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Brief: Tax Policy Solutions for 2025 and Beyond

Highway fund shortfall highlights the need for sustainable revenue solutions

At a glance: Maine is struggling to fund road improvements and support for communities because it isn’t bringing in enough money to keep up with rising costs […]

James Myall

Posted December 19, 2024

Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Health Care

Trump administration health care plans could endanger coverage for hundreds of thousands of Mainers and cost the state hundreds of millions

At a glance: Plans to cut Medicaid include ending its expansion under the Affordable Care Act, reducing federal funding, introducing block grants (a fixed amount of money), […]

James Myall

Posted December 6, 2024

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Medicaid

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Brief: Tax Policy Solutions for 2025 and Beyond

READ THE BRIEF At a glance Maine’s tax code is inadequate for current and future needs. Policies since 2011 have favored the wealthy and corporations, reducing resources […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted November 21, 2024

Tags Economic Security, Economy, Estate Tax, Income Tax, Property Tax, Sales Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

7 things to know about immigration in Maine and the United States

A number of prominent politicians have proposed increasingly harsh anti-immigration measures which range from restricting access to public assistance to mass incarceration and deportation of undocumented immigrants […]

James Myall

Posted October 29, 2024

Tags Housing, Immigration, Inequality, Racial Equity, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Jobs and Income

In the words of workers: Rebekah

Rebekah shared her story as part of MECEP’s State of Working Maine 2024 report. Click here to read the full report. Rebekah has worked for the Maine Department of […]

MECEP

Posted October 23, 2024

Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Stories, Wages

Jobs and Income

In the words of workers: Lori

Lori shared her story as part of MECEP’s State of Working Maine 2024 report. Click here to read the full report. Lori is the owner of a small neighborhood […]

MECEP

Posted October 23, 2024

Tags Caregiving, Seniors, Stories

Jobs and Income

In the words of workers: Kevin

Kevin shared his story as part of MECEP’s State of Working Maine 2024 report. Click here to read the full report. Kevin has worked for the Department […]

MECEP

Posted October 23, 2024

Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Stories

Jobs and Income

In the words of workers: Mary Kate

Mary Kate shared her story as part of MECEP’s State of Working Maine 2024 report. Click here to read the full report. Mary Kate is a registered […]

MECEP

Posted October 23, 2024

Tags Health Care, Job Quality, Jobs, Stories

Jobs and Income

State of Working Maine 2024: Gains and Gaps in a Strong Economy

Report PDF Summary pdf view stories State of Working Maine 2024 examines Maine’s economy and how it performs for working Mainers, particularly in the post-COVID era. A […]

James Myall

Posted October 23, 2024

Taxes and Budget

New budget projections highlight the need to get serious about raising revenue

Update: Read MECEP’s November 25, 2024 statement on the revised revenue forecast. At a glance: Projected budget shortfalls are nothing new Ultimately lawmakers must work with the […]

James Myall

Posted October 7, 2024

Tags Budget, Direct Care Work, Education, Health Care, K-12 Education, Medicaid, Revenue

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Highway fund shortfall highlights the need for sustainable revenue solutions

Trump administration health care plans could endanger coverage for hundreds of thousands of Mainers and cost the state hundreds of millions

Brief: Tax Policy Solutions for 2025 and Beyond

7 things to know about immigration in Maine and the United States

In the words of workers: Rebekah

In the words of workers: Lori

In the words of workers: Kevin

In the words of workers: Mary Kate

State of Working Maine 2024: Gains and Gaps in a Strong Economy

New budget projections highlight the need to get serious about raising revenue