Taxes and Budget

MECEP Op-Ed in the Press Herald: LePage’s tax plan gives huge benefits to a few at expense of the many

We can fully fund our public schools. We can build a robust infrastructure that lays the groundwork for sustained, shared economic prosperity. We can maintain a public […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted March 29, 2018

Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Jobs and Income

MECEP Op-Ed in the BDN: Pine Tree Development Zones have failed. Lawmakers need better ideas to create jobs.

This Op-Ed was originally published in the Bangor Daily News. Click here to see the original publication.

Posted January 10, 2018

Tags Jobs

Health Care

MECEP Op-Ed in KJ: On Nov. 7, vote for jobs, health care, hospitals

Tens of thousands of Mainers have come together to ask Maine voters to approve an expansion of Maine’s Medicaid program (known as MaineCare) to more than 70,000 of their neighbors living in, or near, poverty.

Central Maine Newspapers

Posted September 20, 2017

Tags Health Care, Medicaid

Health Care

MECEP Op-Ed in the BDN: The Republican assault on the Affordable Care Act is not over

Health care accounts for one-sixth of our country’s economy. But more than that, it is desperately important to the mother with a sick child, an adult caring for […]

Posted September 12, 2017

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care

Health Care

MECEP Op-Ed in the Press Herald: Expanding Medicaid will help Maine hospitals, health centers and the economy

Opponents of Medicaid expansion have no new arguments to offer, so they are resorting to fighting over the past. The evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of Medicaid […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted September 12, 2017

Tags Health Care, Medicaid

Education

MECEP Op-Ed: in the BDN: Without a fair funding source, many Maine kids won’t get a quality education

When contrasted with the tax breaks the top 2 percent of Mainers will enjoy over the next two years, the increased school funding looks like less of […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted September 5, 2017

Tags Children, Education, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Taxes

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MECEP Op-Ed in the Press Herald: LePage’s tax plan gives huge benefits to a few at expense of the many

MECEP Op-Ed in the BDN: Pine Tree Development Zones have failed. Lawmakers need better ideas to create jobs.

MECEP Op-Ed in KJ: On Nov. 7, vote for jobs, health care, hospitals

MECEP Op-Ed in the BDN: The Republican assault on the Affordable Care Act is not over

MECEP Op-Ed in the Press Herald: Expanding Medicaid will help Maine hospitals, health centers and the economy

MECEP Op-Ed: in the BDN: Without a fair funding source, many Maine kids won’t get a quality education