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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…

Note: Updated April 15, 2024  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” […]

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
Maine’s Economy

Antiracist Public Policy in Maine: Reflecting on a Troubling Past for a Better Future

The episode of Maine Policy Matter covers an article by James Myall, a policy analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy. The article, “Race and Public […]

Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center
Posted March 1, 2023
Tags Racial Equity
Health Care

Will legislators undo LePage’s rollback and restore health coverage to low-income immigrants?

“New Mainers are particularly likely to work in grocery stores and care homes, restaurant kitchens and hotels — many of the industries which are currently struggling to […]

Beacon
Posted February 27, 2023
Tags Health Care, Racial Equity

Editorial: It’s past time to stop editing MLK’s words and ideas

The Bangor Daily News was the source of a national uproar on Monday when it reprinted a deeply-edited, heavily-sanitized version of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” […]

Beacon
Posted January 17, 2023
Tags Inequality, Racial Equity
Education

Federal student debt cancellation helps 177,000 Mainers who need help the most

Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) celebrates President Biden’s plan to forgive federal student loans — up to $20,000 for people who went to college on Pell […]

Posted August 24, 2022
Tags Economic Security, Economy, Education, Federal, Incomes, Jobs, Racial Equity, Student Debt
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