Taxes and Budget

Wednesday Sit-Down: Last-minute budget deal

Garrett Martin from the Maine Center for Economic Policy sat down with CBS13 to discuss the last-minute budget deal in Maine. Click here to watch the full video, […]

Fox 23

Posted June 28, 2023

Tags Budget, Wednesday Sit Down

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

Health Care

Statement from the All Means All Campaign on LD 199

AUGUSTA – Organizations supporting the All Means All campaign to allow all income-qualified Mainers to access MaineCare, regardless of age or immigration status, issued the following statement […]

Posted June 28, 2023

Tags Health Care, Immigration, Inequality

Health Care, Taxes and Budget

Campaign to extend MaineCare coverage to all eligible noncitizens vows to fight on

“Maine should be a place where all of us, regardless of background or origin, can get health care when we need it. Unfortunately, this week the Maine […]

Beacon

Posted June 28, 2023

Tags Health Care, Immigration, Medicaid

Health Care, Taxes and Budget

Bill to extend MaineCare coverage to noncitizens wins support in Maine House

Groups supporting the proposal include Maine Equal Justice, Maine Center for Economic Policy, Presente! Maine, Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault, the ACLU of Maine, American Cancer Society […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted June 26, 2023

Tags Health Care, Immigration, Medicaid

Taxes and Budget

Maine Democrats begin crafting another state budget over Republican opposition

Major pieces of a potential Democratic-only budget were still unclear on Saturday. Mills’ proposal included major items mostly swept out of the last spending plan, including $80 […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted June 24, 2023

Tags Budget, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Jobs and Income

Wednesday Sit-Down: Expanding workers' rights in Maine

Garrett Martin from the Maine Center for Economic Policy sat down with CBS13 to discuss expanding workers’ rights in Maine. Click here to watch the full video, […]

Fox 23

Posted June 21, 2023

Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Unions, Wednesday Sit Down

Taxes and Budget

Bills passed by Maine lawmakers are piling up on ‘the table’ – and many will die there

“It can be very sobering, and it can risk momentum for causes that you spend a lot of time building,” said Leuthy, who is now a lobbyist […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted June 19, 2023

Tags Budget, Child Care, Child Tax Credit, Direct Care Work, Housing, Paid Family and Medical Leave

Taxes and Budget

Commentary: Business incentive tax giveaway not the program Maine needs

It’s no secret that Maine is facing a critical workforce shortage. A 2022 survey of Maine businesses conducted by the Maine State Chamber of Commerce and the […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted June 18, 2023

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

Health Care, Jobs and Income

Maine nurses split over whether state mandate of staff ratios would help

“Part of that is that health care jobs were extremely stressful – and dangerous – over the past two years, which probably led people to find other […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted June 18, 2023

Tags Health Care, Job Quality, Jobs

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Wednesday Sit-Down: Last-minute budget deal

MECEP statement on bipartisan budget deal

Statement from the All Means All Campaign on LD 199

Campaign to extend MaineCare coverage to all eligible noncitizens vows to fight on

Bill to extend MaineCare coverage to noncitizens wins support in Maine House

Maine Democrats begin crafting another state budget over Republican opposition

Wednesday Sit-Down: Expanding workers' rights in Maine

Bills passed by Maine lawmakers are piling up on ‘the table’ – and many will die there

Commentary: Business incentive tax giveaway not the program Maine needs

Maine nurses split over whether state mandate of staff ratios would help