Taxes and Budget

Day of Action

Today MECEP participated in a “Day of Action Briefing” hosted by Engage Maine. The briefing highlighted a number of irresponsible proposals being rushed through the Legislature and […]

Garrett Martin

Posted April 2, 2012

Tags Income Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Responsible Tax Reform?

Maine has pursued broad based tax reform in fits and starts. We have seen time and again that responsible, broad based tax reform is difficult to achieve. The […]

Garrett Martin

Posted March 20, 2012

Tags Estate Tax, Income Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

“Bait and switch” legislation is bad for Maine now and in the future

A troubling tactic to push bills through the Legislature with minimum public scrutiny has begun to result in the passage of ill-conceived, irresponsible legislation under the radar […]

Garrett Martin

Posted March 19, 2012

Tags Budget, Jobs, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Questions

Yesterday the Portland Press Herald published an Associated Press report on Maine’s Medicaid spending. In the online version of the story was a “poll” that featured the […]

Garrett Martin

Posted February 22, 2012

Tags Budget, Health Care, Medicaid

Jobs and Income

Jobs in Focus

MECEP recently published a jobs report that raises questions about Maine’s economic performance since January 2011 and suggests that the LePage Administration could do more to address […]

Garrett Martin

Posted February 22, 2012

Tags Jobs

Health Care

Words and Deeds: The Results Are In and the New Health Insurance Law Raises Rates for Seniors and Rural Mainers

Last Legislative session, Governor LePage proposed sweeping changes to Maine’s health insurance rules. This was one of the most contentious issues of the legislative session and represented […]

Garrett Martin

Posted January 17, 2012

Tags Health Care, Insurance and Financial Services Committee

Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

Jobs and Budget Cuts Top New England Service Providers’ Concerns

A recent survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston confirms that limited job opportunities and federal, state, and local budget cuts pose significant problems for low […]

Garrett Martin

Posted January 12, 2012

Tags Budget, Health Care, Incomes, Jobs, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Health Care

Responsible Solutions Require an Honest Assessment of the Facts

It’s about income. Maine Equal Justice Partners recently released a critical report that tells the true story about MaineCare’s Childless Adult Waiver Program. Media coverage was extensive, but failed to […]

Garrett Martin

Posted January 11, 2012

Tags Budget, Health Care

Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

Maine people deserve credible analysis

Two weeks ago MECEP released an analysis estimating the loss of nearly 4,500 jobs if the LePage Administration’s proposed $221 million cuts to the Department of Health […]

Garrett Martin

Posted December 19, 2011

Tags Budget, Jobs

Jobs and Income

What’s the real deal with jobs in Maine?

In recent weeks, there has been a tit-for-tat about jobs playing out in the Maine media. The opening salvo came from Doug Rooks writing in the (Lewiston) […]

Garrett Martin

Posted December 13, 2011

Tags Employment, Jobs

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Day of Action

Responsible Tax Reform?

“Bait and switch” legislation is bad for Maine now and in the future

Questions

Jobs in Focus

Words and Deeds: The Results Are In and the New Health Insurance Law Raises Rates for Seniors and Rural Mainers

Jobs and Budget Cuts Top New England Service Providers’ Concerns

Responsible Solutions Require an Honest Assessment of the Facts

Maine people deserve credible analysis

What’s the real deal with jobs in Maine?