Taxes and Budget

Wednesday Sit-Down: Maine's looming 'structural' budget gap

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss Maine’s looming “structural” budget gap. […]

WGME

Posted October 16, 2024

Tags Budget, Revenue, Wednesday Sit Down

Taxes and Budget

Wednesday Sit-Down: Tax help for seniors

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Maura Pillsbury, analyst from the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to talk about tax help for seniors. […]

WGME

Posted October 9, 2024

Tags Property Tax, Seniors, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

Wabanaki Alliance picks Maulian Bryant to lead tribal advocacy group

She has served on several state committees, Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous, and Tribal Populations, Co-Chair, Equity Subcommittee and Maine Climate Council, and served […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted September 26, 2024

Tags Racial Equity, Tribal Sovereignty

Jobs and Income

Wednesday Sit-Down: Incomes in Maine

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, James Myall, policy analyst from the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to talk about incomes in Maine. […]

WGME

Posted September 25, 2024

Tags Incomes, Job Quality, Jobs, Wages

Jobs and Income

Community Voices for Change: Farmworker policy in Maine

Click here to listen to the full episode, first aired September 23, 2024 on WMPG.

WMPG

Posted September 23, 2024

Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Unions

Taxes and Budget

As ‘Super Bowl of taxes’ looms in 2025, Maine advocates urge Congress to ensure fairness

Representatives from the Maine Center for Economic Policy, along with Maine People’s Alliance, Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition and Maine Education Association, were among those who traveled to […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted September 19, 2024

Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Jobs and Income

Speakers at Hallowell conference say uncompetitive pay, high turnover threaten direct care field

According to a Maine Center for Economic Policy study published in June, at least 2,300 more long-term care workers are needed across the state to close the […]

Central Maine Newspapers

Posted September 17, 2024

Tags Direct Care Work, Job Quality, Jobs, Wages

Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

After strong start, organizers hope to expand Maine’s guaranteed income pilot program

Researchers at Columbia University found that the programs can help significantly reduce poverty, even at low guaranteed income rates of $250 per month. It can also help meet basic […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted September 16, 2024

Tags Budget, Guaranteed Income, Poverty

Health Care, Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

STATEMENT: New census data shows most Mainers ahead compared to pre-pandemic — but poorest Mainers still struggling

New data released today by the US Census Bureau shows inflation-adjusted incomes in Maine rising faster than the national average. The number of Mainers without health insurance […]

Posted September 12, 2024

Tags Economic Security, Health Care, Incomes, Job Quality, Poverty, Wages

Taxes and Budget

Monopoly League Baseball

As DBH has grown it’s been boosted, in part, by public taxpayers. In the three years DBH has been in operation, DBH-owned teams have extracted nearly $300 […]

The Lever

Posted September 12, 2024

Tags Budget, Local, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness

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Wednesday Sit-Down: Maine's looming 'structural' budget gap

Wednesday Sit-Down: Tax help for seniors

Wabanaki Alliance picks Maulian Bryant to lead tribal advocacy group

Wednesday Sit-Down: Incomes in Maine

Community Voices for Change: Farmworker policy in Maine

As ‘Super Bowl of taxes’ looms in 2025, Maine advocates urge Congress to ensure fairness

Speakers at Hallowell conference say uncompetitive pay, high turnover threaten direct care field

After strong start, organizers hope to expand Maine’s guaranteed income pilot program

STATEMENT: New census data shows most Mainers ahead compared to pre-pandemic — but poorest Mainers still struggling

Monopoly League Baseball