Education

Public Education Costs Increasingly Borne by Maine Students and their Families (graph)

For a copy of the report, Maine’s Public College Affordability Crisis: It’s Worst for Families Earning the Least, click here. For a copy of the report’s […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted April 6, 2015

Tags Education

Education

Low-Income Students Are More Likely to Graduate with Debt (graph)

For a copy of the report, Maine’s Public College Affordability Crisis: It’s Worst for Families Earning the Least, click here. For a copy of the report’s […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted April 6, 2015

Tags Education, Higher Education

Education

Despite Grant Aid, A Year of College Consumes Most of a Low-Income Family's Annual Earnings (graph)

For a copy of the report, Maine’s Public College Affordability Crisis: It’s Worst for Families Earning the Least, click here. For a copy of the report’s […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted April 6, 2015

Tags Education, Higher Education

Education

Maine’s Public College Affordability Crisis (Executive Summary)

A good education equips people with the knowledge and skills needed to secure good jobs. It is critical to the success and prosperity for Mainers and their […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted April 6, 2015

Tags Education, Higher Education

Education

Testimony in Support of LD 627, An Act to Make College More Affordable for Maine Residents

“A good education opens the door to a good job for aspiring Maine workers, to future prosperity for them and their families, and to a strong Maine […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted April 6, 2015

Tags Education, Higher Education

Education

New MECEP Report Finds a “Public College Affordability Crisis” in Maine, Especially for Working Families

“A good education opens the door to a good job for aspiring Maine workers, to future prosperity for them and their families, and to a strong Maine […]

Posted April 6, 2015

Tags Education, Higher Education

Maine’s Economy

MECEP Matters (April 2015 edition)

In This Issue MECEP Leads the Charge Opposing Constitutional Convention/Balanced Budget Amendment Updates on Maine’s Economy and Medicaid Expansion MECEP Testimony Informs State House Deliberations MECEP Blogposts […]

Posted April 3, 2015

Tags Economy

Maine’s Economy

CFPB Initiative Is an Important Step toward Ending Unscrupulous, Abusive Lending Practices

“By taking this first rulemaking step, the CFPB has initiated a process that must ultimately ban a wide range of abusive lending practices and protect borrowers, especially […]

Posted April 2, 2015

Tags Consumer Protection, Federal

Taxes and Budget

MECEP: Bill to Restore Estate Tax Exclusion to $1 Million Will Make Maine's Tax System "Fairer and More Efficient"

“The estate tax is one of the best tools for ensuring that all Maine children, regardless of how wealthy their parents or grandparents were, have the opportunity […]

Posted March 30, 2015

Tags Estate Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Governors’ Proposed Convention a “Radical Political Gambit that Threatens Our Constitution”

Balanced budget amendment would result in “disastrous consequences for the economic security of all Americans” Augusta, Maine (Thursday, March 26, 2015) The Maine Center for Economic Policy […]

Posted March 26, 2015

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Public Education Costs Increasingly Borne by Maine Students and their Families (graph)

Low-Income Students Are More Likely to Graduate with Debt (graph)

Despite Grant Aid, A Year of College Consumes Most of a Low-Income Family's Annual Earnings (graph)

Maine’s Public College Affordability Crisis (Executive Summary)

Testimony in Support of LD 627, An Act to Make College More Affordable for Maine Residents

New MECEP Report Finds a “Public College Affordability Crisis” in Maine, Especially for Working Families

MECEP Matters (April 2015 edition)

CFPB Initiative Is an Important Step toward Ending Unscrupulous, Abusive Lending Practices

MECEP: Bill to Restore Estate Tax Exclusion to $1 Million Will Make Maine's Tax System "Fairer and More Efficient"

Governors’ Proposed Convention a “Radical Political Gambit that Threatens Our Constitution”