In the words of workers: Jesse

Jesse shared his story as part of MECEP’s State of Working Maine 2025 report. Click here to read the full report. Jesse is a carpenter living in Hope with […]

MECEP

Posted December 17, 2025

Tags Child Care, Children, Economic Security, Economy, Health Care, Job Quality, Jobs, SNAP, Wages

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

In the words of workers: Jane and Chelsea

Jane and Chelsea shared their story as part of MECEP’s State of Working Maine 2025 report. Click here to read the full report. Jane and her daughter Chelsea live […]

MECEP

Posted December 17, 2025

Tags Economic Security, Economy, Health Care, Housing, Inequality, Tariffs

Jobs and Income

In the words of workers: Becky

Becky shared her story as part of MECEP’s State of Working Maine 2025 report. Click here to read the full report. Becky is the co-founder of FlatWear, clothing designed […]

MECEP

Posted December 17, 2025

Tags Economic Security, Economy, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, Tariffs

Jobs and Income

In the words of workers: Abbey

Abbey shared her story as part of MECEP’s State of Working Maine 2025 report. Click here to read the full report. Abbey is a student in the automotive program […]

MECEP

Posted December 17, 2025

Tags Economic Security, Education, Housing

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

State of Working Maine 2025: Strengthening Economic Opportunity in Rural Communities and Beyond

Report PDF Summary PDF View Stories Webinar Economic opportunity in Maine is not an inevitable result of rural geography, but a consequence of state and federal policy […]

James Myall

Posted December 17, 2025

Tags Budget, Child Care, Coronavirus, Economic Security, Economy, Education, Federal, Food Insecurity, Health Care, Housing, Incomes, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, Poverty, SNAP, Tariffs, Unemployment, Wages

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

MECEP releases State of Working Maine 2025

State of Working Maine 2025: Strengthening Economic Opportunity in Rural Communities and Beyond shows economic opportunity in Maine is not an inevitable result of rural geography, but a consequence of state […]

Posted December 17, 2025

Tags Economic Security, Economy, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Static on the line: Call-center layoffs could spell more trouble ahead for Maine labor market

Garrett Martin of the Maine Center for Economic Policy, a nonprofit and nonpartisan research and policy organization based in Augusta, said there were concerning signs that Charter’s […]

MaineBiz

Posted December 15, 2025

Tags Economic Security, Jobs

Maine’s Economy

How much is the Tariff Grinch taking this holiday season? And what to do about it.

The holiday shopping season is in full swing, and so is the Tariff Grinch. New analysis shows current tariffs amount to a $29 billion tax on the […]

Garrett Martin

Posted December 10, 2025

Tags Economic Security, Economy, Tariffs

Maine’s Economy

It’s getting harder to live in rural Maine

“The fact that the economy is kind of weaker there means there are fewer job opportunities for folks, and so they’re leaving to go elsewhere, whether that […]

The Maine Monitor

Posted November 28, 2025

Tags Economic Security, Economy

Maine’s Economy

UMaine Bureau of Labor Education hosts ongoing Labor Spotlight Series, tariffs impact on workers explained

MECEP policy analyst James Myall presented at a UMaine event to educate attendees about tariffs and the economy in lieu of President Donald Trump’s tariff platform. “[Punitive tariffs […]

The Maine Campus

Posted November 24, 2025

Tags Economic Security, Economy, Federal, Tariffs

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In the words of workers: Jesse

In the words of workers: Jane and Chelsea

In the words of workers: Becky

In the words of workers: Abbey

State of Working Maine 2025: Strengthening Economic Opportunity in Rural Communities and Beyond

MECEP releases State of Working Maine 2025

Static on the line: Call-center layoffs could spell more trouble ahead for Maine labor market

How much is the Tariff Grinch taking this holiday season? And what to do about it.

It’s getting harder to live in rural Maine

UMaine Bureau of Labor Education hosts ongoing Labor Spotlight Series, tariffs impact on workers explained