Jobs and Income

Groundbreaking ‘earned paid leave’ law to cover 85% of Maine workers

Garrett Martin, executive director of Maine Center for Economic Policy, said the nonprofit’s “State of Working Maine 2018” reported that the lack of sick leave cost the […]

MaineBiz

Posted May 29, 2019

Tags Paid Sick Days

Education, Taxes and Budget

Bill would extend tax-free options to companies helping workers with student loans

U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Angus King, I-Maine, have signed on as cosponsors of bipartisan legislation that supports employers assisting employees in paying off their student […]

MaineBiz

Posted February 19, 2019

Tags Higher Education, Student Debt, Taxes

Jobs and Income

Legislature revisits bill that would require employers to provide sick leave

“The lack of paid sick days decreases workers’ financial security and hurts our economy,” Garrett Martin, executive director of Maine Center for Economic Policy, said in a […]

MaineBiz

Posted February 13, 2019

Tags Job Quality, Paid Sick Days

Taxes and Budget

Reaction to Gov. Mills' budget: Pro and con

Garrett Martin, executive director of Maine Center for Economic Policy: “Gov. Mills’ budget plan makes progress on investments critical for Maine’s future, particularly in the area of […]

MaineBiz

Posted February 12, 2019

Tags Budget

Jobs and Income

Minimum wage increase seen boosting pay for 143,000 Mainers this year

The $1-an-hour state minimum wage increase that took effect on Jan. 1 will boost pay for 143,000 Mainers in 2019, according to the Maine Center for Economic […]

MaineBiz

Posted January 2, 2019

Tags Minimum Wage

Jobs and Income

Hiring pressures push companies to unprecedented lengths to find workers

Maine’s unemployment rate also doesn’t reveal the level of under-employment. In 2017, 26,000 residents — more than the number of those who were jobless — worked part-time […]

MaineBiz

Posted December 10, 2018

Tags Jobs

Education, Jobs and Income

Maine college graduates struggle to pay down school debt as state battles with lenders

A new [MECEP] poll shows that student loan debt and predatory practices by some lenders that make paying loans back increasingly expensive prevents a majority of borrowers […]

MaineBiz

Posted December 3, 2018

Tags Consumer Protection, Higher Education, Student Debt

Taxes and Budget

Lawmakers approve tax conformity bill, send it to LePage

The Maine Center for Economic Policy, an Augusta-based nonprofit, characterized the enacted bill as a compromise, stating in a news release that it “splits the difference” between […]

MaineBiz

Posted August 31, 2018

Tags Federal, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Trump Tax Cuts

Education

MaineBiz: MECEP supports LePage/Grohman student debt relief effort

From the article: James Myall, a policy analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy, described the bill “as a promising initiative to start addressing these economic problems.” […]

MaineBiz

Posted March 19, 2018

Tags Education, Higher Education, Student Debt

Jobs and Income

MaineBiz: 59,000 Mainers get raises with New Year's hike in minimum wage

MECEP reported that Maine’s minimum wage increase’s benefits aren’t limited to those who earn the minimum wage. “Other low-income Mainers will see their salaries increase as a […]

MaineBiz

Posted January 2, 2018

Tags Minimum Wage, Wages

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Groundbreaking ‘earned paid leave’ law to cover 85% of Maine workers

Bill would extend tax-free options to companies helping workers with student loans

Legislature revisits bill that would require employers to provide sick leave

Reaction to Gov. Mills' budget: Pro and con

Minimum wage increase seen boosting pay for 143,000 Mainers this year

Hiring pressures push companies to unprecedented lengths to find workers

Maine college graduates struggle to pay down school debt as state battles with lenders

Lawmakers approve tax conformity bill, send it to LePage

MaineBiz: MECEP supports LePage/Grohman student debt relief effort

MaineBiz: 59,000 Mainers get raises with New Year's hike in minimum wage