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

Maine’s Economy

Race equity commission calls on Mills to launch Truth and Reconciliation process

Maine’s new Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Maine Tribal Populations sent a letter to Governor Janet Mills on Thursday outlining immediate steps the administration should […]

Beacon

Posted June 18, 2020

Tags Inequality, Racial Equity

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Report Finds That 182,000 Mainers Would Be Affected By Cuts To Supplemental Unemployment Benefits

As safety net disappears, out-of-work Mainers plead for more help

Portland lawmaker’s mission: ‘Abolition of structural racism’

What’s at stake for Maine as $600 unemployment bonus winds down

Maine workers, labor groups warn of widespread suffering unless federal jobless aid is extended

Lawmakers looking to eliminate racial injustices

Maine lawmakers urge colleagues to prioritize bills aimed at ending systemic racism

Maine has nation’s worst COVID-19 racial disparity

New Commission on race equity sends Gov. Mills first recommendations to reduce racial inequality in the near and long term

Race equity commission calls on Mills to launch Truth and Reconciliation process