Jobs and Income

Wednesday Sit-Down: Work permits for asylum seekers

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 push for asylum seekers […]

WGME

Posted May 29, 2024

Tags Immigration, Jobs, Wednesday Sit Down

Taxes and Budget

Letter: Invest in Maine people and communities

Mainers cannot work if they are not healthy and lack access to stable, affordable housing or child care. They cannot support local businesses if they have no […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted May 28, 2024

Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Health Care, Taxes and Budget

Wednesday Sit-Down: New Family and Medical Leave Act

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Cate Blackford, from the Maine People’s Alliance, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss the new Family and Medical Leave Act. Click […]

WGME

Posted May 22, 2024

Tags Paid Family and Medical Leave, Wednesday Sit Down

Taxes and Budget

Meet the Private Equity Firm Squeezing America for Baseball Stadium Subsidies

For example, earlier this year, the Maine legislature approved a $2 million tax credit for Diamond Baseball Holdings to upgrade the stadium of the Portland Sea Dogs, […]

Boondoggle

Posted May 17, 2024

Tags Budget, Corporate Power, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Wednesday Sit-Down: Chaotic end to legislative session

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 the chaotic end to […]

WGME

Posted May 15, 2024

Tags Budget, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, K-12 Education, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Wednesday Sit Down

Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

From farmworker wage bill to raising taxes on wealthy, legislators sustain Gov. Mills’ vetoes

The House vote on the farmworker minimum wage bill was 54 in favor of overriding the governor and 69 in favor of sustaining the veto. After the […]

News From The States

Posted May 10, 2024

Tags Budget, Job Quality, Jobs

Education, Jobs and Income

Wednesday Sit-Down: Teacher pay in Maine

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Grace Leavitt of the Maine Education Association sits down with CBS 13 to talk about teacher pay in Maine. Click here to […]

WGME

Posted May 8, 2024

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

Jobs and Income

Pushing back on veto, farmworker advocates say Mills’ proposal scaled back labor rights

Arthur Phillips, a policy analyst with the Maine Center for Economic Policy who was part of the stakeholder commission that worked on recommendations for the bill, agreed […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted May 7, 2024

Tags Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs

Taxes and Budget

A ‘Rubik’s cube’: Lawmakers reconvene as more than 200 bills await legislative action

As James Myall, an analyst for the progressive Maine Center for Economic Policy, previously told Maine Morning Star, “It would be especially frustrating if they don’t even pass […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted May 7, 2024

Tags Budget

Jobs and Income

Gov. Mills signs executive order to boost employment of women in construction

The percentage of jobs unfilled in Maine has nearly doubled compared to 20 years ago, according to the annual “State of Working Maine” report from the Maine […]

Yahoo! News

Posted May 6, 2024

Tags Economic Security, Gender, Inequality, Jobs

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Wednesday Sit-Down: Work permits for asylum seekers

Letter: Invest in Maine people and communities

Wednesday Sit-Down: New Family and Medical Leave Act

Meet the Private Equity Firm Squeezing America for Baseball Stadium Subsidies

Wednesday Sit-Down: Chaotic end to legislative session

From farmworker wage bill to raising taxes on wealthy, legislators sustain Gov. Mills’ vetoes

Wednesday Sit-Down: Teacher pay in Maine

Pushing back on veto, farmworker advocates say Mills’ proposal scaled back labor rights

A ‘Rubik’s cube’: Lawmakers reconvene as more than 200 bills await legislative action

Gov. Mills signs executive order to boost employment of women in construction