Education

Maine’s Recent School Funding Cuts among the Nation’s Deepest

Maine’s future workforce, ability to compete in global economy at risk Maine cuts to school funding since the start of the recession are among the highest in […]

Posted October 16, 2014

Tags Budget, Education

Education

Maine K-12 Education Funding Remains Well Below Pre-Recession Levels

Mark Sullivan

Posted October 16, 2014

Tags Education, K-12 Education

Jobs and Income

Maine Has Less Wage and Salary Income, More Transfer Payments than Nation as a Whole

Mark Sullivan

Posted September 30, 2014

Tags Incomes, Job Quality

Jobs and Income

Maine's Growth in Wage and Salary Income Trails the Nation

Mark Sullivan

Posted September 30, 2014

Tags Incomes, Job Quality

Jobs and Income

MECEP Analysis: Latest Personal Income Data Confirms Continued Slow Growth in Maine

Transfer payments including Social Security and Medicare account for a disproportionate share of personal income in Maine and reflect the state’s aging demographic. Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, September […]

Posted September 30, 2014

Tags Incomes, Wages

Maine’s Economy

MECEP Matters (September 2014 edition)

This month, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau on poverty, income, and health insurance revealed Maine to be an outlier among states in providing health coverage […]

Posted September 29, 2014

Tags Economy

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

Census Bureau Data: Poverty among Blacks and African Americans in Maine Is the Highest in the Nation

One of every two black and African American Mainers and one-third of Maine’s Native Americans live in poverty Augusta, Maine (Monday, September 22, 2014) The poverty rate […]

Posted September 22, 2014

Tags Inequality, Poverty, Racial Equity

Maine’s Economy

Census Bureau Data: No Improvement in Poverty Rate or Median Household Income Confirm Maine’s Weak Economic Recovery

Maine median household income is lowest in New England and poverty rate remains significantly higher than during the recession Augusta, Maine (Thursday, September 18, 2014) New census […]

Posted September 18, 2014

Tags Incomes, Poverty, Wages

Health Care

New Census Data: Maine Uninsured Rate Jumps by .9% from 2012 to 2013; Number of Mainers without Health Insurance Grew by 12,000

Nationally, the uninsured rate dropped by .2%; Maine and New Jersey were the only states where the rate of uninsured residents rose Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, September 16, […]

Posted September 16, 2014

Tags Health Care

Health Care

Wrong Way for Maine on Health Insurance

Maine is one of only two states in the country to experience an increase in the percentage of their people who do not have health insurance. The number […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted September 16, 2014

Tags Health Care

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Maine’s Recent School Funding Cuts among the Nation’s Deepest

Maine K-12 Education Funding Remains Well Below Pre-Recession Levels

Maine Has Less Wage and Salary Income, More Transfer Payments than Nation as a Whole

Maine's Growth in Wage and Salary Income Trails the Nation

MECEP Analysis: Latest Personal Income Data Confirms Continued Slow Growth in Maine

MECEP Matters (September 2014 edition)

Census Bureau Data: Poverty among Blacks and African Americans in Maine Is the Highest in the Nation

Census Bureau Data: No Improvement in Poverty Rate or Median Household Income Confirm Maine’s Weak Economic Recovery

New Census Data: Maine Uninsured Rate Jumps by .9% from 2012 to 2013; Number of Mainers without Health Insurance Grew by 12,000

Wrong Way for Maine on Health Insurance