Education, Taxes and Budget Wednesday Sit-Down: Addressing the challenges of Maine's teacher shortage In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss the challenges Maine is seeing […] WGME Posted September 11, 2024 Tags Education, Job Quality, Jobs, K-12 Education, Wednesday Sit Down
Education Wednesday Sit-Down: Higher education in Maine In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss higher education in Maine. Click […] WGME Posted September 4, 2024 Tags Education, Higher Education, Wednesday Sit Down
Jobs and Income Wednesday Sit-Down: Celebrating Labor on Labor Day In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss Labor Day. Click here to […] WGME Posted August 28, 2024 Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Wednesday Sit Down
Jobs and Income Wednesday Sit-Down: Wage protection changes for workers In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Arthur Phillips, policy analyst from the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to talk about wage protection changes […] WGME Posted August 14, 2024 Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Wednesday Sit Down
Taxes and Budget Wednesday Sit-Down: New report on taxes being paid by illegal immigrants in the U.S. In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, James Myall, policy analyst from the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to talk about a new report […] WGME Posted August 7, 2024 Tags Immigration, Taxes, Wednesday Sit Down
Jobs and Income Wednesday Sit-Down: How to keep strong job market going In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss how to keep the strong […] WGME Posted July 24, 2024 Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Wednesday Sit Down
Maine’s Economy Wednesday Sit-Down: Political division In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss the division in politics. Click […] WGME Posted July 17, 2024 Tags Federal, Wednesday Sit Down
Maine’s Economy Wednesday Sit-Down: Feelings about the economy In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss the economy. Click here to […] WGME Posted July 10, 2024 Tags Economic Security, Economy, Wednesday Sit Down
Jobs and Income Wednesday Sit-Down: Overtime Rules In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss new federal overtime rules and […] WGME Posted July 3, 2024 Tags Federal, Job Quality, Jobs, Overtime, Wednesday Sit Down
Jobs and Income Study shows that Maine needs thousands of direct care workers When the CBS 13 I-Team met with study authors at the Maine Center for Economic Policy last year, they showed that as the care gap goes unaddressed, […] WGME Posted June 19, 2024 Tags Caregiving, Direct Care Work, Employment, Job Quality, Jobs