More evidence that accepting federal funds to expand health care is the right prescription for Maine

A new study finds that Romneycare – the Massachusetts health insurance program that was used as a model for the Affordable Care Act – has prevented 230 […]

Christy Daggett

Posted May 6, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid

Jobs and Income

Governor LePage deals another blow to Maine farmers and fishermen

Just as Governor LePage’s policies have taken health insurance away from Maine’s small farmers and fishermen, now he wants to take local business away from them too. […]

Jody Harris

Posted April 24, 2014

Tags Food Insecurity, Jobs

Health Care, Jobs and Income

Small Businesses and the Self-employed Will Lose if Maine Does Not Accept Federal Health Care Funds

Maine has a higher-than-average number of small businesses and one in seven Mainers is self-employed. More than half of Mainers are self-employed as farmers, loggers, fishermen, and […]

Christy Daggett

Posted April 22, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Economy, Education, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid

Jobs and Income

Boston Fed President Agrees: Many Mainers Still Struggling in Weak Labor Market

Like MECEP, the Boston Federal Reserve Bank is looking deeper into Maine’s labor market statistics finding that employment prospects for Mainers are still nowhere near as good […]

Joel Johnson

Posted April 16, 2014

Tags Employment, Job Quality, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Maine needs a research and development bond

Maine needs jobs and good jobs at that. Bonding to invest in research and development will result in more, better-paying jobs. Consider the story of two companies […]

Jody Harris

Posted April 11, 2014

Tags Bonds, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Maine's Labor Market Recovery: Far from Complete

Nearly five years after the end of the worst recession since the 1930s, Maine’s economic recovery is still far from complete. Maine has recouped only half the […]

Jody Harris

Posted April 1, 2014

Tags Employment, Job Quality, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Maine's Jobs Recovery from the Great Recession Continues to Lag behind Other States

Recovery weakest in rural areas and among workers 25 to 54, those most likely to be raising families, saving for the future. Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, April 1, […]

Posted April 1, 2014

Tags Jobs, Minimum Wage

Jobs and Income

Jobs Recovery by State: January 2011-December 2013

MECEP’s summary of state-by-state total job growth from January 2011 to December 2013, Jobs Recovery By State Jan 2011 – Dec 2013

Jody Harris

Posted April 1, 2014

Tags Employment, Job Quality, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Maine’s Jobs Report: A Bad Case of Déjà vu

Today the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly jobs report and, like in his State of the State address, Governor LePage continues to tout a jobs […]

Garrett Martin

Posted March 17, 2014

Tags Jobs

Jobs and Income

Today's Jobs Report Finds Maine's Weak Jobs Recovery Continues

Based on the most reliable data available, Maine ranked 48th among the states in job growth from January 2011 to September 2013. Augusta, Maine (Monday, March 17, […]

Posted March 17, 2014

Tags Employment, Jobs, Minimum Wage

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More evidence that accepting federal funds to expand health care is the right prescription for Maine

Governor LePage deals another blow to Maine farmers and fishermen

Small Businesses and the Self-employed Will Lose if Maine Does Not Accept Federal Health Care Funds

Boston Fed President Agrees: Many Mainers Still Struggling in Weak Labor Market

Maine needs a research and development bond

Maine's Labor Market Recovery: Far from Complete

Maine's Jobs Recovery from the Great Recession Continues to Lag behind Other States

Jobs Recovery by State: January 2011-December 2013

Maine’s Jobs Report: A Bad Case of Déjà vu

Today's Jobs Report Finds Maine's Weak Jobs Recovery Continues