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, 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

Taxes and Budget

Monopoly League Baseball

As DBH has grown it’s been boosted, in part, by public taxpayers. In the three years DBH has been in operation, DBH-owned teams have extracted nearly $300 […]

The Lever

Posted September 12, 2024

Tags Budget, Local, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness

Education, Taxes and Budget

Wednesday Sit-Down: Addressing the challenges of Maine's teacher shortage

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss the challenges Maine is seeing […]

WGME

Posted September 11, 2024

Tags Education, Job Quality, Jobs, K-12 Education, Wednesday Sit Down

Jobs and Income

Maine’s minimum wage will increase to $14.65 next year

That wage hike will affect about 1 in 6 Maine workers, which James Myall, an analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy, called it “one of […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted September 11, 2024

Tags Minimum Wage, Wages

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

Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

What a Maine experiment shows us about universal basic income

“Doing something on a statewide basis could be hugely expensive depending on how big a population you’re talking about,” Garrett Martin, the CEO of the liberal Maine […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted September 10, 2024

Tags Budget, Guaranteed Income

Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

Mills administration agrees to give unionized state workers $2K payments

But another analysis, this one from the Maine Center for Economic Policy, contested that conclusion, noting that growth in private sector wages have outpaced growth for state public […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted September 5, 2024

Tags Budget, Unions, Wages

Education

Wednesday Sit-Down: Higher education in Maine

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss higher education in Maine. Click […]

WGME

Posted September 4, 2024

Tags Education, Higher Education, Wednesday Sit Down

Jobs and Income

One group of workers in Maine still doesn't have access to basic protections like minimum wage

“Labor day is a reminder that we can build an economy that works for all of us.” says Garrett Martin, the President and CEO for the Maine […]

WVII

Posted September 3, 2024

Tags Job Quality, Jobs

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

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

Monopoly League Baseball

Wednesday Sit-Down: Addressing the challenges of Maine's teacher shortage

Maine’s minimum wage will increase to $14.65 next year

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

What a Maine experiment shows us about universal basic income

Mills administration agrees to give unionized state workers $2K payments

Wednesday Sit-Down: Higher education in Maine

One group of workers in Maine still doesn't have access to basic protections like minimum wage