Maine’s Economy In the Maine Media Here are three items that appeared recently in the Maine media that Line Items readers may find to be of interest. In his Saturday (November 20th) column […] Mark Sullivan Posted November 22, 2010 Tags Employment, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness
Taxes and Budget In Today's News Beginning today, MECEP will occasionally recommend recent items from Maine news sources that our readers may find to be of interest. We welcome your feedback. Here are […] Mark Sullivan Posted November 18, 2010 Tags Health Care, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget "Economic Development in Hard Times: How to Spend Less and Get More" More than 50 people attended MECEP’s Second Shepard Lee Lecture by Good Jobs First Founder and Executive Director Greg LeRoy at USM on Tuesday (11/16) evening. MECEP […] Mark Sullivan Posted November 17, 2010 Tags Budget, Economy
Taxes and Budget Greg LeRoy, Good Jobs First Founder, to Deliver MECEP's 11/16 Shepard Lee Lecture Tomorrow evening (Tuesday, 11/16), Greg LeRoy, Founder and Executive Director of Good Jobs First, will deliver MECEP’s latest Shepard Lee Lecture. LeRoy’s topic will be “Economic Development […] Mark Sullivan Posted November 15, 2010 Tags Budget, Economy
Taxes and Budget November 12, 2010 Letter Urging Senators Snowe and Collins to Support Tax Cuts for Maine Families, Oppose Tax Cuts for the Wealthy and Extend Unemployment Benefits The Honorable Susan M. Collins United States Senator 413 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Collins: In less than two months, virtually all of […] MECEP Posted November 12, 2010 Tags Employment, Federal, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Maine’s Economy Short Term Challenge, Long Term Optimisim In his State Fiscal Policy Conference presentation (“Struggling to Hit Escape Velocity”) in D.C. yesterday, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics Mark Zandi stressed that the nation’s economic […] Mark Sullivan Posted November 10, 2010 Tags Economy, Federal
Maine’s Economy LIVE BLOG: CBPP's 18th Annual State Fiscal Policy Conference Kit St. John, Garrett Martin, Dan Coyne and I are all in D.C. to attend the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) 18th annual State Fiscal […] Mark Sullivan Posted November 9, 2010 Tags Economy
Taxes and Budget And now it’s time to govern Tomorrow, Maine will have a new governor-elect and our 125th Legislature. Among the many challenges they must overcome, the most formidable may well be how to balance […] Mark Sullivan Posted November 2, 2010 Tags Budget