Jobs and Income

WABI Channel 5: Maine's Minimum Wage to Increase in 2018 for Second Year in a Row

The Maine Center for Economic Policy says the economic benefits of the wage hike aren’t just limited to those earning minimum wage. Read more at WABI Channel 5. […]

WABI

Posted December 29, 2017

Tags Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income

BDN Blogs: No savings, no retirement, no relief: The plight of so many low-wage workers

According to the Maine Center for Economic Policy close to one in three of Maine’s working families live below, or near, the poverty line. If they are not getting […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted December 20, 2017

Tags Wages

Taxes and Budget

MECEP talks Senate tax bill on WZON The Pulse with Don Cookson

It’s becoming more and more clear that the GOP Tax Plan will have a hugely negative impact on the state of Maine. Thanks to James Myall of […]

WZON

Posted November 29, 2017

Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Advocates Say GOP Plan Would Hike Taxes For More Than Half Of Maine's Elderly

From the story: “I think that’s a fundamental misread of how this bill works,” says Garrett Martin, executive director of the progressive Maine Center for Economic Policy, […]

Maine Public

Posted November 28, 2017

Tags Seniors, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Sun Journal: Tax bill's fate may depend on Maine's Susan Collins

Sarah Austin, a policy analyst with the Maine Center for Economic Policy, said in a prepared statement that removing the mandate would lead to 50,000 Mainers losing coverage and increase costs for many others.

Sun Journal

Posted November 27, 2017

Tags Federal, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

Charleston Sunday Gazette-Mail: Shop local often to support Charleston economy, community

According to a study performed by Garrett Martin and Amar Patel for the Maine Center for Economic Policy, every $100 spent at locally owned businesses contributes an […]

Sunday Gazette

Posted November 18, 2017

Tags Economy, Local

Health Care, Taxes and Budget

Maine Public: Repealing Individual Mandate Would Leave 50,000 More Mainers Uninsured

Both the Maine Center for Economic Policy and the Washington, D.C.-based Center for American Progress crunched the numbers from a Congressional Budget Office analysis to get state-specific […]

Maine Public

Posted November 17, 2017

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care

Health Care, Taxes and Budget

Free Press Online: Congress to Vote on Massive Tax Cut for the Wealthy, Repeal of ACA Provision

Recent college graduate Jonathan Brown, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and analyst Sarah Austin of the Maine Center for Economic Policy (Click on dots below for more photos) […]

The Free Press

Posted November 17, 2017

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Trump Tax Cuts

Taxes and Budget

Bangor Daily News: After initial relief, paying for GOP tax cuts could hit Mainers hard

But U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree said she won’t. She and policy analyst Sarah Austin of the left-leaning Maine Center for Economic Policy said in a roundtable discussion in Portland on Monday that the bill will be paid for by forthcoming cuts to Medicare and Medicaid benefits used by many elderly and low-income residents and the Pell student-loan program for low- to middle-class Mainers.

Bangor Daily News

Posted November 15, 2017

Tags Federal, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

The Forecaster: Pingree, ‘regular Mainers’ criticize Republican tax plan

Sarah Austin, a policy analyst with the Maine Center for Economic Policy, said while Republicans claim their tax legislation is “about helping the middle class, when you […]

The Forecaster

Posted November 14, 2017

Tags Taxes, Trump Tax Cuts

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WABI Channel 5: Maine's Minimum Wage to Increase in 2018 for Second Year in a Row

BDN Blogs: No savings, no retirement, no relief: The plight of so many low-wage workers

MECEP talks Senate tax bill on WZON The Pulse with Don Cookson

Advocates Say GOP Plan Would Hike Taxes For More Than Half Of Maine's Elderly

Sun Journal: Tax bill's fate may depend on Maine's Susan Collins

Charleston Sunday Gazette-Mail: Shop local often to support Charleston economy, community

Maine Public: Repealing Individual Mandate Would Leave 50,000 More Mainers Uninsured

Free Press Online: Congress to Vote on Massive Tax Cut for the Wealthy, Repeal of ACA Provision

Bangor Daily News: After initial relief, paying for GOP tax cuts could hit Mainers hard

The Forecaster: Pingree, ‘regular Mainers’ criticize Republican tax plan