Jobs and Income

Minimum wage goes up to $11

A brief issued in September by the Maine Center for Economic Policy showed that the minimum wage increase may have already had a positive effect in reducing […]

The Ellsworth American

Posted December 27, 2018

Tags Minimum Wage

Education

Skipping gifts, some Maine families choose to pay down student debt

For Anne Bouchard, a nurse and Topsham resident, this holiday season will play out like others before it: instead of gifts, she gives her four children some […]

Beacon

Posted December 20, 2018

Tags Student Debt

Taxes and Budget

Governor, Mills have yet to release LePage budget proposal

Mario Moretto, communications director for the liberal-leaning Maine Center for Economic Policy, said the public has a right to see LePage’s budget proposal. But LePage’s plans aren’t […]

Associated Press

Posted December 17, 2018

Tags Budget

Education, Jobs and Income

Conference addresses consumer protection

The dramatic impact of student loan debt was a primary concern of panelists at the conference. MECEP Associate Director Jody Harris said student loan debt in Maine […]

The Free Press

Posted December 13, 2018

Tags Consumer Protection, Higher Education, Student Debt

Jobs and Income

Congress enacts bipartisan agreement to protect and strengthen food assistance

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 12, 2018 CONTACT: Mario Moretto, Communications Director mario@mecep.org (207) 620-1101 Farm Bill compromise protects ability of 180,000 Mainers to put food on the […]

Posted December 13, 2018

Tags Federal, SNAP

Jobs and Income

Hiring pressures push companies to unprecedented lengths to find workers

Maine’s unemployment rate also doesn’t reveal the level of under-employment. In 2017, 26,000 residents — more than the number of those who were jobless — worked part-time […]

MaineBiz

Posted December 10, 2018

Tags Jobs

Education, Maine’s Economy

No car, no home, no retirement: How $6 billion of education debt spurs hardship for Mainers, holds back our economy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 10, 2018 CONTACT: Mario Moretto, Communications Director mario@mecep.org (207) 620-1101 AUGUSTA, Maine — College degrees and other post-secondary certificates are an accelerant for individual […]

Posted December 10, 2018

Tags Higher Education, Student Debt

Education, Jobs and Income

Maine women have higher student debt burden

A new poll released this week by the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) finds Maine women — who in Maine represent the majority of adults with student debt […]

Beacon

Posted December 5, 2018

Tags Inequality, Polling, Student Debt

Education, Jobs and Income

Maine college graduates struggle to pay down school debt as state battles with lenders

A new [MECEP] poll shows that student loan debt and predatory practices by some lenders that make paying loans back increasingly expensive prevents a majority of borrowers […]

MaineBiz

Posted December 3, 2018

Tags Consumer Protection, Higher Education, Student Debt

Education, Jobs and Income

Survey finds that Mainers are struggling to pay off student loans

Mainers are struggling to pay off their student loans, with their debt impacting everything from car purchases to health care. That’s according to the results of a […]

Maine Public

Posted December 1, 2018

Tags Consumer Protection, Higher Education, Student Debt

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Minimum wage goes up to $11

Skipping gifts, some Maine families choose to pay down student debt

Governor, Mills have yet to release LePage budget proposal

Conference addresses consumer protection

Congress enacts bipartisan agreement to protect and strengthen food assistance

Hiring pressures push companies to unprecedented lengths to find workers

No car, no home, no retirement: How $6 billion of education debt spurs hardship for Mainers, holds back our economy

Maine women have higher student debt burden

Maine college graduates struggle to pay down school debt as state battles with lenders

Survey finds that Mainers are struggling to pay off student loans