A $12 minimum wage by 2020 will lift wages for Maine women and their families (pie chart)

Posted September 19, 2016

Tags Minimum Wage

Latest US Census Data for Maine: Negligible Progress, More Work Needed

Marginal improvements in income and poverty rates; progress in health care attributable to the Affordable Care Act Augusta, Maine (Thursday, September 15, 2016) State-level data for Maine released today […]

Posted September 15, 2016

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care

Health Care

New Census Data: Modest Improvements in Health Insurance Coverage in Maine Conceal Greater Concerns

Tens of thousands of Mainers remain unnecessarily without coverage Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, September 13, 2016) New Census Bureau data released Tuesday show modest improvements in health insurance coverage […]

Posted September 13, 2016

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care

Maine’s Economy

MECEP's Comments to the Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Proposed Payday Lending Rules

The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) filed this comment in response to the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau’s proposed rule on payday, vehicle title, and certain high-cost […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted September 12, 2016

Tags Consumer Protection

Taxes and Budget

ConnectME Revenues, 2010-18 (line graph)

Mark Sullivan

Posted August 31, 2016

Tags Revenue

Jobs and Income

MECEP Statement on Maine's July 2016 Employment Data

“A correction of the artificially low unemployment rate” Augusta, Maine (Friday, August 19, 2016) The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) issued the following statement from Policy Analyst […]

Posted August 19, 2016

Tags Employment, Jobs

Jobs and Income

MECEP Report Finds Increasing the Minimum Wage to $12 Will Raise the Pay for 1 in 3 Maine Workers

In 2020 181,000 Mainers will earn an additional $3,485 a year on average; 9 of 10 of those benefiting are age 20 or older, half between age […]

Posted August 18, 2016

Tags Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

Workers in low income families are most likely to get a raise (bar chart)

Mark Sullivan

Posted August 17, 2016

Tags Incomes, Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income

Restoring the Value of Work (full report)

This November, Maine voters will consider a ballot initiative to raise the state minimum wage incrementally to $12 an hour by 2020 and gradually increase the subminimum […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted August 17, 2016

Tags Minimum Wage

Jobs and Income

Restoring the Value of Work (executive summary)

This November, Maine voters will consider a ballot initiative to raise the state minimum wage incrementally to $12 an hour by 2020 and gradually increase the subminimum […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted August 17, 2016

Tags Minimum Wage

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A $12 minimum wage by 2020 will lift wages for Maine women and their families (pie chart)

Latest US Census Data for Maine: Negligible Progress, More Work Needed

New Census Data: Modest Improvements in Health Insurance Coverage in Maine Conceal Greater Concerns

MECEP's Comments to the Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Proposed Payday Lending Rules

ConnectME Revenues, 2010-18 (line graph)

MECEP Statement on Maine's July 2016 Employment Data

MECEP Report Finds Increasing the Minimum Wage to $12 Will Raise the Pay for 1 in 3 Maine Workers

Workers in low income families are most likely to get a raise (bar chart)

Restoring the Value of Work (full report)

Restoring the Value of Work (executive summary)