Jobs and Income Research Shows Paid Sick Days are a Workplace Necessity (Augusta, ME) The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) released today Paid Sick Days are a Workplace Necessity. This report is produced with help from the Institute […] Posted April 3, 2007 Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Paid Sick Days
Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget New Maine Reports Highlight Need for Strong Food Stamp and SCHIP Programs and Responsible Budget (Augusta, ME) Two new reports highlight some of the difficulties faced by Maine low-income families and emphasize the need for strong Farm Bill and State Children’s Health Insurance […] Posted March 6, 2007 Tags Economic Security, Food Insecurity, SNAP
Taxes and Budget President's Budget Reflects Wrong Priorities for Maine and the Country (Augusta, ME) States will pay for President Bush’s misplaced priorities, said a group of advocates on Thursday. Calling President’s Bush’s proposed budget a giant “cost shift to states,” representatives […] Posted February 22, 2007 Tags Budget, Federal
Taxes and Budget Maine Organizations Voice Concern Over President’s Budget: Proposals Do Not Reflect Maine Priorities (AUGUSTA, ME) The president’s budget has the wrong priorities for Maine and America. It harms working families by deepening the problem of stagnant living standards and increasing disparities in wages, health […] Posted February 7, 2007 Tags Budget, Federal
Taxes and Budget Prosperity Maine: MECEP Annual State Tax and Budget Conference (AUGUSTA ME) The Maine Center for Economic Policy will host a forum at the Augusta Civic Center on Monday, January 8, 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. on developing a policy agenda to achieve a […] Posted January 12, 2007 Tags Budget, Taxes
Taxes and Budget TABOR: Not a Healthy Idea for Maine The Colorado experience with TABOR provides a concrete example of what is likely to happen in Maine if this measure passes on November 7th — major reductions […] Posted October 22, 2006 Tags Economy, Property Tax, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Maine's Proposed “TABOR” Likely to Cause Property Tax Increases According to New Study. (Augusta, ME) Maine’s property taxes would not necessarily be lower — and are more likely to increase — if voters adopt the proposed Taxpayer Bill of Rights […] Posted October 3, 2006 Tags Property Tax, Taxes
Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy State and National Poverty Rates Remain the Same in Fourth Year of Recovery (Augusta ME) Today, the Census Bureau reported that poverty in the United States neither rose nor declined. The national poverty rate of 12.6% for 2005 remained statistically […] Posted August 29, 2006 Tags Economic Security, Poverty
Taxes and Budget THE SAME OLD TABOR: Maine’s “Taxpayer Bill of Rights” Proposal Fails to Fix Flaws of Colorado’s TABOR (Augusta, ME) Today the Washington D.C.-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities released a paper titled, The Same Old TABOR: Maine’s “Taxpayer Bill of Rights” Proposal Fails […] Posted March 16, 2006 Tags Property Tax, Taxes
Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy New Estimates of Livable Wages for Maine (Augusta, ME) The Maine Center for Economic Policy released today Getting By: Maine Livable Wages in 2004. The report calculates basic needs budgets by adding estimated costs […] Posted October 6, 2005 Tags Economic Security, Incomes, Wages