Paid sick days will boost Maine’s economy

In “ State of Working Maine 2018,” the Maine Center for Economic Policy outlined the evidence proving how a lack of paid sick leave hurts our state. This […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted February 21, 2019

Tags Economy, Job Quality, Paid Sick Days

Taxes and Budget

EDITORIAL: Janet Mills offers hopeful budget but raises questions about funding sources

Mills’ proposal may thread a political needle, but calls from her left to roll back the LePage-era tax cuts are a more intellectually honest way of achieving […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted February 12, 2019

Tags Budget, Revenue

Taxes and Budget

Mills uses budget speech to further chip away at LePage legacy

In 2017, the liberal Maine Center for Economic Policy found that LePage had foregone roughly $2 billion in federal funds — much of that around Medicaid expansion […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted February 11, 2019

Tags Budget

Taxes and Budget

Janet Mills begins selling her budget to both ends of Maine’s political spectrum

The leader of the liberal Maine Center for Economic Policy, which issued a budget framework with an income tax hike on higher earners, said it “locks in” […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted February 11, 2019

Tags Budget

Taxes and Budget

What to expect from Janet Mills’ first two-year budget proposal

Mills promised in her campaign she wouldn’t raise taxes. Progressives have only pushed her a bit so far. The Maine Center for Economic Policy released a budget framework calling for […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted February 8, 2019

Tags Budget

Taxes and Budget

Mills avoids tax hikes, boosts school aid in $8 billion spending plan hit from left and right

The half-measures in the budget will frustrate progressives. The Maine Center for Economic Policy advocated a budget outline that would use surpluses and a $518 million income […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted February 8, 2019

Tags Budget, Education, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Mills’ vow not to raise taxes puts her at odds with some Maine Democrats and their allies

The budget conversation will begin in earnest when Mills files her two-year spending plan, though the liberal Maine Center for Economic Policy issued its framework on Tuesday. Mills […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted January 16, 2019

Tags Budget, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Jobs and Income

Personal income grew in Maine — thanks to the minimum wage

Income for the poorest Mainers rose much faster for these workers than for any other group. Compared with 2016, household incomes for the bottom quarter of Maine […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted November 24, 2018

Tags Incomes, Minimum Wage, Wages

Taxes and Budget

Republicans want to pay for their huge tax cuts with cuts to Social Security and health care

When Congress was on the cusp of passing the Republican tax plan last year, experts lined up to warn about the effect the plan would have on the federal […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted November 6, 2018

Tags Health Care, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

Editorial: Fewer Maine children are living in poverty. Thank the minimum wage increase.

The Bangor Daily News editorial board published an editorial citing MECEP’s research linking the 2017 minimum wage increase to a dramatic reduction in child poverty: Income for […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted October 3, 2018

Tags Children, Minimum Wage, Poverty

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Paid sick days will boost Maine’s economy

EDITORIAL: Janet Mills offers hopeful budget but raises questions about funding sources

Mills uses budget speech to further chip away at LePage legacy

Janet Mills begins selling her budget to both ends of Maine’s political spectrum

What to expect from Janet Mills’ first two-year budget proposal

Mills avoids tax hikes, boosts school aid in $8 billion spending plan hit from left and right

Mills’ vow not to raise taxes puts her at odds with some Maine Democrats and their allies

Personal income grew in Maine — thanks to the minimum wage

Republicans want to pay for their huge tax cuts with cuts to Social Security and health care

Editorial: Fewer Maine children are living in poverty. Thank the minimum wage increase.