OpEd by Cliff Ginn and Justin Alfond As the legacies of two of the best-known business leaders and philanthropists in the state, we both now live, work and play in Maine because of its people, its unique sensibility, and because our roots here run deep. From an early age, we learned from our families that [...]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A student-led group Tuesday announced a campaign to initiate legislation that would provide state income tax credits to offset student loans to graduates of Maine colleges or universities who stay and work in the state.
LEWISTON – Maine-educated college students who agree to stay in Maine after they graduate would get tax credits on their college loans under a proposal being pushed by a group of Maine students. The group, Opportunity Maine, began a petition drive on Tuesday to gather the required 50,519 signatures from registered voters by Jan. 25 [...]
By ADAM DOSTER College graduates in Maine may no longer be looking off into the distance when it comes to searching for jobs. Andrew Bossie was tired of bad ballot referendums. After spending the fall of 2005 with Maine student activists and the League of Young Voters fighting a referendum that would have gutted an [...]
God Bless America, Disney-style Most folks hunker down on the Fourth of July with a warm hot dog and a cold soda. But 1,000 people gathered at Walt Disney World near Orlando instead to take the oath of U.S. citizenship. Then they paraded down Main Street U.S.A. Corny, perhaps, but also a reflection, experts say, [...]
The exodus of college graduates from New England to jobs in other parts of the country saps the region of the young, creative minds that are needed to build a competitive, knowledge-based economy. The out-migration affects all the region’s states, but it is especially pronounced in Rhode Island. The loss of talented students after graduation [...]
AUGUSTA — With applause filling his office, Gov. John Baldacci on Monday signed what is described as the nation’s most far-reaching law to keep the state’s best and brightest from fleeing after graduation by offering tax credits to reimburse their college loans. “The eyes of the nation are looking at Maine,” said Justin Alfond of [...]
By David Abel Maine Governor John E. Baldacci will sign a law today that will provide tax credits to help cover the cost of college loan payments for students who earn degrees in Maine and remain in the state. Activists say the multimillion-dollar program, passed unanimously last month by Maine’s House of Representatives and with [...]
Tax credits, funding needed to plug drain
A group called Opportunity Maine has a good idea in the form of a proposal to build a citizen’s initiative to highlight the importance of going to college. Whether its specific proposal – a tax credit to repay tuition costs for those who remain in Maine after graduating – is the best way to improve [...]
