Taxes and Budget

‘Marriage penalty’ debate takes center-stage in Maine home care fight

Garrett Martin, the executive director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy, a progressive group that has taken no position on the referendum, said the LePage administration’s […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted August 17, 2018

Tags Caregiving, Economic Security

Maine’s Economy

Paul LePage Was Saying Whatever He Wanted Before That Was a Thing

In 2011, when Mr. LePage took office, Maine had the 14th lowest rate of poverty in the nation, according to the census; last year, it fell to […]

New York Times

Posted August 13, 2018

Tags Economy

Health Care

Maine Voices: Proposed gag rule would hit hardest the most vulnerable women

Title X, a crucial part of our health care system, is under attack. If successful, the Trump-Pence administration will undermine health care for millions of Americans, undermining […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted August 11, 2018

Tags Federal, Health Care, Inequality

Jobs and Income

Report projecting virtually no job growth in Maine through 2026 is seen as ‘a call to action’

[Maine Center for Economic Policy’s James] Myall said it’s important to remember that the Department of Labor’s grim projections about a lack of job growth in Maine […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted August 7, 2018

Tags Jobs

Health Care

MECEP Matters, August 2018

Medicaid turns 53, continues to provide high-quality care Monday marked 53 years since the enactment of Medicaid, a crucial part of the U.S. health system that has […]

Posted August 1, 2018

Tags Health Care

Maine’s Economy

After wild swings last year, Maine economic growth off to sluggish start in 2018

James Myall, an economist and policy analyst with the Maine Center for Economic Policy, said Maine lawmakers are going to have to grapple with significant issues if […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted July 26, 2018

Tags Economy

Taxes and Budget

United Nations says solving extreme inequality, poverty will require USA to 'get real about taxes'

Deliberate public policy decisions, including a cavalier and unrealistic approach to taxation, are driving preventable inequality and poverty in the United States. That’s according to a recently […]

Mario Moretto

Posted July 18, 2018

Tags Poverty, Racial Equity, Taxes

Jobs and Income

Some Farmington area stores struggle to get employees

“Rural Maine is aging faster than the rest of the state,” said James Myall, a policy analyst for the [Maine Center for Economic Policy]. “There are more […]

Morning Sentinel

Posted July 7, 2018

Tags Employment, Jobs

Health Care, Maine’s Economy

REMINDER: Medicaid expansion will boost Mainers' health and Maine's economy

AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Legislature on Tuesday took action to support health care by enacting a funding bill to facilitate the smooth implementation of the voter-approved Medicaid […]

Posted June 20, 2018

Tags Health Care, Medicaid

Jobs and Income

MECEP Op-Ed in PPH: Hungry Mainers need bipartisan Senate farm bill that supports SNAP

“Our senators, Susan Collins and Angus King, should support their colleagues’ bipartisan work and support [the Senate Farm Bill] when it is taken up by the Senate. […]

Posted June 18, 2018

Tags Federal, SNAP

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‘Marriage penalty’ debate takes center-stage in Maine home care fight

Paul LePage Was Saying Whatever He Wanted Before That Was a Thing

Maine Voices: Proposed gag rule would hit hardest the most vulnerable women

Report projecting virtually no job growth in Maine through 2026 is seen as ‘a call to action’

MECEP Matters, August 2018

After wild swings last year, Maine economic growth off to sluggish start in 2018

United Nations says solving extreme inequality, poverty will require USA to 'get real about taxes'

Some Farmington area stores struggle to get employees

REMINDER: Medicaid expansion will boost Mainers' health and Maine's economy

MECEP Op-Ed in PPH: Hungry Mainers need bipartisan Senate farm bill that supports SNAP