Jobs and Income

Older Mainers are Driving Maine’s Employment Recovery

Maine’s older adults are driving Maine’s employment recovery from the recession. Not only do 55-and-older Mainers represent a disproportionately large share of Maine’s total population, they have […]

Joel Johnson

Posted February 27, 2014

Tags Employment, Jobs

The Truth about Governor LePage’s Own Jobs Claim

In Governor LePage’s recent State of the State address he touted his economic performance stating “Almost 13,000 new private-sector jobs have been created since we took office.” […]

Garrett Martin

Posted February 19, 2014

Tags Employment, Jobs, Minimum Wage

Jobs and Income

State-by-State Job Growth January 2011-December 2013

Tables provide state-by-state data on both total job growth and private sector job growth. State-by-State Job Growth January 2011-December 2013

MECEP

Posted February 19, 2014

Tags Employment, Jobs

Education, Health Care, Jobs and Income

State Policies Are Failing Maine's Working Moms

In 2012, women headed one of every three low-income working families in Maine, according to a new report released today by the Working Poor Families Project. These […]

Jody Harris

Posted February 12, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Children, Education, EITC, Employment, Health Care, Incomes, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Poverty, TANF

Jobs and Income

41,600 Mainers are working part-time because of the bad economy

41,600 Maine people with jobs are part-time workers who want more work but can’t find it, according to data released today by the US Bureau of Labor […]

Joel Johnson

Posted January 31, 2014

Tags Economy, Employment, Jobs

Education

Today's Jobs Report "Only One Piece of the Picture"

“Typical wages and household incomes are low and flat, poverty is rising, and the state has one of the highest percentages of part-time workers who want more […]

Posted January 28, 2014

Tags Employment, Jobs, Minimum Wage

Jobs and Income

Fact Sheet: 5 Facts to Remember about Unemployment and Jobs in Maine

While Maine’s unemployment rate has fallen substantially in recent months, our state’s recovery from the recession is nowhere near complete. More than four-and-a-half years since the official […]

Jody Harris

Posted January 27, 2014

Tags Employment, Jobs

Health Care

Unprecedented Opportunity: Federal Health Care Funds Will Deliver 4,400 Jobs and $500,000,000 in Annual Economic Activity to Maine by 2016

If Maine lawmakers fail this legislative session to accept federal funds to provide health care to almost 70,000 Maine people, approximately half of whom are working, Maine […]

MECEP

Posted January 14, 2014

Tags Economy, Federal, Health Care, Jobs

Taxes and Budget

Let’s remove obstacles to needed economic investments

The legislature’s appropriations committee today is listening to the public’s opinion on two bills that, if passed, would direct the governor to carry out the will of […]

Jody Harris

Posted January 8, 2014

Tags Bonds, Jobs

Jobs and Income

The State of Working Maine in 2013: An Ever Deepening Income Divide (Part 2)

In my last post, I discussed how MECEP’s recently released report, The State of Working Maine in 2013, delves beyond the official monthly employment reports for more […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted December 13, 2013

Tags Incomes, Inequality, Jobs, Poverty

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Older Mainers are Driving Maine’s Employment Recovery

The Truth about Governor LePage’s Own Jobs Claim

State-by-State Job Growth January 2011-December 2013

State Policies Are Failing Maine's Working Moms

41,600 Mainers are working part-time because of the bad economy

Today's Jobs Report "Only One Piece of the Picture"

Fact Sheet: 5 Facts to Remember about Unemployment and Jobs in Maine

Unprecedented Opportunity: Federal Health Care Funds Will Deliver 4,400 Jobs and $500,000,000 in Annual Economic Activity to Maine by 2016

Let’s remove obstacles to needed economic investments

The State of Working Maine in 2013: An Ever Deepening Income Divide (Part 2)