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Eye on Augusta: Legislature Passes Tax Breaks for 28,000 Businesses and 160,000 Unemployed Workers
by Andy OâBrien (Photo: Dan Kirchoff)
Andy O’Brien is communications director at Maine AFL-CIO. He is a former managing editor of The Free Press and a former state legislator. His Eye on Augusta column appears every other week in The Free Press. Last Thursday, the Maine Legislature passed a supplemental budget package that will provide a full state tax exemption to federal Paycheck Protection (PPP) grants for 28,000 profitable businesses as well as tax breaks on the first $10,200 of federal unemployment benefits for 160,000 unemployed workers.
Republicans initially blocked the two-thirds votes necessary to pass the spending package in order to demand another $32 million in additional business tax cuts, including foreign-derived intangible income, to mirror the federal tax code. However, during floor debate, Republican leaders could not ex
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Legal experts took issue this week with a proposal to create a new felony in Maine when someone records a serious crime occurring but fails to report it to the police immediately.
The bill, under consideration by the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, arose after a constituent complained to state Sen. Matt Pouliot, R-Augusta, about people recording shootings, accidents and other incidents for social media audiences rather than phoning 911.
State Sen. Matthew Pouliot
A backer of the proposal, Caleb Merendino, told the committee that “our youth and my generation seem more interested in the number of hits and views they can get on social media” rather than caring for others by reporting a crime in progress.