided campaign to convince the American electorate that billionaires don’t pay their fair share in taxes has only been further debunked by their own report.
The coronavirus pandemic has devastated the service sector, made millions unemployed, and forced many of us who still do have…
The following letter was submitted by The Maine Heritage Policy Center to the Transportation and Climate Initiative regarding the draft…
If you’re from the town of Sebago, Lincolnville, Greenwood, Bremen, Newry, Machiasport, or Jonesport, Question 2 should worry you immensely.…
On a Tuesday night in the middle of August, the torrential rains of a summer evening gave no relief to…
A cone was excavated by the French at the site of ancient Lagash, a prehistoric city located in Mesopotamia. The…
As with the rest of life, if something in the political world sounds too good to be true, then it…
This November, Maine voters will decide on an initiative to provide further public education funding through an additional surcharge of…
I’ll admit, I sometimes fall into the typical partisan trap of automatically assuming I’m not going to agree with legislation…
For Immediate Release: Friday, March 11, 2016 Contact: Adrienne Bennett, Press Secretary, 207-287-2531 Majority report supports governor’s proposal to eliminate…
In this election year when all 186 seats in the Legislature are up for grabs, what’s happening right now at…
“Struggling Mainers should suck it up and pay a higher gas tax. We need better roads!” Does that sound like…
State tax revenues in North Carolina have increased roughly 6% this year, despite the state having recently instituted several major…
On October 1, 2013, Mainers felt the sting of a 10 percent increase in the sales tax to 5.5 percent…
Greetings from Amherst to all readers of the Maine Wire: With fewer than 90 days to Election Day, it’s time…
Our businesses are the life blood of the Maine economy. They create stable jobs, invest in local communities, and create…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Maine Sen. Susan Collins introduced a bill Wednesday to crackdown on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)’s abuse…
AUGUSTA – Maine’s nonprofits are expecting to see a decrease in donations after the Legislature last year limited the tax…
AUGUSTA – Having fun in Maine could become more expensive if the Legislature OKs a Democrat-controlled task force’s recommendation to…
AUGUSTA – A Democrat-led task force in Augusta is preparing to eliminate $40 million in so-called tax expenditures. If the…
The Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation on Wednesday released its annual ranking of business tax climates in all 50 states. Maine…
At nearly 74,000 pages, the U.S. Tax Code is a bloated, destructive and unwieldy mess. It demands fear and inspires…
“The bottom line is we’re not broke, there’s plenty of money, it’s just the government doesn’t have it. The government…
Maine’s legislature passed its two-year budget earlier this month, and it includes two allegedly temporary tax increases—one in the state sales tax…
AUGUSTA – Maine Gov. Paul R. LePage announced Thursday that he intends to veto the Legislature’s budget proposal and called…
AUGUSTA – Conservative lawmakers on Wednesday delivered a set of recommendations to the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee as it enters the…
AUGUSTA – Democratic lawmakers announced on Wednesday an alternative to Gov. Paul LePage’s five month old budget proposal that includes…
Tax economist and CEO of The Maine Heritage Policy Center J. Scott Moody testified Wednesday before the Rhode Island House…
AUGUSTA – The Gang of Eleven defended its controversial tax overhaul on Friday during a packed public hearing of the…
Maine is the 6th worst place to retire, according to a study produced by Bankrate.com that considered a host of…
AUGUSTA – Liberty-minded Mainers gathered at the State House Tuesday for an Economic Freedom Rally featuring speakers from The Maine…
Reduce Maine’s income tax to four percent: Working Mainers would see their income taxes cut in half, from eight percent…
AUGUSTA – Giving hope to those who believe democracy flourishes through compromise, Republicans and Democrats in the so-called Gang of…
AUGUSTA – Lawmakers at Tuesday’s public hearing of the Taxation Committee heard testimony for an amorphous blob of policy proposals that…
We have just experienced Tax Day on April 15 – in this year that marks the 100th anniversary of the…
A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Colorado’s 21-year old Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) could have dire implications for constitutional…
As Americans nationwide prepare to fork over Uncle Sam’s pound of flesh, 55 percent of respondents questioned in a Gallup…
By Rep. Heather Sirocki – Here in Maine, we value our privacy and our laid-back lifestyle. That’s why it came as…
Well, at least we’re not dead last. A survey of 8,000 small businesses across the country published by Governing.com on the regulatory, tax and…
Lawmakers on Tuesday considered two items of legislation that would force businesses to collect sales and use taxes on goods…
Maine Department of Labor spent more than $6.5 million from 2008 to 2012 on “training and support” for 851 Mainers…
By Governor Paul LePage Weekly Radio Address October 13, 2012 Millions of Americans were jobless and business bankruptcies reached their…
In a letter from President Dan Danner, the National Federation of Independent Business accused President Obama of “ignoring small business…
by Scott Moody In fiscal year (FY) 2009, Maine had the 6th highest tax burden, as a percent of private…