Taxes and Budget

Wednesday Sit-Down: State budget winners and losers

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss the winners and losers of […]

WGME

Posted April 24, 2024

Tags Budget, Revenue, Taxes, Wednesday Sit Down

Jobs and Income

Gov. Mills vetoes 3 bills, including measure to set minimum wage for farmworkers

“After a year of deliberation, with all relevant stakeholders at the table agreeing farmworkers should be guaranteed at least the minimum wage, Gov. Mills still chose to […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted April 23, 2024

Tags Economic Security, Job Quality, Jobs, Wages

Jobs and Income

Labor advocates call Gov. Mills’ veto of her own farmworker wage bill ‘an embarrassment’

Arthur Phillips, policy analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy who served on the minimum wage committee, said Mills “has reaffirmed farmworkers’ second-class status in Maine’s […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted April 23, 2024

Tags Economic Security, Job Quality, Jobs, Wages

Jobs and Income

MECEP statement on LD 2273 and LD 525, the farmworker minimum wage and concerted activity bills

AUGUSTA, Maine — Arthur Phillips, policy analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP), released the following statement in reaction to Governor Mills’s vetoes of LD […]

Posted April 23, 2024

Tags Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs

Taxes and Budget

Statement on supplemental budget

AUGUSTA, Maine — Garrett Martin, president & CEO at the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP), released the following statement in reaction to the budget approved by […]

Posted April 23, 2024

Tags Budget, Child Care, Corporate Power, Direct Care Work, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Wages

Maine’s Economy

Immigration and Maine's economy

Click here to listen to the full episode of “Community Voices for Change” featuring MECEP analyst James Myall, first posted April 22, 2024 by WMPG.

WMPG

Posted April 22, 2024

Tags Economy, Immigration

Taxes and Budget

New rent relief program to offer struggling Mainers up to $800 a month

There are twice as many renter households with extremely low income in Maine as there are housing units affordable at that income, said James Myall, an economic […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted April 22, 2024

Tags Budget, Housing

Health Care, Taxes and Budget

Maine Legislature preserves expansion of Medicare Savings Programs

The Legislature approved the supplemental budget early Thursday morning, and it now heads to Gov. Janet Mills, who is expected to sign it. By refusing to roll […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted April 18, 2024

Tags Budget, Health Care, Medicare

Taxes and Budget

Wednesday Sit Down: tax issues around the region

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss tax issues around the state […]

WGME

Posted April 17, 2024

Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Wednesday Sit Down

Taxes and Budget

Reversing cuts to highways, pensioners and dairy farmers, new budget proposal heads to floor

James Myall, an analyst for the progressive organization Maine Center for Economic Policy, defended Sachs’ proposal. In a blog post, he argued the extra funding this year would help […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted April 15, 2024

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Wednesday Sit-Down: State budget winners and losers

Gov. Mills vetoes 3 bills, including measure to set minimum wage for farmworkers

Labor advocates call Gov. Mills’ veto of her own farmworker wage bill ‘an embarrassment’

MECEP statement on LD 2273 and LD 525, the farmworker minimum wage and concerted activity bills

Statement on supplemental budget

Immigration and Maine's economy

New rent relief program to offer struggling Mainers up to $800 a month

Maine Legislature preserves expansion of Medicare Savings Programs

Wednesday Sit Down: tax issues around the region

Reversing cuts to highways, pensioners and dairy farmers, new budget proposal heads to floor