Health Care

LePage wrongly blames Medicaid expansion for Maine’s worker shortage

After Medicaid expansion won at the ballot box in 2017, LePage still refused to file for expansion with the federal government, prompting a lawsuit led by the […]

Beacon

Posted June 16, 2022

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Medicaid

Taxes and Budget

Maine Lawmakers Are Putting $$$ In Workers' Pockets

There’s no way around it – expenses are rising faster than wages. That’s why Maine lawmakers expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit this session, which means money […]

Mainers for Working Families

Posted June 9, 2022

Tags Economic Security, EITC, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Health Care

Opinion: Expanded Good Samaritan law is simple and will save lives

A recent report by the ACLU of Maine finds that out of the 38,893 arrests in 2019, 3,614—or roughly one out of 11— were for drug-related offenses and almost […]

Beacon

Posted June 7, 2022

Tags Economic Security, Health Care, Inequality

Taxes and Budget

Congress should focus on addressing the many rising costs that are hurting Mainers

Election seasons can heighten tensions while reducing legislative activity, but right now, before ads and mail pieces clutter our mailboxes and debates heat up, there’s a window […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted June 1, 2022

Tags Children, Coronavirus, Economic Security, Economy, Federal, Health Care

Maine’s Economy

Paul LePage Is Back!

By most metrics, despite the high inflation and soaring energy costs, Governor Mills has a sterling set of accomplishments to fall back on during her reelection campaign […]

The Nation

Posted May 31, 2022

Tags Economic Security, Economy, Jobs, Poverty, Revenue

Taxes and Budget

Paul LePage keeps proposing tax ideas that would harm average Mainers

LePage’s second term plans for slashing, leading to an elimination of, the income tax would have also raised sales taxes, which hit low and middle income people more. A 2017 analysis […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted May 24, 2022

Tags Economic Security, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Health Care

Health insurance costs will soar for 66,000 Mainers if Congress doesn’t act

AUGUSTA, Maine — Among the provisions included in the American Rescue Plan passed by Congress in 2021 was a program to increase the affordability of health insurance […]

Posted May 16, 2022

Tags Health Care

Maine’s Economy

What a day in the life of record high inflation looks like

“I think we saw at the beginning of the pandemic, there was a lot of stimulus out in the economy. People were saving a lot more,” Sarah […]

NewsCenter Maine

Posted May 12, 2022

Tags Economic Security, Economy

Jobs and Income

Legislators sustain Mills’ vetoes of progressive labor and criminal justice reform bills

“Frankly, it’s an indefensible decision,” James Myall of the Maine Center for Economic Policy wrote on Twitter. “Fear of retaliation by employers is real, and by blocking this effort […]

Beacon

Posted May 9, 2022

Tags Economic Security, Job Quality, Paid Sick Days

Taxes and Budget

Maine Took on Big Box Stores, and Won

“This is a matter of fairness,” said Sarah Austin, director of policy and research at the Maine Center for Economic Policy, in a statement. “This new law […]

Public Seminar

Posted May 9, 2022

Tags Dark Stores, Tax Fairness, Taxes

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LePage wrongly blames Medicaid expansion for Maine’s worker shortage

Maine Lawmakers Are Putting $$$ In Workers' Pockets

Opinion: Expanded Good Samaritan law is simple and will save lives

Congress should focus on addressing the many rising costs that are hurting Mainers

Paul LePage Is Back!

Paul LePage keeps proposing tax ideas that would harm average Mainers

Health insurance costs will soar for 66,000 Mainers if Congress doesn’t act

What a day in the life of record high inflation looks like

Legislators sustain Mills’ vetoes of progressive labor and criminal justice reform bills

Maine Took on Big Box Stores, and Won