Biden administration touts bonuses to direct care workers in Maine

Sperling also highlighted Maine’s decision to use state funds to boost wages for direct care workers to at least 125% of the minimum wage. According to a […]

Maine Public

Posted December 12, 2023

Tags Budget, Direct Care Work

Taxes and Budget

Business tax giveaways to watch in 2024

Each year the state of Maine gives away millions of public dollars in subsidies to businesses in the form of tax breaks. Often these tax breaks are […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted December 5, 2023

Tags Budget, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Targeted investments and targeted tax relief should be on table with yet another surplus

“The state can use this surplus to remove barriers that currently hold people back from fully participating in and benefiting from our economy,” said Sarah Austin, director […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted December 1, 2023

Tags Budget, Child Care, Economic Security, Economy, Housing

Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

Advocates call for Maine’s $139M surplus to be invested in housing, other critical needs

Last week, MECEP released its annual “State of Working Maine” report that details how a lack of childcare, healthcare, support for immigrants and decades of under-production of […]

Beacon

Posted November 29, 2023

Tags Budget, Child Care, Economic Security, Economy, Housing, Job Quality, Jobs

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Advocates say projected revenue surplus should be spent on housing, childcare and other social services

“The state can use this surplus to remove barriers that currently hold people back from fully participating in and benefiting from our economy,” said Sarah Austin, director […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted November 29, 2023

Tags Budget, Child Care, Economic Security, Economy, Revenue

Taxes and Budget

MECEP responds to revenue forecast

Today, November 28, Maine’s Revenue Forecasting Committee met to discuss preliminary numbers for their December 1 revenue forecast. The governor and legislature use these forecasted figures in […]

Posted November 28, 2023

Tags Budget, Revenue

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Maine projected to have $265M in additional revenue through 2025

The liberal Maine Center for Economic Policy said the Democratic-controlled Legislature should prioritize creating more affordable housing and boosting wages in education, child care and direct care […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted November 28, 2023

Tags Budget, Child Care, Economic Security, Economy, Housing

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Maine expects $265 million budget surplus over 2 years

MECEP Policy Director Sarah Austin called for additional investments in housing and wages for teachers, child care providers and direct care workers. “Maine has the resources to […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted November 28, 2023

Tags Budget, Child Care, Housing, Revenue

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

State of Working Maine 2023: Boosting Maine's Workforce

Download the PDF: Full Report Summary Stories The major challenge facing Maine’s economy is the state’s plateauing workforce. In 2003, approximately 3 percent of jobs in Maine […]

James Myall

Posted November 20, 2023

Tags Affordable Care Act, Budget, Caregiving, Child Care, Children, Economic Security, Economy, Education, Housing, Immigration, Incomes, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, Paid Family and Medical Leave, Wages

Taxes and Budget

Rollout of pandemic food benefit cards to schoolchildren confuses many Mainers

But James Myall, a policy analyst for the left-leaning Maine Center for Economic Policy, said while it’s true that in some cases people are getting the money […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted October 4, 2023

Tags Budget, Children

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Biden administration touts bonuses to direct care workers in Maine

Business tax giveaways to watch in 2024

Targeted investments and targeted tax relief should be on table with yet another surplus

Advocates call for Maine’s $139M surplus to be invested in housing, other critical needs

Advocates say projected revenue surplus should be spent on housing, childcare and other social services

MECEP responds to revenue forecast

Maine projected to have $265M in additional revenue through 2025

Maine expects $265 million budget surplus over 2 years

State of Working Maine 2023: Boosting Maine's Workforce

Rollout of pandemic food benefit cards to schoolchildren confuses many Mainers