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Rooks: The downside of Maine s so-called tax relief

We’ve gone down the “relief” road a long, long time. It’s time to consider a different route.

Douglas Rooks: Tax relief has a downside, too

Rather than continually providing “relief” that’s never enough, wouldn’t it make more sense to assess income and sales taxes partly through counties and municipalities, as most states do, setting rates by local option?

The Maine Idea: Tax relief has a downside, too - Portland Press Herald

In the 1960s, when Maine had poorly paid teachers, decrepit high schools and the lowest incomes in New England, it made little sense to increase property taxes to provide better schools. So Gov. Ken Curtis, with the aid of key Republican legislative leaders, enacted a progressive income tax in 1969 that lowered property taxes and […]

State lawmaker responds to criticism for attending anti-vax rally after wife reportedly died of COVID-19

State lawmaker responds to criticism for attending anti-vax rally after wife reportedly died of COVID-19
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Maine lawmaker who downplayed pandemic s risk contracts COVID-19

increase font size Maine lawmaker who downplayed pandemic’s risk contracts COVID-19 Rep. Chris Johansen, a Republican from Monticello, has been cited twice for breaking mask-wearing rules at the State House. Share A state lawmaker who has flouted the Legislature’s rules on mask-wearing and downplayed the pandemic says he has contracted COVID-19. Rep. Chris Johansen Photo from Maine Legislature Rep. Chris A. Johansen, R-Monticello, on Friday told the Press Herald only that he wasn’t feeling well and didn’t stay on the phone long enough to be asked whether he has the virus. However, a reporter for Mainer News, an alternative weekly, contacted Johansen and recorded him saying that he has COVID-19 and is “really, really sick.”

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