Health Care

Attention: Important Census Data Ahead

Next week the U.S. Census Bureau will have two major releases that will provide researchers, policymakers, the media, and the public with critically important data on poverty, […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted September 12, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Medicaid, Poverty

Maine’s Economy

MECEP Matters (August 2014 edition)

MECEP Matters 8-29-2014 In This Issue Interns Lend MECEP Their Talents, Creativity, and Hard Work New Report: Living Wage for a Single Maine Adult with Two Kids: […]

Posted August 29, 2014

Tags Economy

Jobs and Income

Today's Employment Report “Shows that Maine’s Labor Market Continues on a Slow Path to Recovery”

Weak employment growth for prime-working-age adults and Maine’s large number of part-time workers are concerns; recovery remains confined largely to urban areas. Augusta, Maine (Friday, May 16, […]

Posted May 16, 2014

Tags Economy, Jobs

Taxes and Budget

State and Local Tax Rates Have Little Effect on Peoples' Decisions to Move

CBPP’s analysis adds to “growing body of authoritative research” that people do not move because of tax rates Augusta, Maine (Thursday, May 8, 2014) The non-partisan Center […]

Posted May 8, 2014

Tags Taxes

Jobs and Income

Maine's Jobs Recovery from the Great Recession Continues to Lag behind Other States

Recovery weakest in rural areas and among workers 25 to 54, those most likely to be raising families, saving for the future. Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, April 1, […]

Posted April 1, 2014

Tags Jobs, Minimum Wage

Jobs and Income

Today's Jobs Report Finds Maine's Weak Jobs Recovery Continues

Based on the most reliable data available, Maine ranked 48th among the states in job growth from January 2011 to September 2013. Augusta, Maine (Monday, March 17, […]

Posted March 17, 2014

Tags Employment, Jobs, Minimum Wage

Maine’s Economy

Report: Nearly Half of Mainers at Risk of Financial Ruin

CFED finds that families “continue to exist in a state of persistent financial insecurity, making it difficult to look beyond immediate needs and plan for a more […]

Posted January 30, 2014

Tags Economic Security

Education

Today's Jobs Report "Only One Piece of the Picture"

“Typical wages and household incomes are low and flat, poverty is rising, and the state has one of the highest percentages of part-time workers who want more […]

Posted January 28, 2014

Tags Employment, Jobs, Minimum Wage

Health Care

Accepting Federal Funds "Once in a Lifetime Opportunity to Boost Maine's Economy"

4,400 jobs, a $500,000,000 lift to Maine’s economy, and health care for nearly 70,000 Maine people Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, January 14, 2014) New analysis from the Maine […]

Posted January 14, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Medicaid

Health Care

County-Level Impacts of Accepting Affordable Care Act Federal Funds are Significant

In 15 of Maine’s 16 counties, a major health care provider is one of the top two employers. In 10 counties, between 1 in 5 jobs and […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted January 14, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care

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Attention: Important Census Data Ahead

MECEP Matters (August 2014 edition)

Today's Employment Report “Shows that Maine’s Labor Market Continues on a Slow Path to Recovery”

State and Local Tax Rates Have Little Effect on Peoples' Decisions to Move

Maine's Jobs Recovery from the Great Recession Continues to Lag behind Other States

Today's Jobs Report Finds Maine's Weak Jobs Recovery Continues

Report: Nearly Half of Mainers at Risk of Financial Ruin

Today's Jobs Report "Only One Piece of the Picture"

Accepting Federal Funds "Once in a Lifetime Opportunity to Boost Maine's Economy"

County-Level Impacts of Accepting Affordable Care Act Federal Funds are Significant