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STATEMENT: New census data shows most Mainers ahead compared to pre-pandemic — but poorest Mainers still struggling

New data released today by the US Census Bureau shows inflation-adjusted incomes in Maine rising faster than the national average. The number of Mainers without health insurance […]

Posted September 12, 2024

Tags Economic Security, Health Care, Incomes, Job Quality, Poverty, Wages

Health Care, Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

STATEMENT: New census data underscores how federal and state programs boost income and reduce poverty for Mainers

Data on income, health insurance coverage, and poverty are available here. “Families are seeing the benefits of a strong economy and rising wages, especially in rural areas,” […]

Posted September 10, 2024

Tags Health Care, Incomes, Poverty

Taxes and Budget

MECEP statement on Governor Mills’ veto of LD 1231

AUGUSTA, Maine — Garrett Martin, president & CEO at the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP), released the following statement in reaction to Governor Mills’ veto of […]

Posted April 26, 2024

Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Jobs and Income

MECEP statement on LD 2273 and LD 525, the farmworker minimum wage and concerted activity bills

AUGUSTA, Maine — Arthur Phillips, policy analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP), released the following statement in reaction to Governor Mills’s vetoes of LD […]

Posted April 23, 2024

Tags Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs

Taxes and Budget

Statement on supplemental budget

AUGUSTA, Maine — Garrett Martin, president & CEO at the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP), released the following statement in reaction to the budget approved by […]

Posted April 23, 2024

Tags Budget, Child Care, Corporate Power, Direct Care Work, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Wages

Taxes and Budget

MECEP responds to House passage of LD 1337: a win for corporate tax transparency

“It’s past time to stand up to corporate tax avoidance and shut down loopholes that allow multi-billion dollar businesses to shortchange our communities,” said MECEP President & […]

Posted March 29, 2024

Tags Corporate Power, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Maine Center for Economic Policy responds to Governor Mills' supplemental budget

MECEP President & CEO Garrett Martin responds to Governor Mills’ supplemental budget: “The Governor’s new supplemental budget is a good start in bolstering Maine’s economy, but with […]

Posted January 30, 2024

Tags Budget

Taxes and Budget

MECEP responds to revenue forecast

Today, November 28, Maine’s Revenue Forecasting Committee met to discuss preliminary numbers for their December 1 revenue forecast. The governor and legislature use these forecasted figures in […]

Posted November 28, 2023

Tags Budget, Revenue

Jobs and Income

MECEP statement on veto of bill to advance farmworker rights

Maine Center for Economic Policy is disappointed at Governor Janet Mills’ decision to veto LD 398, “An Act to Make Agricultural Workers and Other Related Workers Employees […]

Posted July 19, 2023

Tags Economic Security, Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Overtime, Unions

Taxes and Budget

MECEP statement on bipartisan budget deal

MECEP applauds the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee’s inclusion of many life-changing policies in the proposed budget, but cautions lawmakers about the authorization of an untested new […]

Posted June 28, 2023

Tags Budget

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STATEMENT: New census data shows most Mainers ahead compared to pre-pandemic — but poorest Mainers still struggling

STATEMENT: New census data underscores how federal and state programs boost income and reduce poverty for Mainers

MECEP statement on Governor Mills’ veto of LD 1231

MECEP statement on LD 2273 and LD 525, the farmworker minimum wage and concerted activity bills

Statement on supplemental budget

MECEP responds to House passage of LD 1337: a win for corporate tax transparency

Maine Center for Economic Policy responds to Governor Mills' supplemental budget

MECEP responds to revenue forecast

MECEP statement on veto of bill to advance farmworker rights

MECEP statement on bipartisan budget deal