Taxes and Budget Trump budget would shift huge SNAP costs to Maine and put more Mainers at risk of going hungry [pdf-embedder url=”https://www.mecep.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Trump-budget-SNAP-cuts-6-13-2017.pdf” title=”Trump budget SNAP cuts 6-13-2017″] Posted June 13, 2017 Tags Budget, Federal, SNAP
Education, Taxes and Budget House Democratic proposal gives major tax cut to the rich, taxes low- and middle-income Mainers instead [pdf-embedder url=”https://www.mecep.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Democratic-budget-proposal-6-7-2017.pdf” tit le=”Democratic budget proposal 6-7-2017″] Posted June 7, 2017 Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Jobs and Income A Year after Draft Payday Protections Issued, Congress Moves to Protect Loan Sharks Meanwhile, payday lenders drain a half million dollars in fees from Maine’s economy Augusta, Maine (June 2, 2017) Today marks the one-year anniversary of the federal Consumer […] Posted June 2, 2017 Tags Consumer Protection, Federal
Maine’s Economy MECEP Matters, May 2017 To sign up to receive MECEP Matters, click here. [pdf-embedder url=”https://www.mecep.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/MECEP-Matters-6-1-2017.pdf” title=”MECEP Matters 6-1-2017″] Posted June 1, 2017 Tags Economy
Jobs and Income Testimony in Opposition to LD 1609, “An Act To Support Maine's Employers and Encourage Employers To Hire Young Workers” Maine’s minimum wage increase will help to restore the value of work for tens of thousands of Mainers. It will increase wages for one-third of Maine’s workforce, […] Mark Sullivan Posted May 23, 2017 Tags Jobs
Taxes and Budget Testimony in Opposition to HP0987, “Joint Resolution Making Application to the Congress of the United States for Calling a Convention to Propose Amendments to the Constitution of the United States to Limit the Power of the Federal Government” A convention such as this threatens our constitution and the protections it affords to our most fundamental rights. It will hurt Mainers’ economic security and have disastrous […] Mark Sullivan Posted May 17, 2017 Tags Federal
Maine’s Economy Maine Governor Attacks Effort to Help Families in Poverty Fewer and fewer Maine families are aided by TANF, a federal block grant program intended to help vulnerable people get on their feet, even as the state […] Rewire Posted May 15, 2017 Tags Economy, Poverty
Maine’s Economy It’s not surprising LePage is upset about a welfare bill that actually helps poor people Data from the U.S. Census’ American Community Survey, compiled by the Maine Center for Economic Policy, show that the proportion of Maine children growing up in extreme […] Bangor Daily News Posted May 13, 2017 Tags Economic Security, Poverty
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget There’s no doubt Maine has unspent federal cash. The fight is over how to use it. Gideon claims the number of Maine children in extreme poverty — families living at 50 percent of the federal poverty level of $10,000 per year for a […] Bangor Daily News Posted May 10, 2017 Tags Economy, Federal
Education Testimony in Support of LD 1507, An Act To Establish a Student Loan Bill of Rights to License and Regulate Student Loan Servicers In Maine, most students do borrow for college. Sixty-three percent left school with debt in 2015, carrying an average debt load of $30,000. The debt load is […] Mark Sullivan Posted May 10, 2017 Tags Higher Education, Student Debt
