Employment trends threaten the economic security of working families

As if employment opportunities for low-income workers weren’t bleak enough―low-wages, no retirement savings, no health insurance―now these workers face a complete breakdown of the traditional employer-employee relationship […]

Jody Harris

Posted December 30, 2015

Tags Economic Security, Economy, Job Quality, Jobs

Maine’s Economy

Governor LePage ignores the value of land conservation to Maine’s economy

Gov. LePage recently announced that he will belatedly sign off on multiple voter approved bond issues for the Land for Maine’s Future (LMF) program, but he remains […]

James Myall

Posted December 21, 2015

Tags Bonds, Economy

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

Maine’s Lower Unemployment Rate Not Necessarily Good News

State Commissioner of Labor Jeanne Paquette today released the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) statewide workforce estimates for November. The headline touts a drop in unemployment […]

James Myall

Posted December 18, 2015

Tags Economy, Jobs, Unemployment

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Transportation bonds: A public safety must, an economic development essential

Question 3 on the November 3rd Maine ballot asks the following: “Do you favor an $85,000,000 bond issue for construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of highways and bridges […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted November 2, 2015

Tags Bonds, Economy, Infrastructure

Maine’s Economy

MECEP Matters (October 2015 edition)

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Posted October 30, 2015

Tags Economy

Education, Health Care, Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

An agenda to give American families a much-needed raise

Our colleagues at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) note that “wages for the vast majority of American workers have stagnated or declined since 1979—and wage stagnation’s reach has broadened […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted October 15, 2015

Tags Economy, Immigration, Inequality, Infrastructure, Jobs, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Wages

Maine’s Economy

MECEP Matters (July 2015 edition)

In This Issue Legislative Round-up Intern Energy Fuels the MECEP Summer MECEP Blogposts MECEP in the News For a PDF of this edition, click here. To sign up […]

Posted July 16, 2015

Tags Economy

Maine’s Economy

MECEP Legislative Summary – First Regular Session of the 127th Maine Legislature

For a PDF of a chart that summarizes the bills on which MECEP presented testimony during the legislative session which ended on July 16, 2015, click here.

Mark Sullivan

Posted July 15, 2015

Tags Economy

Maine’s Economy

MECEP Endorses Campaign Finance Referendum

“In order to truly strengthen this state’s economy we need to ensure that politicians are accountable to everyday, middle-class Mainers who are struggling to get by, pay […]

Posted July 2, 2015

Tags Economy

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Immigrants: Honesty, not incendiary political rhetoric

“Governor LePage is wrong to deny Maine families the help they need to provide for basic needs as they legally wait for their applications to be processed. […]

Marpheen Chann-Berry

Posted June 15, 2015

Tags Economy, Immigration

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Employment trends threaten the economic security of working families

Governor LePage ignores the value of land conservation to Maine’s economy

Maine’s Lower Unemployment Rate Not Necessarily Good News

Transportation bonds: A public safety must, an economic development essential

MECEP Matters (October 2015 edition)

An agenda to give American families a much-needed raise

MECEP Matters (July 2015 edition)

MECEP Legislative Summary – First Regular Session of the 127th Maine Legislature

MECEP Endorses Campaign Finance Referendum

Immigrants: Honesty, not incendiary political rhetoric