Taxes and Budget

Good Jobs First finds business subsidies contribute to racial and wealth inequality

For years, research organization Good Jobs First has been at the forefront of examining the impacts of using public money to subsidize wealthy corporations. Now in a […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted September 7, 2023

Tags Budget, Inequality, Racial Equity, Tax Breaks, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

Wednesday Sit-Down: Tribal sovereignty in Maine

Penobscot National Ambassador Maulian Bryant sat down with CBS13 to discuss the issue of tribal sovereignty in Maine. Click here to watch the full video, first posted […]

Fox 23

Posted August 9, 2023

Tags Economic Security, Economy, Racial Equity, Wednesday Sit Down

Jobs and Income

Wednesday Sit-Down: Minimum wage for Maine farm workers

Arthur Phillips from the Maine Center for Economic Policy sat down with CBS13 to discuss minimum wage for farm workers in Maine. Click here to watch the […]

Fox 23

Posted August 2, 2023

Tags Incomes, Inequality, Job Quality, Minimum Wage, Racial Equity, Wages, Wednesday Sit Down

Jobs and Income

Legislature sustains Mills’ veto of farmworker minimum wage bill

Several of the bill’s supporters, including the Maine Center for Economic Policy and the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, highlighted that this was Mills’ second veto of legislation […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted July 25, 2023

Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Racial Equity

Jobs and Income

‘Embarrassing and shameful’: Advocates blast Mills’ veto of farmworker rights bill

“Continuing the current system of sub-minimum wages for farmworkers means that about one quarter of Maine’s agricultural workers will continue to live in poverty,” said Arthur Phillips, […]

Beacon

Posted July 20, 2023

Tags Incomes, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Racial Equity, Wages

Jobs and Income

Maine nears making farmworkers eligible for minimum wage

“Workers in Maine’s agriculture industry, disproportionately Black, Latino, and Indigenous Mainers, have been subject to exemptions from basic labor laws that make them much more likely to […]

Beacon

Posted July 10, 2023

Tags Immigration, Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Racial Equity

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

About that tax ranking…

As lawmakers debate tax credits, cuts, and subsidies, we often hear Maine’s tax policy compared with other states. State-by-state rankings and “listicles” are memorable and get a […]

MECEP

Posted May 30, 2023

Tags Budget, Child Tax Credit, EITC, Income Tax, Inequality, Property Tax, Racial Equity, Sales Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Tax Havens, Taxes

Jobs and Income

Farmworkers deserve the same rights as all workers

Workers are the engine of the economy, and they all deserve dignity, respect, and to be able to take care of themselves and their loved ones. Yet, […]

Arthur Phillips

Posted May 2, 2023

Tags Economic Security, Job Quality, Jobs, Racial Equity, Unions, Wages

Jobs and Income

Rent-a-bank schemes would undercut Maine’s borrower protections

Maine has a long tradition of consumer protection, drawing on a shared commitment to transparency and fairness for borrowers. Lawmakers recently extended Maine’s track record by shoring […]

Arthur Phillips

Posted April 10, 2023

Tags Consumer Protection, Economic Security, Predatory Lending, Racial Equity

Health Care, Taxes and Budget

Maine lawmakers push to expand MaineCare to some non-citizens

“With some of the previous expansions of MaineCare, the federal government has born a lot of the cost,” Maine Center for Economic Policy Analyst James Myall said. […]

Fox 23

Posted March 28, 2023

Tags Health Care, Racial Equity, Taxes

Racial Equity

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Good Jobs First finds business subsidies contribute to racial and wealth inequality

Wednesday Sit-Down: Tribal sovereignty in Maine

Wednesday Sit-Down: Minimum wage for Maine farm workers

Legislature sustains Mills’ veto of farmworker minimum wage bill

‘Embarrassing and shameful’: Advocates blast Mills’ veto of farmworker rights bill

Maine nears making farmworkers eligible for minimum wage

About that tax ranking…

Farmworkers deserve the same rights as all workers

Rent-a-bank schemes would undercut Maine’s borrower protections

Maine lawmakers push to expand MaineCare to some non-citizens