Taxes and Budget

Our View: Lawmakers should use child tax credit to boost next generation of Mainers

“The child tax credit has such a transformational impact on children’s lives that every dollar spent on the credit has a ten dollar return on investment to […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted May 26, 2023

Tags Child Tax Credit, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Impacts of federal debt default could spread through Maine’s workforce, economy

The Maine Center for Economic Policy, a progressive advocacy group, estimates that more than 350,000 Maine residents receive Social Security, 105,000 receive federal veterans’ benefits and 88,000 […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted May 24, 2023

Tags Debt Ceiling, Federal

Jobs and Income

Bill can be part of solution to attracting, retaining Maine direct care workers

Not surprisingly, we’re now hearing that traditionally employed people, mostly women, are leaving the workforce to take care of older relatives. According to a report just released […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted May 15, 2023

Tags Direct Care Work, Job Quality, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Maine paid family leave effort gets mixed business reaction

James Myall, economic policy analyst for the Maine Center for Economic Policy, said paid family leave would be a boon to the economy because there are many […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted February 24, 2023

Tags Job Quality, Paid Sick Days

Jobs and Income

Maine, Portland minimum wages jump on Jan. 1

It is unclear how many workers this will affect – many businesses have already raised hourly wages for many positions to try to compete in a labor […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted January 2, 2023

Tags Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income

Commentary: If you want to empower Maine’s workers, pay a living wage

Thanks in part to federal support, the economic recovery from the COVID-19 recession has been strong. While this is a relief to many working people and families, […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted November 25, 2022

Tags Economic Security, Incomes, Job Quality, Unions, Wages

Education

Thousands of Mainers stand to benefit from student debt relief

The Augusta-based Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) said in a release Wednesday that roughly 177,000 Mainers, or about 95 percent of the people in the state […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted August 24, 2022

Tags Economic Security, Education, Federal, Higher Education, Student Debt

Maine’s Economy

More than 1,000 march in Portland to protest abortion ruling

The Maine Center for Economic Policy said the opinion will damage “the autonomy, health and economic stability of working people” and called on the state’s congressional delegation […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted June 24, 2022

Tags Economy

Jobs and Income

Portland voters may be asked to again consider increasing the minimum wage

Councilors also heard Wednesday from an analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy and the director of advocacy at the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce about […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted June 21, 2022

Tags Local, Minimum Wage, Wages

Health Care

Before his death at a local jail, Billy Tucker had big dreams

In March, the Maine Center for Economic Policy and the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine published a report that made the case for decriminalizing the use and […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted June 19, 2022

Tags Health Care, Inequality

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Our View: Lawmakers should use child tax credit to boost next generation of Mainers

Impacts of federal debt default could spread through Maine’s workforce, economy

Bill can be part of solution to attracting, retaining Maine direct care workers

Maine paid family leave effort gets mixed business reaction

Maine, Portland minimum wages jump on Jan. 1

Commentary: If you want to empower Maine’s workers, pay a living wage

Thousands of Mainers stand to benefit from student debt relief

More than 1,000 march in Portland to protest abortion ruling

Portland voters may be asked to again consider increasing the minimum wage

Before his death at a local jail, Billy Tucker had big dreams