Jobs and Income

What’s the real deal with jobs in Maine?

In recent weeks, there has been a tit-for-tat about jobs playing out in the Maine media. The opening salvo came from Doug Rooks writing in the (Lewiston) […]

Garrett Martin

Posted December 13, 2011

Tags Employment, Jobs

Fact Sheet: Getting Maine Back to Work

Maine has a jobs deficit. More than 100,000 Mainers are unemployed or underemployed. A responsible bond package can create jobs now and pave the way for future […]

MECEP

Posted September 27, 2011

Tags Bonds, Employment, Jobs

Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

Employment Opportunities, Not Taxes Motivates People to Leave Maine

Study findings reinforce MECEP’s arguments against irresponsible tax cut proposals currently pending in the Maine Legislature Augusta, Maine (Wednesday, April 13, 2011) — The Maine Center for […]

Posted April 13, 2011

Tags Employment, Jobs, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

In the Maine Media

Here are three items that appeared recently in the Maine media that Line Items readers may find to be of interest. In his Saturday (November 20th) column […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted November 22, 2010

Tags Employment, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness

Taxes and Budget

November 12, 2010 Letter Urging Senators Snowe and Collins to Support Tax Cuts for Maine Families, Oppose Tax Cuts for the Wealthy and Extend Unemployment Benefits

The Honorable Susan M. Collins United States Senator 413 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Collins: In less than two months, virtually all of […]

MECEP

Posted November 12, 2010

Tags Employment, Federal, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Jobs and Income

Statement Urging Senate Passage of Legislation to Extend Unemployment and TANF Benefits and Enhanced Federal Medicaid Funding

MECEP strongly urges Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins to demand that before it adjourns for the July 4th break, the Senate pass comprehensive legislation to extend […]

MECEP

Posted June 30, 2010

Tags Employment, Federal, Health Care, Medicaid, TANF

Maine’s Economy

Urging Maine’s Congressional Delegation to Provide Leadership to Extend Federal Benefits to the Unemployed and Financial Assistance to States. Press Conference with Other Advocates, Ocean Gateway, Portland, Maine, June 3, 2010

This is a critical juncture for the economic security of thousands of unemployed Mainers, for the effort to recover from the Great Recession and for the future […]

MECEP

Posted June 3, 2010

Tags Employment, Federal

Jobs and Income

Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!

As the 2010 election cycle shifts into high gear, one issue is front and center: the need to get Maine and America’s unemployed back to work. MECEP […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted February 16, 2010

Tags Employment, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Maine’s Critical Direct Care Workforce Shortage: A New State Study and a Discussion on the State of the State Show

(Augusta, ME) The Maine Center for Economic Policy is releasing a summary and analysis of a new report from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine’s […]

Posted April 23, 2007

Tags Employment, Jobs

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What’s the real deal with jobs in Maine?

Fact Sheet: Getting Maine Back to Work

Employment Opportunities, Not Taxes Motivates People to Leave Maine

In the Maine Media

November 12, 2010 Letter Urging Senators Snowe and Collins to Support Tax Cuts for Maine Families, Oppose Tax Cuts for the Wealthy and Extend Unemployment Benefits

Statement Urging Senate Passage of Legislation to Extend Unemployment and TANF Benefits and Enhanced Federal Medicaid Funding

Urging Maine’s Congressional Delegation to Provide Leadership to Extend Federal Benefits to the Unemployed and Financial Assistance to States. Press Conference with Other Advocates, Ocean Gateway, Portland, Maine, June 3, 2010

Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!

Maine’s Critical Direct Care Workforce Shortage: A New State Study and a Discussion on the State of the State Show