Taxes and Budget

Congress must expand the Child Tax Credit, or risk 49,000 Maine children being pushed into poverty or greater hardship

Congress has a real chance in the Lame Duck session to prevent greater hardship for the 49,000 Maine children who lost out after a recent expansion of […]

Posted November 16, 2022

Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Economic Security, Poverty

Education

Federal student debt cancellation helps 177,000 Mainers who need help the most

Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) celebrates President Biden’s plan to forgive federal student loans — up to $20,000 for people who went to college on Pell […]

Posted August 24, 2022

Tags Economic Security, Economy, Education, Federal, Incomes, Jobs, Racial Equity, Student Debt

Jobs and Income

ANALYSIS: Portland 2022 Minimum Wage Initiative

Analysis of the likely impacts of an initiative proposed by Maine DSA to increase the minimum wage in Portland to $18 an hour by 2025; to phase […]

MECEP

Posted August 23, 2022

Tags Economy, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Wages

Taxes and Budget

MECEP statement on federal “Inflation Reduction Act”

Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) applauds the proposed “Inflation Reduction Act” recently announced by US Senators Chuck Schumer and Joe Manchin and urges Maine’s Congressional delegation […]

Posted August 1, 2022

Tags Corporate Power, Economic Security, Economy, Federal, Health Care, Income Tax, Inflation, Medicare, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

Context on inflation and corporate profits ahead of Consumer Price Index release

AUGUSTA, Maine (July 12, 2022) — Ahead of Wednesday’s release of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics June 2022 Consumer Price Index data, inflation is expected to remain […]

Posted July 12, 2022

Tags Corporate Power, Economy, Inflation

Taxes and Budget

Paul LePage’s new plan for his old tax cut ideas

His last budget proposal in 2017 was criticized by the Maine Center for Economic Policy, which said it would raise taxes on 80 percent of Mainers when […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted July 6, 2022

Tags Budget, Income Tax, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

GRAPHIC SERIES: Prices are rising and Mainers are feeling the pinch

Prices are rising and Mainers are feeling the pinch. At the same time, some of the world’s largest corporations are reporting record profits. This mismatch is the result […]

MECEP

Posted July 5, 2022

Tags Corporate Power, Economy, Explainer, Inflation

Maine’s Economy

More than 1,000 march in Portland to protest abortion ruling

The Maine Center for Economic Policy said the opinion will damage “the autonomy, health and economic stability of working people” and called on the state’s congressional delegation […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted June 24, 2022

Tags Economy

Maine’s Economy

See how prominent Mainers are reacting to the end of Roe v. Wade

“The US Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v Wade strikes a calamitous blow against decades of legal precedent, dangerously impacting health, privacy, and self-determination for millions of […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted June 24, 2022

Tags Economy

Maine’s Economy

Local abortion-rights supporters express outrage at Supreme Court ruling

Karin Leuthy of the Maine Center for Economic Policy, a nonpartisan policy research organization, says this will not only affect women’s health rights but the economic security of […]

NewsCenter Maine

Posted June 24, 2022

Tags Economy

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Congress must expand the Child Tax Credit, or risk 49,000 Maine children being pushed into poverty or greater hardship

Federal student debt cancellation helps 177,000 Mainers who need help the most

ANALYSIS: Portland 2022 Minimum Wage Initiative

MECEP statement on federal “Inflation Reduction Act”

Context on inflation and corporate profits ahead of Consumer Price Index release

Paul LePage’s new plan for his old tax cut ideas

GRAPHIC SERIES: Prices are rising and Mainers are feeling the pinch

More than 1,000 march in Portland to protest abortion ruling

See how prominent Mainers are reacting to the end of Roe v. Wade

Local abortion-rights supporters express outrage at Supreme Court ruling