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Improved Child Tax Credit Benefits All Mainers

The Biden Administration’s expansion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC) provides guaranteed income to 90 percent of Maine families and will cut child poverty nearly in half.

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MECEP Map: Economic Insights for Maine’s Legislative Districts 2021

Dive into the data to discover the economic trends in Maine’s legislative districts, and how they compare with other regions in Maine.

The Maine Center for Economic Policy is a nonpartisan research and policy organization dedicated to improving the economic well-being of low- and moderate-income Mainers.

MECEP provides citizens, policymakers, advocates, and media with credible and rigorous economic analysis that advances economic justice and prosperity for all Maine people.

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Maine needs progressive revenue solutions to build a stronger, fairer future

Improved Child Tax Credit Benefits All Mainers

MECEP Map: Economic Insights for Maine’s Legislative Districts 2021

The Maine Center for Economic Policy is a nonpartisan research and policy organization dedicated to improving the economic well-being of low- and moderate-income Mainers.

State lawmakers make unprecedented investments in Maine communities and families this session

Latest Data Shows Up to 95,000 Mainers Risk Losing Unemployment Benefits This Week

The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program is Broken — Let’s Fix It

Progress for Maine Workers in the first part of the 130th Legislature

State lawmakers make unprecedented investments in Maine communities and families this session

Story of the Session: the Fight for Tax Fairness

Investing in State Employees Will Grow Maine’s Economy and Address the Gender Pay Gap

Improved Child Tax Credit Benefits All Mainers

Latest Data Shows Up to 95,000 Mainers Risk Losing Unemployment Benefits This Week

Progress for Maine Workers in the first part of the 130th Legislature

Investing in State Employees Will Grow Maine’s Economy and Address the Gender Pay Gap

Nearly 86,000 Mainers at Risk of Losing Unemployment Benefits in Less than a Month

Maine Lawmakers Must Fix the ACA for 34,000 Mainers in the Family Glitch

Dental care is health care. MaineCare should cover it.

Maine has a chance to correct injustice by expanding health care to New Mainers with low incomes

Maine lawmakers consider several bills to tackle rising health care costs

The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program is Broken — Let’s Fix It

Protections for private student loan borrowers protect seniors and people with disabilities

COVID compounds Maine’s education debt crisis. The time to act is now.

One easy way for Maine to increase grants for college students with low incomes this year

Investing in State Employees Will Grow Maine’s Economy and Address the Gender Pay Gap

To advance racial equity, Maine’s Permanent Commission needs permanent resources

Transformative “American Rescue Plan” will deliver $6 billion to Maine’s economy

Maine must continue its clampdown on predatory lenders

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Progressive group estimates up to 95K Mainers impacted by end of federal unemployment aid

Running on fumes: Lack of will imperils fund that keeps Maine roads, bridges safe

End to Extra Federal Jobless Aid to Impact Tens of Thousands of Mainers

Midcoast municipalities grapple with staffing amid nationwide labor shortage

What does the $1 trillion infrastructure bill mean for Maine?