Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget Wednesday Sit-Down: World's first trillionaire In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS13 to discuss Elon Musk. Click here to watch […] WGME Posted June 17, 2026 Tags Economic Security, Economy, Inequality, Wednesday Sit Down
Health Care, Taxes and Budget Wednesday Sit-Down: Medicare changes hitting rural Maine In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS13 to discuss changes to Medicare. Click here to […] WGME Posted June 10, 2026 Tags Budget, Federal, Health Care, Medicaid, Wednesday Sit Down
Taxes and Budget Wednesday Sit-Down: SNAP impacts in Maine In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, James Myall, policy analyst from the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to talk about SNAP impacts in […] WGME Posted June 4, 2026 Tags Federal, SNAP, Wednesday Sit Down
Maine’s Economy Report finds nearly half of Mainers cannot afford basic needs Garrett Martin from the Maine Center For Economic Policy says it didn’t show them anything they didn’t already know. “An astonishingly high amount of households in Maine […] WGME Posted June 2, 2026 Tags Economic Security, Economy
Maine’s Economy We followed the five Democrats running for governor on the campaign trail. Here’s what we learned. James Myall, senior economic policy analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy, said issues of affordability can be “a hard thing to campaign on, because there […] Maine Morning Star Posted June 2, 2026 Tags Economic Security, Economy
Maine’s Economy Higher fuel costs raise red flags across Maine’s economy “President (Donald) Trump’s policies — tariffs, deportations, the Iran war — have been creating a bit of drag on the economy, and there’s going to be some […] Portland Press Herald Posted May 30, 2026 Tags Economy, Federal
Maine’s Economy The Economy is Gerrymandered, Too For many Maine families, the economy no longer feels like something you can get ahead in. It feels like something you’re constantly trying to survive. Ask people […] Midcoast Villager Posted May 22, 2026 Tags Economic Security, Economy
Taxes and Budget Pillars of democracy: Democracy costs money. Who pays? We’ll talk about taxes and democracy. Everyone complains about paying taxes. But what if we need taxation if we want the benefits of democracy? If democracy costs […] WERU Posted May 15, 2026 Tags Economic Security, Inequality, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Letters from an American According to the nonpartisan Maine Center for Economic Policy, MaineCare is overseen by both state and federal agencies, and the most recent federal review found that only […] Heather Cox Richardson Posted May 14, 2026 Tags Federal, Medicaid
Taxes and Budget Fact-checking JD Vance on Maine Democrats, Medicaid fraud and autism coverage Our sources: Maine Center for Economic Policy, 7 things to know about the political attacks on MaineCare, May 14, 2026 Click here to read the full story, […] PolitiFact Posted May 14, 2026 Tags Federal, Medicaid
