Elon Musk made a bold claim on Twitter on Tuesday. The Tesla founder said he would “pay more taxes than…
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In the wake of a devastating pandemic and the resulting economic consequences, the United States has incurred a considerable amount…
One of the great things about America’s 50-state federal system is that people can vote with their feet in response…
Should Mainers have to pay more in taxes for buying a new piece of real estate? The Legislature says yes,…
During the stress, added financial and mental burden brought on by the pandemic lockdowns, no individual should have to worry about additional taxation without representation.
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 BDN editorial board’s recent commentary on the state budget shortfall reminds us how different one person’s reality can be…
Maine Rep. Benjamin Collings of Portland held a press conference last week to boost support for LD 420, a bill…
Lawmakers on Maine’s Taxation Committee will hold a work session Thursday to debate the merits of LD 1254, “An Act…
Members of the Maine Legislature’s taxation committee will hold a public hearing Tuesday on LD 1929, “Resolve, Establishing the Commission…
The Maine Heritage Policy Center on Monday released a new policy brief, “A Lost Cause: The Local-Option Sales Tax.” The…
In 2015, the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) released Statement Number 77, advising local and state governments to disclose the…
Conservatives are often accused of favoring wealthy individuals and corporations over those in poverty. While some social welfare programs are…
When it comes down to it, Maine is an amazing place to live and raise a family. The large blue…
I’ve lived in Maine all my life, and I can’t remember a time when winter road conditions were worse than…
The effort to expand Maine’s estate tax, more aptly known as the “death tax,” was dealt a blow this week,…
On Tuesday, June 11, the Maine House of Representatives voted 73-70 in favor of passing a heavily-amended version of LD…
It is a fallacy that individual clauses in the Constitution can be considered outside of the Constitution’s underlying thesis; our…
Roads across Maine are in rough shape this time of year, and a lot of attention has been paid to…
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo may have come to his senses on tax policy, openly questioning earlier this week whether…
It’s hard not to draw parallels between what’s going on in Augusta and what we’re seeing in other areas of…
This commentary was originally published in the Bangor Daily News. The state economist recently issued a report on the likely impact that…
Americans paid their 2017 federal and state income taxes this week. Filing taxes isn’t a pleasant or easy task, but…
The federal tax cuts will provide about $1 billion in tax relief this year and next to Maine families and…
If you only listened to Democrat politicians and their allied special interests, you wouldn’t know that the tax relief proposals…
From the issues that birthed the United States to the proliferation of tax reform think tanks and taxpayer advocacy groups,…
New England, on the whole, is an economically-depressed region. Between 2004 and 2014, the average cumulative growth of a New…