State Unemployment Rates by Race & Ethnicity

New data compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveal that racial disparities regarding employment persist across the country, including in Maine. This is a topic which […]

James Myall

Posted March 11, 2016

Tags Economy, Inequality, Racial Equity, Unemployment

Maine’s Economy

Federal legislation would protect payday lending industry at the expense of Maine consumers

MECEP has joined hundreds of civil rights, consumer, labor, faith, veterans, seniors, and community organizations across the nation to strongly urge its Congressional Delegation to oppose H.R. […]

Jody Harris

Posted March 9, 2016

Tags Consumer Protection, Federal

Maine’s Economy

Distressed Community Index Highlights Administration’s Failure to Provide for Rural Mainers

A recent study by the Economic Innovation Group (EIG) reveals that 52,000 Mainers live in distressed communities and demonstrates the extent of the LePage administration’s failed economic […]

James Myall

Posted March 8, 2016

Tags Economic Security, Economy, Poverty, Recession

Health Care

Mary Mayhew’s misinformation campaign contradicts reality, experts on the front lines of Maine’s opioid epidemic

When 31 states (plus the District of Columbia) have accepted federal funding to expand Medicaid, and two more states are in discussion to do so, the LePage […]

James Myall

Posted March 7, 2016

Tags Health Care, Medicaid

Taxes and Budget

Wither our roads?

“Reversing the decline in state investment in transportation, public buildings, water treatment systems, and other forms of vital infrastructure is key to creating good jobs and promoting […]

Jody Harris

Posted February 24, 2016

Tags Infrastructure, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Why tax conformity really matters to Maine teachers and families

“Propping up a tax break that reimburses teachers less than $20 as a true means of offering relief to teachers, who by the way spend on average […]

Sarah Austin

Posted February 16, 2016

Tags Budget, Property Tax, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

What Mainers need to know about the tax conformity debate

Maine legislators are currently debating tax conformity, a procedure primarily to make Maine’s tax code consistent with changes Congress made to the federal tax code last year. […]

Sarah Austin

Posted February 16, 2016

Tags Budget, Property Tax, Taxes

Jobs and Income

Trade agreement threatens Maine jobs and wages

As early as this month, Congress will vote up or down whether or not to enter into the Transatlantic Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement, a treaty that […]

Jody Harris

Posted February 9, 2016

Tags Economy, Jobs, Wages

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

Is Maine’s current job creation strategy “off base”?

Analysis in a new report (State Job Creation Strategies Often Off Base) from our partners at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) concludes that: “To […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted February 9, 2016

Tags Jobs

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

MHPC “Piglet Book” ignores administration mismanagement and misses the real scandal: millions of lost and rejected federal funds

“Weeding out authentic waste, fraud, and abuse is a laudable goal, but to overlook hundreds of millions of dollars in lost federal funds, as the MHPC report […]

James Myall

Posted February 8, 2016

Tags Budget, Economy, Taxes

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State Unemployment Rates by Race & Ethnicity

Federal legislation would protect payday lending industry at the expense of Maine consumers

Distressed Community Index Highlights Administration’s Failure to Provide for Rural Mainers

Mary Mayhew’s misinformation campaign contradicts reality, experts on the front lines of Maine’s opioid epidemic

Wither our roads?

Why tax conformity really matters to Maine teachers and families

What Mainers need to know about the tax conformity debate

Trade agreement threatens Maine jobs and wages

Is Maine’s current job creation strategy “off base”?

MHPC “Piglet Book” ignores administration mismanagement and misses the real scandal: millions of lost and rejected federal funds