Jobs and Income

Press Release: Mainers Should be Protected From Payday Lenders Seeking to Enforce Shady Provisions in Shadows of Forced Arbitration

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 7, 2017 CONTACT: Jody Harris Jharris@mecep.org (207) 620-1105 Mainers Should be Protected From Payday Lenders Seeking to Enforce Shady Provisions in Shadow of […]

Posted August 7, 2017

Tags Consumer Protection

Press Release: U.S. House GOP Aims for Cuts that Cost Working Families and Those Struggling to Make Ends Meet

U.S. House Budget Committee is scheduled to review a budget resolution that makes hard-working families pay more and worsens budget deficits with massive tax cuts for the […]

Posted July 19, 2017

Tags Federal, Health Care, Higher Education, Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP

Education, Maine’s Economy

Let’s make sure that every Mainer who aspires to succeed can go back to school

With summer beginning to wind down, thousands of Mainers are getting ready to go back to school. This September, Maine’s post-secondary schools—colleges, universities, and community colleges across […]

Marpheen Chann-Berry

Posted August 10, 2016

Tags Education, Higher Education

Jobs and Income

New overtime rules will finally pay workers what they deserve

Every week, thousands of Mainers work overtime—more than 40 hours per week—to make ends meet. Many workers, even after working 50 to 60 hours per week, still […]

Marpheen Chann-Berry

Posted July 29, 2016

Tags Incomes, Job Quality, Overtime, Wages

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Closing the door on ineffective tax loopholes in Maine: Important challenges lay ahead

Maine offers 192 different tax loopholes for individuals and corporations. These tax breaks are a form of backdoor spending that cost the state almost $2.2 billion in […]

Marpheen Chann-Berry

Posted July 7, 2016

Tags Economy, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Health Care

Fix the ACA family coverage “glitch”

In the two years since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) took effect, more Americans have health insurance than ever before. In 2013, before the law took effect, […]

Marpheen Chann-Berry

Posted August 18, 2015

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

Mainers’ food security depends upon a stronger, improved SNAP

Over the course of one year, nearly 1 in 5 Mainers will rely on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to put food on the table. […]

Marpheen Chann-Berry

Posted August 10, 2015

Tags Children, Food Insecurity, SNAP

Jobs and Income

Department of Defense moves to protect service members and their families from abusive creditors

A soldier returns from a tour of duty in Afghanistan to find his car repossessed in his absence. A sailor on patrol in the Persian Gulf receives […]

Marpheen Chann-Berry

Posted July 23, 2015

Tags Consumer Protection, Federal

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Bonds: Building blocks for a stronger Maine economy

“Maine has a lot of work to do in order to keep up with our rapidly changing world and to compete successfully in the global marketplace. Implementing […]

Marpheen Chann-Berry

Posted July 13, 2015

Tags Bonds, Infrastructure

Jobs and Income

New overtime regulation changes are welcome

“Two days ago, President Obama announced that he’s taking the easiest route to fixing this loophole. He is updating the standards so that employers cannot deny overtime […]

Marpheen Chann-Berry

Posted July 2, 2015

Tags Federal, Job Quality, Overtime

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Press Release: Mainers Should be Protected From Payday Lenders Seeking to Enforce Shady Provisions in Shadows of Forced Arbitration

Press Release: U.S. House GOP Aims for Cuts that Cost Working Families and Those Struggling to Make Ends Meet

Let’s make sure that every Mainer who aspires to succeed can go back to school

New overtime rules will finally pay workers what they deserve

Closing the door on ineffective tax loopholes in Maine: Important challenges lay ahead

Fix the ACA family coverage “glitch”

Mainers’ food security depends upon a stronger, improved SNAP

Department of Defense moves to protect service members and their families from abusive creditors

Bonds: Building blocks for a stronger Maine economy

New overtime regulation changes are welcome