Jobs and Income

In the words of workers: Kate Hunter

Kate shared her story as part of MECEP’s State of Working Maine 2022 report. Click here to view the full report, as well as other workers’ stories. Kate […]

MECEP

Posted October 11, 2022

Tags Coronavirus, Economic Security, Job Quality, Jobs, Unemployment, Wages

Jobs and Income

In the words of workers: Youth and Family Outreach

Michelle and “Lynn” shared their stories as part of MECEP’s State of Working Maine 2022 report. Click here to view the full report, as well as other […]

MECEP

Posted October 11, 2022

Tags Children, Coronavirus, Education, Immigration, Job Quality, Jobs, Wages

Jobs and Income

State of Working Maine 2022

Download the PDF: Full Report Summary In 2020, for the second time in a little more than a decade, the United States suffered one of the biggest […]

James Myall

Posted October 11, 2022

Tags Children, Coronavirus, Economic Security, Economy, Job Quality, Jobs, Unemployment, Unions, Wages

Taxes and Budget

Maine counties are spending COVID relief funds on more police and jails

Maura Pillsbury, an analyst for the Maine Center for Economic Policy specializing in tax expenditures and local issues, has tracked ARPA funds by monitoring budget meetings at […]

Beacon

Posted October 3, 2022

Tags Coronavirus, Local

Health Care

Medicaid expansion, COVID relief helped Maine reach record levels of health coverage in 2021

Census data released last week shows that just under 78,000 Mainers (about 5.7%) lacked health insurance in 2021. That’s the lowest share of uninsured people dating back to 1988, […]

Beacon

Posted September 20, 2022

Tags Coronavirus, Health Care, Medicaid

Taxes and Budget

Congress should focus on addressing the many rising costs that are hurting Mainers

Election seasons can heighten tensions while reducing legislative activity, but right now, before ads and mail pieces clutter our mailboxes and debates heat up, there’s a window […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted June 1, 2022

Tags Children, Coronavirus, Economic Security, Economy, Federal, Health Care

Taxes and Budget

Republican lawmakers want to give millionaires $850

Republican legislators are proposing to remove income caps from the governor’s planned $850 COVID Pandemic Relief Payments. This would make the richest 20 percent of Maine households, […]

Sarah Austin

Posted April 7, 2022

Tags Budget, Coronavirus, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

Maine businesses and residents feel inflation’s bite

Inflation is an economywide problem, but much of the harm will fall on those already struggling to make ends meet, said Arthur Phillips, economic policy analyst at […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted February 14, 2022

Tags Coronavirus, Economic Security, Inequality

Taxes and Budget

How corporations made inflation worse and why Build Back Better could help

Fortunately, the rising costs of energy, cars and a host of other goods show signs of easing in the year ahead. The price of gas peaked in November at […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted January 28, 2022

Tags Budget, Coronavirus, Economic Security, Economy, Federal

Taxes and Budget

MECEP statement on LD 327, An Act To Return Surplus Money to Maine Taxpayers

AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) is releasing the following statement in opposition to LD 327, An Act To Return Surplus Money to Maine […]

Posted January 12, 2022

Tags Coronavirus, Economic Security, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes

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In the words of workers: Kate Hunter

In the words of workers: Youth and Family Outreach

State of Working Maine 2022

Maine counties are spending COVID relief funds on more police and jails

Medicaid expansion, COVID relief helped Maine reach record levels of health coverage in 2021

Congress should focus on addressing the many rising costs that are hurting Mainers

Republican lawmakers want to give millionaires $850

Maine businesses and residents feel inflation’s bite

How corporations made inflation worse and why Build Back Better could help

MECEP statement on LD 327, An Act To Return Surplus Money to Maine Taxpayers