Education

Testimony in Support of LD 1404, An Act to Ensure the Integrity of For-profit Colleges

We have a public and economic interest in making sure that students have access to affordable higher education that will give them the skills they need to […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted April 24, 2017

Tags Higher Education, Student Debt

Education

Testimony in Support of LDS 336, 481, and 1302 concerning the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program

Real reform of Maine’s safety net programs requires addressing the causes of poverty, and the ability of Mainers to get into work, education, or training. This legislation […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted April 24, 2017

Tags TANF

Health Care

Committee endorses bill to create universal sick leave in Maine

The Maine Women’s Lobby, Maine Center for Economic Policy, Maine AFL-CIO, Maine Education Association, Maine People’s Alliance, the Maine chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness […]

MaineBiz

Posted April 19, 2017

Tags Health Care, Job Quality, Paid Sick Days

Health Care

Republicans base their new Obamacare repeal on a Maine program they call a success. Don't believe them.

“People who were young and healthy certainly benefited,” says Garrett Martin, executive director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy. “But small businesses that had older employees […]

Chicago Tribune

Posted April 19, 2017

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care

Taxes and Budget

LePage administration forfeits almost $2 billion in federal aid to Maine

Drew Gattine, chair of the House Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee, says that “turning away federal funds doesn’t lower your tax burden; it sends your tax dollars […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted April 18, 2017

Tags Federal

Health Care

GOP's New Health Care Rallying Cry: Remember The Maine!

“Rather than building as big an insurance pool as possible so the costs got meted out more broadly, what the program did is sequester those people,” explained Garrett Martin, […]

TPM DC

Posted April 17, 2017

Tags Health Care

Taxes and Budget

Gov. LePage’s cruel budget is dead on arrival, now the real conversation begins

Maine People’s Alliance, Beacon podcast, April 14, 2017 This week on the Beacon Podcast, Garrett Martin of the Maine Center for Economic Policy joins Taryn, Ben and […]

Beacon

Posted April 14, 2017

Tags Budget

Education, Taxes and Budget

Analyzing the impact of the surtax

“There’s just no data to support that level of total outmigration,” [MECEP’s Garrett Martin] says. Caroline Cornish, WCSH-TV, April 13, 2017, interviews MECEP’s Garrett Martin. Martin disputes […]

WCSH

Posted April 13, 2017

Tags Education, Revenue, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

Testimony in Support of LDs 1199 and 1242 (consumer financial protection)

The debt buying industry, primarily out-of-state companies, threatens and deceives consumers to collect on debts they know are inaccurate. LDs 1199 and 1242 will put in place […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted April 11, 2017

Tags Consumer Protection

Maine’s Economy

Testimony in Opposition to LD 1164 An Act To Facilitate Small Loans in Maine

Seniors, veterans, and all Maine families and individuals who are doing their best to get by in difficult times need fair and responsible resources that will truly […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted April 11, 2017

Tags Consumer Protection

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Testimony in Support of LD 1404, An Act to Ensure the Integrity of For-profit Colleges

Testimony in Support of LDS 336, 481, and 1302 concerning the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program

Committee endorses bill to create universal sick leave in Maine

Republicans base their new Obamacare repeal on a Maine program they call a success. Don't believe them.

LePage administration forfeits almost $2 billion in federal aid to Maine

GOP's New Health Care Rallying Cry: Remember The Maine!

Gov. LePage’s cruel budget is dead on arrival, now the real conversation begins

Analyzing the impact of the surtax

Testimony in Support of LDs 1199 and 1242 (consumer financial protection)

Testimony in Opposition to LD 1164 An Act To Facilitate Small Loans in Maine