Mills vetoes bill restructuring income tax brackets

Gov. Janet Mills has vetoed a bill to restructure Maine’s income tax brackets with an aim of reducing taxes for low- and middle-wage workers while increasing taxes on wealthier residents. The bill, L.D. 1231, passed both the House of Representatives and Senate and was expected to modestly increase state revenues. Mills took issue with the way the bill advanced through the Legislature and also said that while well-intentioned, it would not deliver meaningful tax relief. “Over the past several years, we have substantially reduced, it not outright eliminated, the tax...