James Myall

Maine

Policy Analyst, Maine Center for Economic Policy at Freelance

Policy analyst for @MECEP1 and @MECEP_Action. British-American. Recovering historian. Tweets are personal, not organizational views. Please DM to cite.

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Articles

Forget the motherhood medals — Maine parents need real support • Maine Morning Star

4 days ago | mainemorningstar.com | James Myall

by James Myall, Maine Morning Star May 12, 2025 President Donald Trump’s team is reportedly seeking ways to encourage Americans to have more children. They’ve looked at everything from baby bonuses to motherhood medals. Yet at the same time, policies perused by the president and his fellow Republicans are making life for parents harder and more expensive. Pronatalism can be a problematic idea, and it’s debatable how much we actually need to increase birth rates.
Congressional Republican plan threatens health insurance affordability for Mainers

Feb 12, 2025 | mainemorningstar.com | James Myall

Congressional Republicans are pushing for tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans — and they plan to pay for them by letting health insurance subsidies expire. If Congress doesn’t act, tens of thousands of Mainers will see their health insurance costs skyrocket in 2025. What’s at stake Over 63,000 Mainers rely on the Affordable Care Act marketplace CoverME for coverage, and the vast majority receive financial help through Advance Premium Tax Credits.
Congressional Republican plan threatens health insurance affordability for Mainers

Feb 12, 2025 | yahoo.com | James Myall

(Photo by RUNSTUDIO/Getty Images)Congressional Republicans are pushing for tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans — and they plan to pay for them by letting health insurance subsidies expire. If Congress doesn’t act, tens of thousands of Mainers will see their health insurance costs skyrocket in 2025. What’s at stakeOver 63,000 Mainers rely on the Affordable Care Act marketplace CoverME for coverage, and the vast majority receive financial help through Advance Premium Tax Credits.
Governor Mills’ budget proposal: key takeaways and recommendations

Jan 22, 2025 | mainebeacon.com | James Myall

On January 10, Governor Janet Mills unveiled her budget plans for Maine through 2027. While the proposal balances the budget through some revenue increases, it largely relies on cuts to previous commitments, impacting vulnerable Mainers and low wage workers while letting the rich and big corporations — whose wealth largely surged during the pandemic — off the hook.
Maine highway fund shortfall highlights the need for sustainable revenue solutions

Dec 27, 2024 | mainemorningstar.com | James Myall

Recent revisions to the state’s revenue forecast confirm Maine’s highway fund and general fund face structural deficits, albeit not as large as previously expected. Some legislators have tried to claim this is the result of a “spending problem,” but that ignores an important side of the story — the state’s failure to raise enough revenue to keep up with rising costs. The shortfall in the highway fund is emblematic of this issue.
Six ways Trump administration could endanger health coverage for Mainers

Dec 19, 2024 | mainemorningstar.com | James Myall

The incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump and his allies in Congress have begun discussing plans to make deep cuts to Medicaid, one of the country’s largest health care programs, to offset their plans to cut taxes for wealthy Americans. Medicaid, known in Maine as MaineCare, is a joint state and federal program that covers 400,000 people, for which the state receives billions in federal funds each year.
Six ways Trump’s policies threaten medicaid coverage in Maine

Dec 18, 2024 | mainebeacon.com | James Myall

The incoming administration of President-Elect Trump and his allies in Congress have begun discussing plans to make deep cuts to Medicaid, one of the country’s largest health care programs, to offset their plans to cut taxes for wealthy Americans. Medicaid, known in Maine as MaineCare, is a joint state and federal program that covers 400,000 people, for which the state receives billions in federal funds each year.
Seven things to know about immigration in Maine and the United States

Oct 31, 2024 | mainemorningstar.com | James Myall

A number of prominent politicians have proposed increasingly harsh anti-immigration measures which range from restricting access to public assistance to mass incarceration and deportation of undocumented immigrants (and potentially their U.S. citizen relatives). Any version of these policies would be harmful not only to the tens of thousands of immigrants who call Maine home, but to our shared economic prosperity and wellbeing. 1.
James Myall, Author at Maine Morning Star

Oct 31, 2024 | mainemorningstar.com | James Myall

New budget projections released by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services show Maine facing a $951 million gap between expected revenues and expenses in the 2026-2027 biennium. Of this shortfall, just under $638 million is in general fund revenue and spending, while the highway fund shortfall is just under $313 million. A look […]
New budget projections highlight the need to get serious about raising revenue

Oct 8, 2024 | news.yahoo.com | James Myall

New budget projections released by the Department of Administrative and Financial Affairs show Maine facing a $951 million gap between expected revenues and expenses in the 2026-2027 biennium. Of this shortfall, just under $638 million is in general fund revenue and spending, while the highway fund shortfall is just under $313 million. A look at past projections reveals sizeable budget shortfalls are nothing new.