USDA reports progress on child hunger, but still a long way to go to eradicate food insecurity for all Mainers and all Americans

Congress is currently deliberating over reauthorization of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which is crucial to protect school kids in Maine where the child food insecurity rate […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted October 28, 2015

Tags Children, Food Insecurity, Poverty

Taxes and Budget

Allowing working family tax credits to expire will make it more difficult for these families to make ends meet

Congress has the opportunity this fall to prevent key federal working family tax credits from expiring, resulting in cuts for 50 million working Americans, 16 million of […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted October 22, 2015

Tags EITC, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Education, Health Care, Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

An agenda to give American families a much-needed raise

Our colleagues at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) note that “wages for the vast majority of American workers have stagnated or declined since 1979—and wage stagnation’s reach has broadened […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted October 15, 2015

Tags Economy, Immigration, Inequality, Infrastructure, Jobs, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Wages

Health Care

Health Insurance Coverage in Maine: Heading in the Wrong Direction, Particularly for Children

New Census Bureau data released yesterday paint a bleak picture for Maine when it comes to improving access to affordable health coverage Maine is the only state […]

Garrett Martin

Posted September 17, 2015

Tags Children, Health Care

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Time to turn off Maine’s wasteful tax expenditure “faucet”

One of the most fundamental obligations of the governor and legislature is careful, vigilant stewardship of how the state spends taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars. There are many competing […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted September 2, 2015

Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Health Care

Fix the ACA family coverage “glitch”

In the two years since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) took effect, more Americans have health insurance than ever before. In 2013, before the law took effect, […]

Marpheen Chann-Berry

Posted August 18, 2015

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care

Health Care

Medicaid works in Maine

Here are just a few examples of how. Maine children, the elderly, and people with disabilities derive the greatest benefit. But we are all better off when […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted August 11, 2015

Tags Health Care, Medicaid

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

Mainers’ food security depends upon a stronger, improved SNAP

Over the course of one year, nearly 1 in 5 Mainers will rely on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to put food on the table. […]

Marpheen Chann-Berry

Posted August 10, 2015

Tags Children, Food Insecurity, SNAP

Education

New high school equivalency test providing opportunity for hundreds of Mainers

Over 400 Mainers who would have been passed over by the traditional GED received their high school diplomas in 2014. That’s 400 more Mainers who now have […]

Jody Harris

Posted August 6, 2015

Tags Education

Health Care

Medicare: 50 years old and, since health care reform, more fiscally fit

You know there’s an election coming when you start hearing politicians claiming that Medicare is on the verge of bankruptcy. And with the first presidential debate scheduled […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted August 4, 2015

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care, Medicare

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USDA reports progress on child hunger, but still a long way to go to eradicate food insecurity for all Mainers and all Americans

Allowing working family tax credits to expire will make it more difficult for these families to make ends meet

An agenda to give American families a much-needed raise

Health Insurance Coverage in Maine: Heading in the Wrong Direction, Particularly for Children

Time to turn off Maine’s wasteful tax expenditure “faucet”

Fix the ACA family coverage “glitch”

Medicaid works in Maine

Mainers’ food security depends upon a stronger, improved SNAP

New high school equivalency test providing opportunity for hundreds of Mainers

Medicare: 50 years old and, since health care reform, more fiscally fit