Education Testimony at Hearings on LD 1581: An Act to Increase Access to Quality Child Care and LD 1682: An Act to Preserve Head Start and Child Care Services Access to high quality early education and care is an economic imperative. Arthur MacEwan, an economist at the University of Massachusetts, summarizes the economic case in a […] MECEP Posted January 30, 2014 Tags Children, Education
Taxes and Budget Testimony at Hearing on L.D. 1664, An Act To Encourage Charitable Contributions to Nonprofit Organizations Since 2011, Maine’s tax code has gotten less, not more, fair. Reductions to the top income tax rate and changes to the estate tax cut taxes significantly […] MECEP Posted January 22, 2014 Tags Revenue, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Testimony at Hearing on L.R. 2721 An Act Related to the Tax Expenditure Review Task Force We are here today because we have a broken revenue system. Inflation-adjusted General Fund revenue during this two-year budget period is forecast to be no higher than […] MECEP Posted January 22, 2014 Tags Taxes
Education Testimony at Hearing on L.D. 1431, An Act To Support School Nutrition and Expand the Local Foods Economy We all know that buying local is good. It keeps dollars in the local economy rather than having that money leave the state. In 2011, MECEP […] MECEP Posted January 21, 2014 Tags Economy, Education, Food Insecurity, Local
Health Care Testimony at Hearing on LD 1578: An Act to Increase Health Security by Expanding Federally Funded Health Care for Maine People Maine is on the cusp of an unprecedented economic opportunity. As many as 4,400 jobs and half a billion dollars in economic activity are at stake. That’s […] MECEP Posted January 15, 2014 Tags Federal, Health Care
Health Care Unprecedented Opportunity: Federal Health Care Funds Will Deliver 4,400 Jobs and $500,000,000 in Annual Economic Activity to Maine by 2016 If Maine lawmakers fail this legislative session to accept federal funds to provide health care to almost 70,000 Maine people, approximately half of whom are working, Maine […] MECEP Posted January 14, 2014 Tags Economy, Federal, Health Care, Jobs
Maine’s Economy MECEP Matters (January 2014 edition) MECEP Matters January 2014 In this Issue: MECEP Report: As 2013 Ends Maine Workers “Remain in Crisis” Inequality for All Proves a Real Crowd Pleaser; More Screenings […] Posted January 10, 2014 Tags Economy
Maine’s Economy State of Working Maine in 2013 Workers in Maine and across the nation remain in crisis. The typical working Mainer has yet to find relief from a long-term economic malaise that began more […] MECEP Posted November 25, 2013 Tags Economy, Incomes, Job Quality, Jobs
Health Care Fact Sheet: Federal Health Care Funds Will Boost Local Economies MECEP estimates that turning down more than $1 billion in federal Affordable Care Act funds to cover the full cost of increasing health coverage to 69,500 Mainers will […] MECEP Posted September 18, 2013 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care
Education The GED Matters: Making Sure Maine Gets the Right Equivalency Test to Meet the Needs of Low-Income Adults Learners Mainers without a high school diploma do not fare well in the economy. They are stuck in low-paying jobs with little opportunity for advancement. They are the […] MECEP Posted July 8, 2013 Tags Education