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Taxes and Budget

Targeted investments and targeted tax relief should be on table with yet another surplus

“The state can use this surplus to remove barriers that currently hold people back from fully participating in and benefiting from our economy,” said Sarah Austin, director […]

Bangor Daily News
Posted December 1, 2023
Tags Budget, Child Care, Economic Security, Economy, Housing
Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

Advocates call for Maine’s $139M surplus to be invested in housing, other critical needs

Last week, MECEP released its annual “State of Working Maine” report that details how a lack of childcare, healthcare, support for immigrants and decades of under-production of […]

Beacon
Posted November 29, 2023
Tags Budget, Child Care, Economic Security, Economy, Housing, Job Quality, Jobs
Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

Report: Childcare, housing shortages preventing Maine jobs from being filled

A new report shows how a lack of childcare, healthcare, affordable housing, and support for immigrants is exacerbating Maine’s labor market crunch. Policymakers have long seen a demographic problem […]

Beacon
Posted November 29, 2023
Tags Child Care, Economic Security, Economy, Employment, Housing
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Maine projected to have $265M in additional revenue through 2025

The liberal Maine Center for Economic Policy said the Democratic-controlled Legislature should prioritize creating more affordable housing and boosting wages in education, child care and direct care […]

Bangor Daily News
Posted November 28, 2023
Tags Budget, Child Care, Economic Security, Economy, Housing
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Maine expects $265 million budget surplus over 2 years

MECEP Policy Director Sarah Austin called for additional investments in housing and wages for teachers, child care providers and direct care workers. “Maine has the resources to […]

Portland Press Herald
Posted November 28, 2023
Tags Budget, Child Care, Housing, Revenue
Maine’s Economy

Bangor is building less new housing than far smaller Maine towns

“In Maine, over the last like 10 years or so, economic growth and the growth in available jobs has been more concentrated in the Greater Portland area, […]

Bangor Daily News
Posted November 25, 2023
Tags Economic Security, Economy, Housing
Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

State of Working Maine 2023: Boosting Maine's Workforce

Download the PDF: Full Report Summary Stories The major challenge facing Maine’s economy is the state’s plateauing workforce. In 2003, approximately 3 percent of jobs in Maine […]

James Myall
Posted November 20, 2023
Tags Affordable Care Act, Budget, Caregiving, Child Care, Children, Economic Security, Economy, Education, Housing, Immigration, Incomes, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, Paid Family and Medical Leave, Wages
Maine’s Economy

Wednesday Sit-Down: Maine's Housing Crisis

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Josie Phillips, a MECEP housing expert, sat down with CBS13 to discuss Maine’s housing crisis. Click here to watch the full video, […]

WGME
Posted October 19, 2023
Tags Housing, Wednesday Sit Down
Taxes and Budget

Maine's budget provides historic supports and fortifies the foundation for a strong economy

This week Governor Mills signed the “part two budget” that makes historic investments — establishing a paid family and medical leave program for Maine, committing over $100 […]

Sarah Austin
Posted July 13, 2023
Tags Budget, Child Care, Child Tax Credit, Children, Economic Security, Economy, Education, Employment, Family and Medical Leave, Health Care, Housing, Jobs, Seniors, Tax Fairness, Wages
Maine’s Economy

Wednesday Sit-Down: Maine's housing crisis

Garrett Martin from the Maine Center for Economic Policy sat down with CBS13 to discuss the housing crisis in Maine. Click here to watch the full video, […]

Fox 23
Posted July 12, 2023
Tags Housing, Wednesday Sit Down
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