Listen: Property Taxes and Utility Takeovers on WGAN
Director of Policy, Nick Murray, joined the WGAN Morning News to discuss LD 1748, a bill that would turn the local school budget validation process on its head and eliminate […]
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Testimony: Assessing Vehicle Excise Tax on Purchase Price, Not MSRP Price
Testimony in Support of LD 1381, “An Act to Create Fairness in Maine’s Motor Vehicle Excise Tax by Basing the Tax on the Sale Price” Senator Grohoski, Representative Perry, and […]
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Real reform needed to address Maine’s struggling economy
As gasoline and heating oil prices hit historical highs nationally amid four-decade inflation and warnings of stagflation, people all over the world are feeling the pinch of an economy on […]
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Understanding Governor Mills’ jobs and recovery plan
In early March, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), a $1.9 trillion spending bill to provide additional funds to state and local governments to recover […]
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Maine localities to receive half a billion from ARPA. Here’s how they can spend it wisely.
On March 11, President Joe Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), a nearly $2 trillion spending bill as a way to provide relief to state and […]
Read More →Maine’s State and Local Tax Collections: Fiscal Year 2005 Update
Read the full report | Recently, the U.S. Census Bureau released estimates for local tax collections for state fiscal year (FY) 2005. The FY 2005 state and local tax collection […]
Read More →Finding a Solution to the Business Equipment: Tax Just Repeal the Tax.
Read the full report | The Business Equipment Tax (BET) is a bad tax because it is aimed at the very creator of economic growth—business capital formation. Investing in business […]
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