Listen: Supplemental Budget and Parental Rights on WGAN
Director of Policy, Nick Murray, joined the WGAN Morning News with Matt Gagnon to discuss Governor Mills latest spending proposal, a $900 million supplemental budget which contains no tax relief. […]
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Testimony: Abolishing All Personal Property Taxes
Testimony in Support of LD 1743, “An Act to Eliminate the Personal Property Tax.” Senator Grohoski, Representative Perry, and the distinguished members of the Committee on Taxation, my name is […]
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Testimony: Reducing and Eliminating the Income Tax
Testimony in Support of LD 1231, “An Act to Bring Fairness in Income Taxes to Maine Families by Adjusting the Tax Brackets,” LD 1434, “An Act to Abolish the Maine […]
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Testimony: Preserving the Voice of Property Taxpayers in School Budgets
Testimony in Opposition to LD 1748: “An Act to Reform the School Budget Referendum Process by Limiting the Circumstances in Which Referenda Occur” Senator Rafferty, Representative Brennan, and the distinguished […]
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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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Property tax stabilization program shifts burden to state taxpayers
Starting this August, senior citizens in Maine will be able to freeze their property tax rate, preventing their bill from increasing so long as they are a homeowner in the […]
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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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Lawmakers miss opportunity for meaningful tax reform in pursuing one-time relief checks
Over the last few weeks, Maine legislators have been preparing to vote on Governor Mills’ latest supplemental budget bill, holding hearings with administration officials and taking public comment on how […]
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Breaking down Gov. Mills’ supplemental budget
Last week, Governor Janet Mills’ office released their much anticipated supplemental budget proposal following her annual State of the State address. The governor made several points in her speech, looking […]
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Testimony in Support of LD 327: “An Act To Return Surplus Money to Maine Taxpayers”
Senator Breen, Representative Pierce, and the distinguished members of the Committee on Taxation, my name is Nick Murray and I serve as policy analyst for Maine Policy Institute, a nonpartisan, […]
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