Report: Maine could lose 3 times more jobs by June than it did in the Great Recession

That figure would equate to more than triple the jobs lost in the state during the Great Recession and more per capita than all but eight other […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted April 1, 2020

Tags Coronavirus, Economic Security, Economy, Federal, Recession, Unemployment

Health Care

Letter: Time for universal health care

A recent study by the Maine Center for Economic Policy on behalf of Maine AllCare showed that a universal, publicly funded health care system covering every Maine resident could […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted January 17, 2020

Tags Health Care

Taxes and Budget

BIW gets a $45 million tax break. It should expect scrutiny.

“There’s little to no evidence that corporate tax credits, such as the $45 million received by BIW, actually spur job creation or investment,” Mario Moretto, MECEP’s communications director, told me. […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted January 15, 2020

Tags Tax Breaks, Taxes

Health Care

Letter to the editor: Support for Maine AllCare

According to an analysis from the Maine Center for Economic Policy on behalf of Maine AllCare, Maine spent $13.9 billion on healthcare in 2017. It is estimated that a […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted January 11, 2020

Tags Health Care

Health Care

Letter: Big health care news

Here in Maine, fortunately, a new study by the Maine Center for Economic Policy has shown that we can finally cut out the middleman. The study found that a […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted January 9, 2020

Tags Health Care

Jobs and Income

Fewer Maine kids live in poverty. Thank the minimum wage increase.

U.S. Department of Labor statistics show that wages grew across the board for Maine workers in 2017. Analysis by the left-leaning Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) found that income growth […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted January 3, 2020

Tags Minimum Wage, Poverty, Wages

Jobs and Income

10 years of failing to raise the federal minimum wage

U.S. Department of Labor statistics show that wages grew across the board for Maine workers in 2017. Analysis by the left-leaning Maine Center for Economic Policy found that income growth in […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted November 27, 2019

Tags Children, Economic Security, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage

Taxes and Budget

Maine lawmakers OK 2-year budget after a few tense hours at the State House

Mills set the terms of the budget before she was elected, saying in her 2018 campaign that there would be no tax increase in it. She doubled down on […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted June 14, 2019

Tags Budget

Taxes and Budget

Maine lawmakers settle on 2-year budget for just less than the $8 billion Mills proposed

Early in her tenure, she doubled down on a 2018 campaign pledge not to raise taxes in her first budget proposal. It meant that there would not be enough […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted June 12, 2019

Tags Budget

Taxes and Budget

Maine progressives can claim big victories this year, but that does not mean they are satisfied

Democratic bills were introduced to undo some of the tax cuts, but Mills’ pledge affected the two-year budget process in such a way that no tax increase […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted June 6, 2019

Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Breaks

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Report: Maine could lose 3 times more jobs by June than it did in the Great Recession

Letter: Time for universal health care

BIW gets a $45 million tax break. It should expect scrutiny.

Letter to the editor: Support for Maine AllCare

Letter: Big health care news

Fewer Maine kids live in poverty. Thank the minimum wage increase.

10 years of failing to raise the federal minimum wage

Maine lawmakers OK 2-year budget after a few tense hours at the State House

Maine lawmakers settle on 2-year budget for just less than the $8 billion Mills proposed

Maine progressives can claim big victories this year, but that does not mean they are satisfied