Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget DHHS denies the facts, misappropriates funds Congress authorized to fight Maine’s soaring child poverty For the last seven years, Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) policies have contributed to the disturbing escalation in child poverty and stashed or misappropriated […] James Myall Posted May 11, 2017 Tags Children, Poverty
Taxes and Budget Testimony In Support of LD 1475 “An Act to Reduce Child Poverty by Leveraging Investments in Families Today.” Maine Center for Economic Policy For several years now, Maine’s approach to child poverty has effectively been to ignore it. Federal money earmarked for specific purpose of addressing this problem has been […] Mark Sullivan Posted May 8, 2017 Tags Children, Poverty
Taxes and Budget A Quick Take: Democrats’ Opportunity Agenda Invests in Maine Families, Kids, Communities Yesterday, House and Senate Democrats rolled out a budget proposal that delivers where Governor LePage’s budget failed. We’ll be diving into the details in the coming days […] Megan Michaud Posted April 7, 2017 Tags Budget, Children, Poverty, Taxes
Maine’s Economy Women have higher poverty rates in retirement than men Recently, my colleague Jody Harris posted about how devious payday lenders prey heavily on women. She added that, “Women continue to earn less than their male counterparts, and […] Mark Sullivan Posted July 13, 2016 Tags Inequality, Poverty
Maine’s Economy Poverty rates by demographic category, in 2013, for women and men, age 65 and older (bar chart) Mark Sullivan Posted July 13, 2016 Tags Poverty
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget Congress must stop taxing workers without children into poverty Workers without children – including non-custodial parents (who do not have custody of their children for the purposes of their tax filing) – are the only taxpayers […] Megan Michaud Posted April 26, 2016 Tags Economic Security, Poverty, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy Thousands of Maine’s Poorest Residents Are Left to Go Hungry In Maine, some of our poorest neighbors have lost a critical tool to help them get enough to eat each day. In 1996, Congress dictated that able-bodied […] Jody Harris Posted April 1, 2016 Tags Children, Food Insecurity, Poverty, SNAP
Maine’s Economy Economic Data Tell Consistent Story that Maine’s Recovery is Far From Complete Despite the recent fanfare about Maine’s low headline employment rate, the state’s economy has still not fully recovered from the effects of the Great Recession, some eight […] James Myall Posted April 1, 2016 Tags Economy, Incomes, Poverty, Unemployment
Maine’s Economy Distressed Community Index Highlights Administration’s Failure to Provide for Rural Mainers A recent study by the Economic Innovation Group (EIG) reveals that 52,000 Mainers live in distressed communities and demonstrates the extent of the LePage administration’s failed economic […] James Myall Posted March 8, 2016 Tags Economic Security, Economy, Poverty, Recession
Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy USDA reports progress on child hunger, but still a long way to go to eradicate food insecurity for all Mainers and all Americans Congress is currently deliberating over reauthorization of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which is crucial to protect school kids in Maine where the child food insecurity rate […] Mark Sullivan Posted October 28, 2015 Tags Children, Food Insecurity, Poverty
