Taxes and Budget

Breaking: New Analysis Confirms Trump Tax Plan a Windfall for Wealthy, One in Seven Mainers Will Pay More

“This tax plan is bad for Maine,” said Sarah Austin, a policy analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy. “If enacted, these lopsided cuts will only serve to worsen the growing gap between the richest households and everyone else and will trigger deep cuts in this and future budgets to everything from medical research, to job training, to infrastructure and other investments that grow our economy.”

Posted October 4, 2017

Tags Federal, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Trump Tax Cuts

Maine’s Economy

MECEP Matters, September 2017

ContentsI. MECEP Reports: State of Working Maine 2017II. Facts & Figures: Link between economy and healthIII. MECEP In Action: Because of you, Senator Collins voted NO on […]

Posted October 4, 2017

Tags Economy

Health Care

Medicaid expansion – on Maine’s November ballot – divides business groups

The Maine Center for Economic Policy, a left-leaning economic think tank, has estimated that 3,000 new jobs would be created in Maine if Medicaid were expanded. […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted October 3, 2017

Tags Health Care, Medicaid

Taxes and Budget

MECEP talks Trump's tax plan on The Pulse with Don Cookson

MECEP’s tax and budget policy analyst called into WZON’s The Pulse with Don Cookson to discuss Trump’s tax plan sketch and its proposal to eliminate the […]

WZON

Posted October 2, 2017

Tags Federal, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Trump Tax Cuts

Maine’s Economy

Senators Collins and King make Maine proud

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 29, 2017 CONTACT: Marpheen Chann mchann@mecep.org (207) 620-1128 Senators Collins and King make Maine proud AUGUSTA, MAINE (September 29, 2017) – The Maine Center for […]

Posted September 29, 2017

Tags Federal, Susan Collins

Education

New program aims to educate about race

The Maine Center for Economic Policy found in 2014 that blacks and African Americans in Maine have some of the highest rates of poverty in the country. […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted September 29, 2017

Tags Education, Inequality, Racial Equity

Health Care

Collins ‘no’ to Graham-Cassidy highlights dangers of rushed, harmful repeal bill

As the Maine Center for Economic Policy notes, in most Maine counties, hospitals are the biggest employers. Half of Maine’s hospitals operate in deficit, and only one-third have […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted September 27, 2017

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care

Health Care

Groups Challenge LePage’s Claim That Maine Will Get More Money Under GOP Health Bill

The Maine Center for Economic Policy issued a statement Friday saying it estimates Maine would lose $1 billion under the proposal, and that more than 160,000 Mainers stand to lose health coverage.

Maine Public

Posted September 23, 2017

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care

Health Care

Statement: LePage claim that Graham-Cassidy bill would mean more federal funding for Maine is misleading

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 22, 2017 CONTACT: Marpheen Chann mchann@mecep.org (207)620-1128 LePage claim that Graham-Cassidy bill would mean more federal funding for Maine is misleading AUGUSTA, MAINE (September […]

Posted September 22, 2017

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care

Maine’s Economy

MECEP talks SOWM 2017 on The Pulse with Don Cookson

MECEP’s executive director Garrett Martin called in to talk about MECEP’s new report: “The State of Working Maine 2017”.

WZON

Posted September 21, 2017

Tags Economy

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Breaking: New Analysis Confirms Trump Tax Plan a Windfall for Wealthy, One in Seven Mainers Will Pay More

MECEP Matters, September 2017

Medicaid expansion – on Maine’s November ballot – divides business groups

MECEP talks Trump's tax plan on The Pulse with Don Cookson

Senators Collins and King make Maine proud

New program aims to educate about race

Collins ‘no’ to Graham-Cassidy highlights dangers of rushed, harmful repeal bill

Groups Challenge LePage’s Claim That Maine Will Get More Money Under GOP Health Bill

Statement: LePage claim that Graham-Cassidy bill would mean more federal funding for Maine is misleading

MECEP talks SOWM 2017 on The Pulse with Don Cookson