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Maine’s Economy

12 Maine Organizations Support Strong Payday Lending Rules

We, the undersigned consumer, labor, business, senior, economic justice, and community organizations from Maine, urge you to protect Maine’s low-income families, especially women, senior citizens, minority families, […]

Mark Sullivan
Posted October 18, 2016
Tags Consumer Protection
Maine’s Economy

SNAP Works for America’s Children (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) delivers more nutrition assistance to low-income children than any other federal program, making it the nation’s largest child nutrition program.  In […]

Mark Sullivan
Posted September 29, 2016
Tags Children, SNAP
Maine’s Economy

MECEP's Comments to the Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Proposed Payday Lending Rules

The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) filed this comment in response to the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau’s proposed rule on payday, vehicle title, and certain high-cost […]

Mark Sullivan
Posted September 12, 2016
Tags Consumer Protection
Maine’s Economy

Responsible Lending; Responsible Borrowing

What do people do when they need money quickly? Their car needs costly repairs so they can get to work. A medical emergency has resulted in a […]

Jody Harris
Posted September 1, 2016
Tags Consumer Protection
Maine’s Economy

Poverty rates by demographic category, in 2013, for women and men, age 65 and older (bar chart)

Mark Sullivan
Posted July 13, 2016
Tags Poverty
Maine’s Economy

Maine's TANF caseload, 2005-2016 (line graph)

Mark Sullivan
Posted June 23, 2016
Tags TANF
Maine’s Economy

Submit comments to the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau on proposed rule designed to ban abusive lending practices

The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) urges Maine individuals and organizations to submit comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) about its proposed rule designed to […]

Mark Sullivan
Posted June 6, 2016
Tags Consumer Protection, Federal
Maine’s Economy

Testimony in support of LD 1689, “An Act To Protect Children in the State from Possible Sexual, Physical and Emotional Abuse by Persons Who Have Been Convicted of Crimes”

MECEP urges you to protect Maine children, safeguard child care facilities, and continue to infuse our state economy with these federal funds.   PDF version April 13, […]

Mark Sullivan
Posted April 13, 2016
Tags Children, Federal
Maine’s Economy

Testimony in Opposition to 1631, “An Act to Reduce the Liability of Maine Taxpayers by Aligning Maine's Welfare Programs with Federal Law”

LD 1631 reinforces federal standards that do not apply to the economic realities that Maine workers face. It makes it harder for individuals to get the skills […]

James Myall
Posted March 10, 2016
Tags Economic Security, 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 Bonds, Economy
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