Taxes and Budget

Analyzing Governor LePage’s Tax Reform Plan

Presentation at MECEP’s 2015 Tax and Budget Conference by MECEP economist Joel Johnson. To view the slide show, click here

Mark Sullivan

Posted February 13, 2015

Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

We’re Getting Fiscal!

More than 70 folks are assembled at Maple Hill Farm Conference Center in Hallowell for MECEP’s Tax and Budget Conference! Nature has given us a (albeit brief) […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted February 13, 2015

Tags Budget, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

MECEP Matters (January 2015 edition)

Posted January 30, 2015

Tags Economy

Taxes and Budget

EITC Awareness Day: To receive it, you have to claim it

Tomorrow, January 30th, is EITC Awareness Day, and as tens of thousands of Mainers and millions of Americans file their income tax returns, the value of the […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted January 29, 2015

Tags EITC, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

Economist predicts slow and uneven economic growth in 2015

MECEP economist Joel Johnson recently spoke with MaineBiz about his predictions for the New Year. Joel forecast slow, unbalanced economic growth in 2015. Households will get a […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted January 23, 2015

Tags Economy, Inequality, Unemployment

Health Care

Maine's Lost Medicaid Funding Update

Maine has now lost MORE THAN $356 MILLION in federal health care funds. This counter illustrates the high stakes in the ongoing debate over the state accepting federal […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted January 20, 2015

Tags Health Care, Medicaid

Maine’s Economy

MECEP Statement on President Obama's State of the Union Address

The Maine Center for Economic Policy issued the following statement from executive director Garrett Martin in response to President Obama’s State of the Union Address this evening: […]

Posted January 20, 2015

Tags Economy

Taxes and Budget

MECEP Statement on Gov. LePage's Proposed Budget

Augusta, Maine (Friday, January 9, 2015) The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) issued the following statement from executive director Garrett Martin concerning Gov. Paul […]

Posted January 9, 2015

Tags Budget

Jobs and Income

Maine's Jobs Recovery Trails the Nation and New England

Mark Sullivan

Posted December 19, 2014

Tags Employment, Jobs

Health Care

Maine Work-related Injuries

Mark Sullivan

Posted December 15, 2014

Tags Economy, Health Care, Job Quality

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Analyzing Governor LePage’s Tax Reform Plan

We’re Getting Fiscal!

MECEP Matters (January 2015 edition)

EITC Awareness Day: To receive it, you have to claim it

Economist predicts slow and uneven economic growth in 2015

Maine's Lost Medicaid Funding Update

MECEP Statement on President Obama's State of the Union Address

MECEP Statement on Gov. LePage's Proposed Budget

Maine's Jobs Recovery Trails the Nation and New England

Maine Work-related Injuries