Mills administration, state workers union dispute scale of wage gap

However, after factoring in these wage increases, an analysis from the Maine Center for Economic Policy found that state government wages continue to lag behind those of their public and […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted February 9, 2024

Tags Budget, Incomes, Job Quality, Jobs, Wages

Jobs and Income

Anti-immigrant rhetoric derailing actual policy solutions in Maine

According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the state has 42 available workers for every 100 open jobs. In its most recent annual “State of Working Maine” report, the Maine […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted February 5, 2024

Tags Immigration

Taxes and Budget

Report: Maine’s tax code 7th most progressive in the nation

In a blog post analyzing the ITEP report, Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) tax analyst Maura Pillsbury credited recent reforms — such as the expansion of Maine’s Earned […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted January 10, 2024

Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

The issues likely to dominate debate in Maine in 2024

The foremost challenge for Maine’s economy is plateauing workforce growth, according to the 2023 “State of Working Maine” report released by the Maine Center for Economic Policy this fall, […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted December 27, 2023

Tags Economy, Housing, Immigration, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Maine needs more workers. Report points to increased housing, immigration as solutions

Silvio and Tasha’s stories are two of several shared with the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) as part of its annual “State of Working Maine” report. Using anecdotal […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted December 12, 2023

Tags Employment, Housing, Immigration, Jobs

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Advocates say projected revenue surplus should be spent on housing, childcare and other social services

“The state can use this surplus to remove barriers that currently hold people back from fully participating in and benefiting from our economy,” said Sarah Austin, director […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted November 29, 2023

Tags Budget, Child Care, Economic Security, Economy, Revenue

Jobs and Income

Analysis: 127,000 Maine workers will get a raise when minimum wage increases in 2024

A significant number of Mainers will see their pay rise when the state’s minimum wage increases to $14.15 an hour on Jan. 1, according to a recent analysis by […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted October 2, 2023

Tags Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income

Amazon union leader Chris Smalls brings lessons from labor fights to Maine

At a forum Wednesday night at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, Smalls, a former Amazon worker who now serves as the president of the ALU, […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted September 21, 2023

Tags Unions

Jobs and Income

After years-long effort, farmworkers in Maine may soon gain minimum wage protections

The lesser bundle of rights granted to farmworkers has indeed had a significant impact on their lives, research shows. A study by the Maine Center for Economic Policy […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted September 20, 2023

Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Wages

Taxes and Budget

Amid rise in child poverty rates, Maine child tax credit expected to buoy 3,500 youth

Those percentages come from what’s called a “supplemental poverty measure,” which accounts for government benefits, post-tax income and costs of running a family such as commuting, child […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted September 19, 2023

Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Poverty, Taxes

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Mills administration, state workers union dispute scale of wage gap

Anti-immigrant rhetoric derailing actual policy solutions in Maine

Report: Maine’s tax code 7th most progressive in the nation

The issues likely to dominate debate in Maine in 2024

Maine needs more workers. Report points to increased housing, immigration as solutions

Advocates say projected revenue surplus should be spent on housing, childcare and other social services

Analysis: 127,000 Maine workers will get a raise when minimum wage increases in 2024

Amazon union leader Chris Smalls brings lessons from labor fights to Maine

After years-long effort, farmworkers in Maine may soon gain minimum wage protections

Amid rise in child poverty rates, Maine child tax credit expected to buoy 3,500 youth