Jobs and Income As unemployment benefits expire, activists use light show to plead with Collins A recent analysis by the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) found that even with the additional $600 per week, “Mainers are facing hardships that would be made […] Beacon Posted July 31, 2020 Tags Coronavirus, Federal, Susan Collins, Unemployment
Jobs and Income Report Finds That 182,000 Mainers Would Be Affected By Cuts To Supplemental Unemployment Benefits The newest COVID-19 stimulus plan that Senate Republicans released Monday would cut supplemental unemployment benefits from $600 to $200 a week. That would impact about 182,000 Mainers, […] Maine Public Posted July 29, 2020 Tags Coronavirus, Federal, Jobs, Unemployment
Jobs and Income As safety net disappears, out-of-work Mainers plead for more help Some workers collecting jobless benefits are genuinely waiting to be recalled to their old jobs, Myall said. Others may have a hard time finding adequate childcare or […] Portland Press Herald Posted July 27, 2020 Tags Coronavirus, Federal, Unemployment
Jobs and Income Portland lawmaker’s mission: ‘Abolition of structural racism’ Unlike most commissions that rely on mainstream economic advice, this one has a progressive look: a representative from Coastal Enterprises, and James Myall, a respected analyst from […] Portland Phoenix Posted July 22, 2020 Tags Racial Equity
Jobs and Income What’s at stake for Maine as $600 unemployment bonus winds down If that federal money were stopped, it would mean less money spent in grocery stores or getting takeout or more people not being able to afford rent. […] Bangor Daily News Posted July 22, 2020 Tags Coronavirus, Federal, Unemployment
Maine’s Economy Maine workers, labor groups warn of widespread suffering unless federal jobless aid is extended Cutting aid while the country is still in a crisis could have devastating effects on the local economy, too. Maine’s unemployment rate was 9 percent in May, […] Portland Press Herald Posted July 10, 2020 Tags Coronavirus, Federal, Unemployment
Maine’s Economy Lawmakers looking to eliminate racial injustices Policy analyst James Myall of the Maine Center for Economic Policy emphasized the importance of using national statistics to fill in the gaps of missing information. “In […] Fox Bangor Posted July 10, 2020 Tags Inequality, Racial Equity
Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy Maine lawmakers urge colleagues to prioritize bills aimed at ending systemic racism In mid-June about 28 percent of the Maine’s positive COVID-19 cases were among Black residents – who make up just 1.4 percent of the state’s total population. […] Portland Press Herald Posted July 2, 2020 Tags Coronavirus, Inequality, Racial Equity
Health Care, Jobs and Income Maine has nation’s worst COVID-19 racial disparity An analysis by the Maine Center for Economic Policy yielded similar results, albeit using a different method of analyzing the numbers. That analysis showed an infection rate […] Portland Press Herald Posted June 21, 2020 Tags Coronavirus, Inequality, Racial Equity
Health Care, Jobs and Income New Commission on race equity sends Gov. Mills first recommendations to reduce racial inequality in the near and long term The brutal, unjust killing of George Floyd on May 25 and so many Black lives taken before and since, has reignited a global conversation about systemic racism […] Amjambo Africa Posted June 18, 2020 Tags Coronavirus, Inequality, Racial Equity