A Gorham lawmaker’s bill would increase the tax 23% between June and November, but tourism officials warn it might keep visitors away.
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LePage-era rule to help seniors avoid property tax foreclosure to stay … for now
State lawmakers shelve bipartisan efforts to revisit the law governing how cities and towns recoup back taxes from the elderly.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: There’s a better way to do health care
For-profit health insurance and pharmaceutical companies don’t deliver for everyone.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Maine Democrats have not learned their lesson
Expensive programs and tax increases will alienate moderates.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Mainers should know how the Pentagon is spending their tax dollars
Sen. Angus King should keep up the pressure to address inconsistencies revealed by the agency’s first-ever audit.
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Maine Voices: Hiking income-tax rates won’t solve Maine’s problems
Contrary to a recent Greg Kesich column, criticism of levies on high earners isn’t what’s keeping Maine from funding all of its needs.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics, Schools and Education
Lawmakers say state should take back full cost of teacher retirement to ease burden on school districts
Rep. Michael Brennan, D-Portland, says reversing the budgeting change by former Gov. Paul LePage would provide ‘one of the most direct forms of property tax relief.’
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Mills budget proposal kicks off dynamic process
The budget might be in balance now, but it’s based on assumptions that will need to be tested.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Marc A. Thiessen: Green New Deal means giant new tax hikes – on everyone
With her now-infamous talking points, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accidentally exposes the left’s big lie.
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Commentary: Woe to any 2020 Democrat who doesn’t embrace partisanship
Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand and Amy Klobuchar may fail dogma litmus tests tests in the primaries.