Taxes and Budget

Making the Most of Maine's Next Budget

Maine Needs a Plan to Revive the Economy The state budget lays the foundation of a strong economy and thriving communities. For Maine to prosper, the budget […]

Jody Harris

Posted January 5, 2017

Tags Budget

An Outcry for Payday Lending Reform

When MECEP joined a dozen nonprofit labor, business, senior, economic justice, and community organizations from Maine to call for stronger federal consumer protections against predatory payday lenders, […]

Jody Harris

Posted October 18, 2016

Tags Consumer Protection, Federal

Maine’s Economy

Responsible Lending; Responsible Borrowing

What do people do when they need money quickly? Their car needs costly repairs so they can get to work. A medical emergency has resulted in a […]

Jody Harris

Posted September 1, 2016

Tags Consumer Protection

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Failure to invest in Maine’s future is the real fiscal negligence

We all want a financially sound state government, but Governor LePage seems bent on undermining our public services in the name of fiscal integrity. His most recent […]

Jody Harris

Posted August 8, 2016

Tags Budget, Economy, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

How payday lenders skirt the law

The facts about how payday lenders trap working families in debt are shocking: 19 million families use payday loans each year. One in four of those borrowers […]

Jody Harris

Posted July 20, 2016

Tags Consumer Protection, Federal

Maine’s Economy

Predatory lenders disproportionately target women, new study shows

It’s Shark Week. No, not the Discovery Channel’s homage to the denizens of the deep, but rather the annual media storm from consumer advocates who oppose the […]

Jody Harris

Posted June 29, 2016

Tags Consumer Protection, Federal, Inequality

Education, Health Care, Maine’s Economy

Will Congress leave poor Maine kids hungrier and less ready to learn?

Just when you thought Congress has finally gotten something right, they disappoint once again. I am talking about the national school meal programs. Congress assumed correctly that […]

Jody Harris

Posted April 28, 2016

Tags Children, Education, Food Insecurity

Maine’s Economy

Payday loans continue to injure consumers

This week MECEP urged federal regulators to establish strong protections against abuses by payday lenders. Their loosely regulated, short-term, unsecured loans trap people in a cycle of […]

Jody Harris

Posted April 22, 2016

Tags Consumer Protection, Federal

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

Child care in Maine is getting more expensive; while the governor jeopardizes its safety and federal funds that help parents pay for it

A recent report by the Economic Policy Institute concluded that child care is staggeringly unaffordable for Maine families. Yet Governor LePage’s recent action jeopardizes federal funds […]

Jody Harris

Posted April 14, 2016

Tags Children

Health Care

Annual Cost of Maine's Substance Abuse Epidemic, 2015

Maine’s cost to expand access to insurance under the Affordable Care Act is a tiny fraction of the total cost of substance abuse on Maine’s economy. MECEP […]

Jody Harris

Posted April 5, 2016

Tags Health Care

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Making the Most of Maine's Next Budget

An Outcry for Payday Lending Reform

Responsible Lending; Responsible Borrowing

Failure to invest in Maine’s future is the real fiscal negligence

How payday lenders skirt the law

Predatory lenders disproportionately target women, new study shows

Will Congress leave poor Maine kids hungrier and less ready to learn?

Payday loans continue to injure consumers

Child care in Maine is getting more expensive; while the governor jeopardizes its safety and federal funds that help parents pay for it

Annual Cost of Maine's Substance Abuse Epidemic, 2015