Maine’s Economy

Opinion Round-up for Friday, May 20, 2011

These are editorials and op ed columns from Maine newspapers on subjects of interest to those who follow MECEP’s blog. Links to these and other news and […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted May 20, 2011

Tags Children, Health Care

Asians in the Maine Economy: Opportunities for Growth

Asians in the Maine Economy: Opportunities for Growth is the second in a series of reports by the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) on immigration and its importance to our state’s […]

Jody Harris

Posted April 20, 2011

Tags Economy, Immigration

Maine’s Economy

Testimony in Support of L.D. 553, An Act to Reduce Maine's Dependence on Oil

MECEP supports LD 553 because it is in Maine’s best economic and environmental interests to reduce its dependency on oil. Maine energy costs are higher than the […]

MECEP

Posted April 4, 2011

Tags Economy, Jobs

Maine’s Economy

Debunking the "Welfare Queen" Stereotype

In a recent article entitled “Big Changes Aimed at Welfare” in the (Augusta) Kennebec Journal, Sabattus Representative Stephen J. Wood relayed negative inferences he drew from observing a […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted January 27, 2011

Tags Food Insecurity, Poverty, TANF

Maine’s Economy

Governor LePage Gets an Ear Full

Yesterday afternoon I joined more than 500 Maine people at an environmental “roundtable” with Governor Paul LePage at the Augusta Civic Center. MECEP cosponsored the event, organized by […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted January 21, 2011

Tags Economy

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

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

Maine’s Economy

Choices: Housing Choice Vouchers: Stabilizing Lives and Strengthening Maine's Economy

The Voucher Program is a proven success. It assists low-income families, the elderly, and the disabled in securing safe housing in the private market. These families experience increased economic security while small businesses benefit as well. This issue […]

Jody Harris

Posted October 25, 2010

Tags Economic Security, Economy

Maine’s Economy

Choices: No Magic Bullets: Energy Policy for Maine in the Next Decade

In the 1990s Maine’s power rates were 50% above the national average. Then Maine restructured its electric industry beginning in March 2000. Today power rates are closer to 20% above […]

Jody Harris

Posted October 21, 2010

Tags Economy

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Opinion Round-up for Friday, May 20, 2011

Asians in the Maine Economy: Opportunities for Growth

Testimony in Support of L.D. 553, An Act to Reduce Maine's Dependence on Oil

Debunking the "Welfare Queen" Stereotype

Governor LePage Gets an Ear Full

In the Maine Media

Short Term Challenge, Long Term Optimisim

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

Choices: Housing Choice Vouchers: Stabilizing Lives and Strengthening Maine's Economy

Choices: No Magic Bullets: Energy Policy for Maine in the Next Decade