Jobs and Income

Report finds Maine’s labor market strong, but households still struggle to meet basic costs

As average prices rose 20% nationally between 2019 and 2023, median household income in Maine rose 25% in that same timeframe, according to the State of Working […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted October 23, 2024

Tags Incomes, Inflation, Job Quality, Jobs, Wages

Taxes and Budget

As ‘Super Bowl of taxes’ looms in 2025, Maine advocates urge Congress to ensure fairness

Representatives from the Maine Center for Economic Policy, along with Maine People’s Alliance, Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition and Maine Education Association, were among those who traveled to […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted September 19, 2024

Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

After strong start, organizers hope to expand Maine’s guaranteed income pilot program

Researchers at Columbia University found that the programs can help significantly reduce poverty, even at low guaranteed income rates of $250 per month. It can also help meet basic […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted September 16, 2024

Tags Budget, Guaranteed Income, Poverty

Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

With government assistance, Maine continues to have lowest share of people living in poverty

Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau Tuesday showed 82,000 Mainers — or just about 6% of the population — were still considered poor after accounting for […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted September 10, 2024

Tags Incomes, Poverty

Taxes and Budget

Mainers will be able to file federal taxes for free in 2025

Maura Pillsbury, state and local tax policy analyst for the progressive Maine Center on Economic Policy, who had previously called on Gov. Janet Mills’ administration to join Direct File, […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted August 9, 2024

Tags Taxes

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Study finds undocumented immigrants in Maine contributed $15.6 million in taxes

An analysis last fall from the progressive Maine Center for Economic Policy found Maine has a plateauing workforce, in part due to an aging population, and suggested immigration […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted July 31, 2024

Tags Immigration, Taxes

Jobs and Income

More Maine workers can now receive overtime pay under new federal rule

According to James Myall, an analyst for the Maine Center for Economic Policy, who put together a state level calculation, roughly 3,000 Maine workers will be newly-covered […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted July 1, 2024

Tags Federal, Overtime

Jobs and Income

Maine Dept. of Labor says public is ‘definitely engaging’ in paid leave rulemaking

James Myall, another coalition member and analyst for the Maine Center for Economic Policy, said the rules are “generally good” and “erred on the side of making […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted June 27, 2024

Tags Paid Family and Medical Leave

Jobs and Income

Maine seniors shorted more than 23,500 hours of direct care each week

The report, produced by the progressive Maine Center for Economic Policy in partnership with the Maine Council on Aging, picks up where last year’s study on direct […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted June 18, 2024

Tags Caregiving, Direct Care Work, Employment, Job Quality, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Pushing back on veto, farmworker advocates say Mills’ proposal scaled back labor rights

Arthur Phillips, a policy analyst with the Maine Center for Economic Policy who was part of the stakeholder commission that worked on recommendations for the bill, agreed […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted May 7, 2024

Tags Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs

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Report finds Maine’s labor market strong, but households still struggle to meet basic costs

As ‘Super Bowl of taxes’ looms in 2025, Maine advocates urge Congress to ensure fairness

After strong start, organizers hope to expand Maine’s guaranteed income pilot program

With government assistance, Maine continues to have lowest share of people living in poverty

Mainers will be able to file federal taxes for free in 2025

Study finds undocumented immigrants in Maine contributed $15.6 million in taxes

More Maine workers can now receive overtime pay under new federal rule

Maine Dept. of Labor says public is ‘definitely engaging’ in paid leave rulemaking

Maine seniors shorted more than 23,500 hours of direct care each week

Pushing back on veto, farmworker advocates say Mills’ proposal scaled back labor rights