Maine’s Economy Maine Veterans by Period of Service (chart) Mark Sullivan Posted May 11, 2015 Tags Economy
Maine’s Economy Maine Veteran Population by County, 2013 (table) Mark Sullivan Posted May 11, 2015 Tags Economy
Education Percent of Adults 25 Years of Age or Older with At Least a High School Diploma or GED (table) Mark Sullivan Posted May 11, 2015 Tags Education
Education Percent of Adults 25 Years of Age or Older with At Least a Bachelor's Degree (table) Mark Sullivan Posted May 11, 2015 Tags Education, Higher Education
Education Additional comments on LD 1141, An Act To Increase the Affordability of College Tuition and Attract Professionals to Maine Low-income students seeking admission to community college have less unmet need than those attending the University of Maine. According to research presented to the Commission to Study […] Mark Sullivan Posted May 11, 2015 Tags Education, Higher Education
Education, Health Care Honoring Maine’s Veterans: Serving Better Those Who Served (Full Report) “Our veterans also rely on the public services and the safety net available to Mainers regardless of military service. Because of the lasting, ill effects of their […] Mark Sullivan Posted May 7, 2015 Tags Education, Health Care
Education, Health Care Honoring Maine’s Veterans: Serving Better Those Who Served (Executive Summary) MECEP released a new report, Honoring Maine’s Veterans:Serving Better Those Who Served, on May 7,2015. MECEP graduate intern and Iraq war veteran Hal Brewster served as the report’s lead […] Mark Sullivan Posted May 7, 2015 Tags Education, Health Care
Jobs and Income Testimony in Support of LD 1318, An Act To Promote Individual Private Savings Accounts through a Public-private Partnership Part-time workers are mostly ineligible for employer retirement plans. Just over 40,000 Mainers work in part-time jobs. Maine has the sixth highest rate of “involuntary part-time” employment […] Mark Sullivan Posted May 7, 2015 Tags Incomes, Job Quality, Jobs
Health Care New MECEP Report: “Honoring Maine’s Veterans: Serving Better Those Who Served” “Despite the honors society accords veterans, they remain a group requiring policymakers’ considered and targeted attention―both to ensure that state programs are responsive and innovative, and to […] Posted May 7, 2015 Tags Health Care