Taxes and Budget

Feds threaten to blow a $649 million hole in Maine’s state budget

At a glance: Congress and President Trump are considering cutting federal funds to states, primarily to finance tax cuts for the wealthy, with Maine facing a potential […]

James Myall

Posted April 3, 2025

Tags Budget, Education, Federal, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Trump Tax Cuts

Education, Taxes and Budget

U.S. Department of Education determines Maine guilty of violating Title IX

The letter gives the state ten days to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order banning trans girls from playing girls’ sports or risk losing federal funding. While the […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted March 20, 2025

Tags Budget, Education, Federal

Taxes and Budget

Maine delegation say they’ll challenge Trump’s dismantling of Education Department

The Education Department awarded $347 million to Maine entities in 2024, according to the Maine Center for Economic Policy, with funding mostly coming through the National School Lunch Program, Special […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted March 20, 2025

Tags Budget, Education, Federal

Taxes and Budget

New “continuing services budget” provides stable foundation for future planning

Last Friday the appropriations committee approved an $11.5 billion “continuing services” budget to continue state operations at a more-or-less flat level for the next two years. While […]

James Myall

Posted March 20, 2025

Tags Budget, Caregiving, Child Care, Economic Security, Education, Health Care, Higher Education, Medicaid, Wages

Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

Future of Maine relies on child care, early education

According to the Maine Center for Economic Policy, the move to cut the stipend back to 2022 levels will “reduce the average earnings for nearly 7,500 child […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted February 23, 2025

Tags Budget, Child Care, Education

Taxes and Budget

Maine GOP proposes cuts to health care, housing, college aid, and paid leave

In a series of votes last Tuesday, Republicans in Maine’s House and Senate didn’t just block an urgent supplemental budget measure to ensure health care providers get […]

James Myall

Posted February 20, 2025

Tags Budget, Education, Higher Education, Medicaid, Paid Family and Medical Leave, Revenue

Maine’s Economy

MECEP Map: Economic Insights for Maine’s Legislative Districts 2025

2025 State of the Districts Dive into the data to discover the economic trends in Maine’s legislative districts, and how they compare with other regions in Maine. […]

James Myall

Posted January 27, 2025

Tags Economic Security, Economy, Education, Food Insecurity, Health Care, Incomes, Poverty, Seniors, Unemployment, Wages

Taxes and Budget

New budget projections highlight the need to get serious about raising revenue

Update: Read MECEP’s November 25, 2024 statement on the revised revenue forecast. At a glance: Projected budget shortfalls are nothing new Ultimately lawmakers must work with the […]

James Myall

Posted October 7, 2024

Tags Budget, Direct Care Work, Education, Health Care, K-12 Education, Medicaid, Revenue

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

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Feds threaten to blow a $649 million hole in Maine’s state budget

U.S. Department of Education determines Maine guilty of violating Title IX

Maine delegation say they’ll challenge Trump’s dismantling of Education Department

New “continuing services budget” provides stable foundation for future planning

Future of Maine relies on child care, early education

Maine GOP proposes cuts to health care, housing, college aid, and paid leave

MECEP Map: Economic Insights for Maine’s Legislative Districts 2025

New budget projections highlight the need to get serious about raising revenue

Wednesday Sit-Down: Addressing the challenges of Maine's teacher shortage

Wednesday Sit-Down: Higher education in Maine