Jobs and Income

Latest employment figures paint a poor picture for Maine’s economy in 2015 and beyond

The latest figures released by the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reinforce a persistent trend for Maine’s economy. The state continues to struggle to recover from […]

James Myall

Posted January 26, 2016

Tags Jobs, Recession, Unemployment

Taxes and Budget

Why state lottery odds are never in Mainers’ favor

It’s hard to imagine a tax that people would line up to pay; a tax so enticing it would be the topic of conversation week after week. […]

James Myall

Posted January 19, 2016

Tags Budget, Taxes

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Focus on sales tax increases obscures the reality of a better deal for Maine people

Last year’s budget deal reduced taxes for 83% of Mainers. But the changes don’t happen all at once. And as the Maine media has reported, new sales […]

Garrett Martin

Posted January 11, 2016

Tags Budget, Taxes

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

Employment trends threaten the economic security of working families

As if employment opportunities for low-income workers weren’t bleak enough―low-wages, no retirement savings, no health insurance―now these workers face a complete breakdown of the traditional employer-employee relationship […]

Jody Harris

Posted December 30, 2015

Tags Economic Security, Economy, Job Quality, Jobs

Maine’s Economy

Governor LePage ignores the value of land conservation to Maine’s economy

Gov. LePage recently announced that he will belatedly sign off on multiple voter approved bond issues for the Land for Maine’s Future (LMF) program, but he remains […]

James Myall

Posted December 21, 2015

Tags Property Tax

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

Maine’s Lower Unemployment Rate Not Necessarily Good News

State Commissioner of Labor Jeanne Paquette today released the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) statewide workforce estimates for November. The headline touts a drop in unemployment […]

James Myall

Posted December 18, 2015

Tags Economy, Jobs, Unemployment

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Maine’s working families set to score an important win in the tax package scheduled for vote in the House and Senate

More than 37,000 hardworking Maine families will keep a key income boost that helps them go to work and pay for basic necessities under a new bipartisan […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted December 16, 2015

Tags EITC, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

Is DHHS SNAP mismanagement putting Maine families at risk of hunger?

In a blistering editorial published in today’s Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Journal, and Central Maine Morning Sentinel, MaineToday Media condemned the Maine Department of Health and Human […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted December 15, 2015

Tags Food Insecurity, SNAP

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

Shop ‘til you drop ― It’s no holiday for retail workers

Too many Mainers today work too few hours for too low pay. The data show over and over and over how part-time, low-wage, and benefit-less jobs trap […]

Jody Harris

Posted December 2, 2015

Tags Incomes, Job Quality, Wages

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Transportation bonds: A public safety must, an economic development essential

Question 3 on the November 3rd Maine ballot asks the following: “Do you favor an $85,000,000 bond issue for construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of highways and bridges […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted November 2, 2015

Tags Bonds, Economy, Infrastructure

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Latest employment figures paint a poor picture for Maine’s economy in 2015 and beyond

Why state lottery odds are never in Mainers’ favor

Focus on sales tax increases obscures the reality of a better deal for Maine people

Employment trends threaten the economic security of working families

Governor LePage ignores the value of land conservation to Maine’s economy

Maine’s Lower Unemployment Rate Not Necessarily Good News

Maine’s working families set to score an important win in the tax package scheduled for vote in the House and Senate

Is DHHS SNAP mismanagement putting Maine families at risk of hunger?

Shop ‘til you drop ― It’s no holiday for retail workers

Transportation bonds: A public safety must, an economic development essential