Jobs and Income

Speakers at Hallowell conference say uncompetitive pay, high turnover threaten direct care field

According to a Maine Center for Economic Policy study published in June, at least 2,300 more long-term care workers are needed across the state to close the […]

Central Maine Newspapers

Posted September 17, 2024

Tags Direct Care Work, Job Quality, Jobs, Wages

Jobs and Income

City says it won’t enforce emergency wage for Portland workers until 2022

As many as 23,500 Portland workers could eventually see a wage increase under the new ordinance, including 14,000 workers making less than $15 an hour, according to […]

Central Maine Newspapers

Posted November 10, 2020

Tags Coronavirus, Incomes, Minimum Wage, Wages

Health Care

Mainers deserve publicly funded health care

A recent study by Maine Center for Economic Policy on behalf of Maine AllCare (available at maineallcare.org) showed that a universal, publicly funded health care system covering every […]

Central Maine Newspapers

Posted January 24, 2020

Tags Health Care

Taxes and Budget

Tax breaks may be better spent elsewhere

The evidence suggests that instead of giving millions to profitable corporations, Maine could better spend that money on public investments that truly benefit communities and the economy […]

Central Maine Newspapers

Posted January 22, 2020

Tags Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

Scholars Strategy Network: Getting by with less and less

Skyrocketing income and wealth inequality have received considerable attention recently. The gap between the richest and poorest households in the U.S. is now the largest it has been in […]

Central Maine Newspapers

Posted January 21, 2020

Tags Economy

Health Care

Maine Compass: Narcan not a cure, but it saves lives

Every day someone in Maine dies from a drug-related overdose. More disturbing, according to the Maine Center for Economic Policy, accidental deaths from drug overdoses rose by 577 […]

Central Maine Newspapers

Posted January 16, 2018

Tags Health Care

Health Care

MECEP Op-Ed in KJ: On Nov. 7, vote for jobs, health care, hospitals

Tens of thousands of Mainers have come together to ask Maine voters to approve an expansion of Maine’s Medicaid program (known as MaineCare) to more than 70,000 of their neighbors living in, or near, poverty.

Central Maine Newspapers

Posted September 20, 2017

Tags Health Care, Medicaid

Education, Taxes and Budget

Change the narrative on local budgets

This is not the time to pit older people against families with children when deciding whether the mil rate is more important than well-staffed quality schools. The […]

Central Maine Newspapers

Posted May 2, 2017

Tags Budget, Local

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Speakers at Hallowell conference say uncompetitive pay, high turnover threaten direct care field

City says it won’t enforce emergency wage for Portland workers until 2022

Mainers deserve publicly funded health care

Tax breaks may be better spent elsewhere

Scholars Strategy Network: Getting by with less and less

Maine Compass: Narcan not a cure, but it saves lives

MECEP Op-Ed in KJ: On Nov. 7, vote for jobs, health care, hospitals

Change the narrative on local budgets