Taxes and Budget Expanded child tax credit should be a priority for Congress When the expanded credit expired at the start of this year, the child poverty rate rose quickly and significantly. In Maine, about four out of five kids […] Bangor Daily News Posted November 27, 2022 Tags Budget, Child Tax Credit, Children, Federal, Food Insecurity, Poverty
Taxes and Budget Congress must expand the Child Tax Credit, or risk 49,000 Maine children being pushed into poverty or greater hardship Congress has a real chance in the Lame Duck session to prevent greater hardship for the 49,000 Maine children who lost out after a recent expansion of […] Posted November 16, 2022 Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Economic Security, Poverty
Maine’s Economy Paul LePage Is Back! By most metrics, despite the high inflation and soaring energy costs, Governor Mills has a sterling set of accomplishments to fall back on during her reelection campaign […] The Nation Posted May 31, 2022 Tags Economic Security, Economy, Jobs, Poverty, Revenue
Taxes and Budget Earned Income Tax Credit expansion provides greater economic security for working families We all want expanded opportunities for our communities and to ensure our neighbors have the support they need to be stable and secure. But corporations are raising […] Sarah Austin Posted May 16, 2022 Tags EITC, Incomes, Poverty, Tax Fairness
MECEP report shows the Child Tax Credit made a tangible difference for Maine families The improved and expanded monthly Child Tax Credit (CTC) has been one of the most successful and popular American Rescue Plan Act programs, providing flexibility to parents […] MECEP Posted May 13, 2022 Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Economic Security, Economy, Incomes, Poverty
Taxes and Budget REPORT: How the Child Tax Credit was spent in Maine The improved and expanded monthly Child Tax Credit (CTC) has been one of the most successful and popular American Rescue Plan Act programs, providing flexibility to parents […] MECEP Posted May 13, 2022 Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Economic Security, Economy, Federal, Poverty, Taxes
Health Care, Maine’s Economy Overturning Roe undermines Americans’ economic security The US Supreme Court’s apparent intention to overturn Roe v Wade strikes a calamitous blow against decades of legal precedent, dangerously impacting health, privacy, and self-determination for […] MECEP Posted May 4, 2022 Tags Economic Security, Health Care, Inequality, Poverty
Taxes and Budget Families of 229,000 Maine children eligible to receive first monthly payment as part of enhanced Child Tax Credit Biden administration launches new web portal to sign up, manage automatic payments AUGUSTA, MAINE — President Joe Biden has declared today “Child Tax Credit Awareness Day” to raise […] Posted June 21, 2021 Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Federal, Poverty, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Health Care Dental care is health care. MaineCare should cover it. Our mouths are part of our bodies, so dental care is heath care. But a limited view of what counts as health care is leaving Mainers with […] James Myall Posted April 26, 2021 Tags Economic Security, Health Care, Inequality, Medicaid, Medicare, Poverty
Maine’s Economy New Census data highlights cracks in the economy – even before COVID New data released Thursday by the US Census Bureau show that many Mainers were already experiencing hardship before the COVID-19 pandemic and revealed the tenuous nature of the economic gains the state enjoyed in […] James Myall Posted September 18, 2020 Tags Coronavirus, Economic Security, Economy, Food Insecurity, Health Care, Poverty, Unemployment
