Education, Maine’s Economy

Predatory practices increase Mainers’ student debt and financial troubles

Mainers are carrying nearly $6 billion in education debt. Large figures like that can be difficult to wrap our heads around, so think of it this way: […]

Jody Harris

Posted December 19, 2018

Tags Consumer Protection, Higher Education, Student Debt

Taxes and Budget

Maine still has work to do in building a balanced and adequate tax code

Building an inclusive economy requires tax policy that meets two conditions. The first is that those with the most are asked to pay more, or at the […]

Sarah Austin

Posted October 17, 2018

Tags Income Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Health Care, Taxes and Budget

New analysis: Home care tax would affect top 3 percent of wealthiest Mainers

The Home Care referendum on November’s ballot would affect 34,442 Mainers at the top of the income distribution, according to a new analysis conducted by MECEP. That […]

Sarah Austin

Posted September 21, 2018

Tags Caregiving, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Education, Taxes and Budget

Maine teachers spend millions of their own dollars on classroom basics

Maine’s teachers spent at least $4.2 million out of their own pockets on basic school supplies in 2016, the most recent year for which we have data, […]

James Myall

Posted September 13, 2018

Tags Education, Taxes, Wages

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

New report: Corporations are choosing shareholder windfalls over workers’ raises

A stock buyback is when a publicly traded company purchases shares from its own shareholders. In the corporate world, it’s a way to push or keep stock […]

Sarah Austin

Posted August 8, 2018

Tags Incomes, Taxes, Wages

Taxes and Budget

United Nations says solving extreme inequality, poverty will require USA to 'get real about taxes'

Deliberate public policy decisions, including a cavalier and unrealistic approach to taxation, are driving preventable inequality and poverty in the United States. That’s according to a recently […]

Mario Moretto

Posted July 18, 2018

Tags Poverty, Racial Equity, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

New report: Since Bush Tax Cuts, wealthiest one-fifth of Americans have reaped 65 percent of federal tax breaks

In a new report, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reveals that tax cuts since the George W. Bush administration have disproportionately benefited the wealthiest American […]

Sarah Austin

Posted July 16, 2018

Tags Income Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

Could you cover an unexpected $400 expense? Nearly half of Mainers could not

A modest unexpected expense could overturn the finances of nearly half of all Mainers, and one in five Maine residents cannot pay all their bills on time. […]

James Myall

Posted June 26, 2018

Tags Economic Security

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

In some Maine counties, federal food assistance pays for one in six grocery sales

New analysis by MECEP demonstrates just how crucial the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is for hundreds of thousands of Mainers, for local economies and for […]

James Myall

Posted May 3, 2018

Tags Economic Security, Food Insecurity, SNAP

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

Despite Poliquin's praise, Maine is no model for food insecurity

As Congress move toward sweeping changes to SNAP, the federal food assistance program, U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin is touting Maine’s experiment in stricter eligibility as a model […]

James Myall

Posted April 19, 2018

Tags Economic Security, Food Insecurity, SNAP

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Predatory practices increase Mainers’ student debt and financial troubles

Maine still has work to do in building a balanced and adequate tax code

New analysis: Home care tax would affect top 3 percent of wealthiest Mainers

Maine teachers spend millions of their own dollars on classroom basics

New report: Corporations are choosing shareholder windfalls over workers’ raises

United Nations says solving extreme inequality, poverty will require USA to 'get real about taxes'

New report: Since Bush Tax Cuts, wealthiest one-fifth of Americans have reaped 65 percent of federal tax breaks

Could you cover an unexpected $400 expense? Nearly half of Mainers could not

In some Maine counties, federal food assistance pays for one in six grocery sales

Despite Poliquin's praise, Maine is no model for food insecurity