Taxes and Budget

Wednesday Sit-Down: Making taxes easier for Mainers

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Maura Pillsbury, analyst from the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to talk about taxes in Maine. Click […]

WGME

Posted June 12, 2024

Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Wednesday Sit Down

Taxes and Budget

Wednesday Sit-Down: Supreme Court rules on consumer protections

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss a recent Supreme Court ruling […]

WGME

Posted June 5, 2024

Tags Consumer Protection, Federal, Wednesday Sit Down

Jobs and Income

Population Map Shows Oldest, Youngest US States

Over the past 20 years, the number of Mainers in the workforce has increased by 6 percent, which is significantly below the national workforce growth of 20 […]

Newsweek

Posted June 4, 2024

Tags Employment, Jobs, Unemployment

Jobs and Income

Wednesday Sit-Down: Work permits for asylum seekers

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss the push for asylum seekers […]

WGME

Posted May 29, 2024

Tags Immigration, Jobs, Wednesday Sit Down

Taxes and Budget

Letter: Invest in Maine people and communities

Mainers cannot work if they are not healthy and lack access to stable, affordable housing or child care. They cannot support local businesses if they have no […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted May 28, 2024

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

Taxes and Budget

Lawmakers can do better for Maine workers, families and communities

Elected leaders in Maine strengthen our communities and address economic challenges through legislation. The major challenge facing Maine’s economy is the state’s plateauing workforce and to solve it we […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted May 22, 2024

Tags Budget, Direct Care Work, Economic Security, Incomes, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, K-12 Education, Minimum Wage, Racial Equity, Unemployment, Wages

Health Care, Taxes and Budget

Wednesday Sit-Down: New Family and Medical Leave Act

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Cate Blackford, from the Maine People’s Alliance, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss the new Family and Medical Leave Act. Click […]

WGME

Posted May 22, 2024

Tags Paid Family and Medical Leave, Wednesday Sit Down

Taxes and Budget

Meet the Private Equity Firm Squeezing America for Baseball Stadium Subsidies

For example, earlier this year, the Maine legislature approved a $2 million tax credit for Diamond Baseball Holdings to upgrade the stadium of the Portland Sea Dogs, […]

Boondoggle

Posted May 17, 2024

Tags Budget, Corporate Power, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Wednesday Sit-Down: Chaotic end to legislative session

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss the the chaotic end to […]

WGME

Posted May 15, 2024

Tags Budget, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, K-12 Education, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Wednesday Sit Down

Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

From farmworker wage bill to raising taxes on wealthy, legislators sustain Gov. Mills’ vetoes

The House vote on the farmworker minimum wage bill was 54 in favor of overriding the governor and 69 in favor of sustaining the veto. After the […]

News From The States

Posted May 10, 2024

Tags Budget, Job Quality, Jobs

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Wednesday Sit-Down: Making taxes easier for Mainers

Wednesday Sit-Down: Supreme Court rules on consumer protections

Population Map Shows Oldest, Youngest US States

Wednesday Sit-Down: Work permits for asylum seekers

Letter: Invest in Maine people and communities

Lawmakers can do better for Maine workers, families and communities

Wednesday Sit-Down: New Family and Medical Leave Act

Meet the Private Equity Firm Squeezing America for Baseball Stadium Subsidies

Wednesday Sit-Down: Chaotic end to legislative session

From farmworker wage bill to raising taxes on wealthy, legislators sustain Gov. Mills’ vetoes