Health Care

Affordable Care Act in the Maine Media

In a 1/6/2011 editorial entitled “Affordable Care Act needs a label that shows its advantages,” Biddeford Journal Tribune editorial writer Nick Cowenhoven writes “the legislation may need […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted January 11, 2011

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Medicaid

Jobs and Income

Who in Maine Deserves a Raise?

In this season of hope, peace and goodwill to all, a Bangor Daily News editorial today (“Maine’s Low Wages”, 12/22/2010) comments on Governor-elect LePage’s recent lament that […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted December 22, 2010

Tags Incomes

Taxes and Budget

Shepard Lee Lecturer Calls Deficit Reduction Fervor Misplaced

Center for American Progress Vice President for Economic Policy Michael Ettlinger warned the audience at MECEP’s 12/14/2010 event that states will not likely receive additional federal aid […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted December 16, 2010

Tags Budget, Federal, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

In the Maine Media

Here are three items that appeared recently in the Maine media that Line Items readers may find to be of interest. In his Saturday (November 20th) column […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted November 22, 2010

Tags Employment, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness

Taxes and Budget

In Today's News

Beginning today, MECEP will occasionally recommend recent items from Maine news sources that our readers may find to be of interest. We welcome your feedback. Here are […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted November 18, 2010

Tags Health Care, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

"Economic Development in Hard Times: How to Spend Less and Get More"

More than 50 people attended MECEP’s Second Shepard Lee Lecture by Good Jobs First Founder and Executive Director Greg LeRoy at USM on Tuesday (11/16) evening. MECEP […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted November 17, 2010

Tags Budget, Economy

Taxes and Budget

Greg LeRoy, Good Jobs First Founder, to Deliver MECEP's 11/16 Shepard Lee Lecture

Tomorrow evening (Tuesday, 11/16), Greg LeRoy, Founder and Executive Director of Good Jobs First, will deliver MECEP’s latest Shepard Lee Lecture. LeRoy’s topic will be “Economic Development […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted November 15, 2010

Tags Budget, Economy

Maine’s Economy

Short Term Challenge, Long Term Optimisim

In his State Fiscal Policy Conference presentation (“Struggling to Hit Escape Velocity”) in D.C. yesterday, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics Mark Zandi stressed that the nation’s economic […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted November 10, 2010

Tags Economy, Federal

Maine’s Economy

LIVE BLOG: CBPP's 18th Annual State Fiscal Policy Conference

Kit St. John, Garrett Martin, Dan Coyne and I are all in D.C. to attend the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) 18th annual State Fiscal […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted November 9, 2010

Tags Economy

Taxes and Budget

And now it’s time to govern

Tomorrow, Maine will have a new governor-elect and our 125th Legislature. Among the many challenges they must overcome, the most formidable may well be how to balance […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted November 2, 2010

Tags Budget

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Affordable Care Act in the Maine Media

Who in Maine Deserves a Raise?

Shepard Lee Lecturer Calls Deficit Reduction Fervor Misplaced

In the Maine Media

In Today's News

"Economic Development in Hard Times: How to Spend Less and Get More"

Greg LeRoy, Good Jobs First Founder, to Deliver MECEP's 11/16 Shepard Lee Lecture

Short Term Challenge, Long Term Optimisim

LIVE BLOG: CBPP's 18th Annual State Fiscal Policy Conference

And now it’s time to govern