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Maine’s Economy

Testimony in Support of LD 380, Resolve, To Establish a Working Group to Aid with the End of Student Hunger

“School is hard enough without having to suffer the maladies that hunger causes. The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) of the federal Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 […]

Mark Sullivan
Posted March 19, 2015
Tags Children, Food Insecurity
Maine’s Economy

Testimony in Support of LD 455, An Act To Prohibit Deceptive Practices Regarding Unsolicited Loans

“MECEP urges you to enact LD 455 to protect Mainers from unscrupulous lenders. Maine has long upheld strong consumer protections. Our state has one of the most […]

Mark Sullivan
Posted March 9, 2015
Tags Consumer Protection
Maine’s Economy

Child poverty fell in 2013, but median household income continues to go nowhere

Child poverty in Maine fell back to pre-recession levels in 2013, but income for the median household and the overall poverty rate saw no improvement, according to […]

Joel Johnson
Posted September 18, 2014
Tags Children, Incomes, Job Quality, Poverty
Maine’s Economy

Fed Chairman Yellen: The Recovery Still Feels Like a Recession

In case you needed more evidence that the labor market recovery in Maine and across the nation is still far from complete, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Janet […]

Joel Johnson
Posted April 1, 2014
Tags Economy, Federal
Maine’s Economy

Testimony at Hearing on LD 1819: Resolve, To Create the Task Force To End Student Hunger in Maine

MECEP has working on issues related to student hunger going back to 2010 when we researched and published “Child Hunger Doesn’t End with the School Year.” In […]

MECEP
Posted March 21, 2014
Tags Children, Education, Food Insecurity, K-12 Education
Maine’s Economy

4.5 Years after the Recession, Low- and Middle-Income Families are Still Hurting (Retail Sales Edition)

Just last week, Walmart made headlines with a weak forecast for profits and sales at US stores. Low- and middle-income families are the core of Walmart’s customer base, and […]

Joel Johnson
Posted February 28, 2014
Tags Economy
Maine’s Economy

State of Working Maine in 2013

Workers in Maine and across the nation remain in crisis. The typical working Mainer has yet to find relief from a long-term economic malaise that began more […]

MECEP
Posted November 25, 2013
Tags Economy, Incomes, Job Quality, Jobs
Maine’s Economy

New Census Data Show How the Safety Net Reduces Poverty

Refundable tax credits, access to health insurance, Social Security income, nutrition assistance, housing vouchers, and low-income heating assistance are lifting families in Maine and across the nation […]

Joel Johnson
Posted November 6, 2013
Tags Poverty
Maine’s Economy

Congressional Fiscal Shenanigans: O. Henry or Stanley Kubrick?

After weeks of gamesmanship, a minority in Congress succeeded in shutting down the federal government at midnight.  The full impact here in Maine is still uncertain. We […]

Mark Sullivan
Posted October 1, 2013
Tags Budget, Federal, Taxes
Maine’s Economy

More Mainers are Hungry

More Mainers are going hungry today than 10 years ago. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), from 2011 to 2012, 15% of Mainers struggled to […]

Jody Harris
Posted September 5, 2013
Tags Children, Poverty
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