Taxes and Budget

EITC makes up to $7,459 available to low-income, working Mainers — but only if they file their taxes

Maine workers with low incomes could receive thousands of dollars through the Earned Income Tax Credit, or EITC. But that income boost is only available to those […]

Mario Moretto

Posted April 27, 2021

Tags EITC, Taxes

Dental care is health care. MaineCare should cover it.

Our mouths are part of our bodies, so dental care is heath care. But a limited view of what counts as health care is leaving Mainers with […]

James Myall

Posted April 26, 2021

Tags Economic Security, Health Care, Inequality, Medicaid, Medicare, Poverty

Jobs and Income

Anti-retaliation law would guarantee real rights for Maine workers

State labor laws are critical to ensuring basic rights and dignity at the workplace. From the minimum wage to paid time off, accommodations for working mothers to laws mandating breaks […]

James Myall

Posted April 23, 2021

Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Paid Sick Days

Health Care

Maine has a chance to correct injustice by expanding health care to New Mainers with low incomes

All Mainers — no matter where they come from or what they look like — deserve access to affordable health care. MaineCare offers affordable health care coverage […]

James Myall

Posted April 16, 2021

Tags Coronavirus, Health Care, Inequality, Racial Equity

Maine’s Economy

To advance racial equity, Maine’s Permanent Commission needs permanent resources

Note: James Myall is a member of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Maine Tribal Populations All Mainers — regardless of race, ethnicity, […]

James Myall

Posted April 14, 2021

Tags Inequality, Racial Equity

Taxes and Budget

Maine can clamp down on corporate tax dodging by targeting tax haven abuse

When Maine communities thrive, so do the corporations that do business here. But when profitable corporations build their wealth by exploiting the tax code and hiding their […]

Sarah Austin

Posted April 14, 2021

Tags Economy, Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Jobs and Income

Increasing Maine’s minimum wage to $16 would boost wages for more than 350,000 Mainers

Mainers’ wages have risen in recent years thanks in part to increases in the minimum wage approved by voters in 2016. Those increases have led to raises […]

James Myall

Posted April 12, 2021

Tags Coronavirus, Economic Security, Job Quality, Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income

Anti-minimum wage bills would cut Mainers’ wages by $193 million, with big impact on essential workers

A strong minimum wage supports Maine’s workers and creates an economy that is stronger for all of us. But year after year, opponents of the minimum wage […]

James Myall

Posted April 12, 2021

Tags Coronavirus, Economic Security, Job Quality, Minimum Wage, Wages

Education

COVID compounds Maine’s education debt crisis. The time to act is now.

MECEP economic policy analyst James Myall contributed to this blog post. There was a student loan crisis before the pandemic, now it is even worse. Despite gains in recent […]

Jody Harris

Posted April 9, 2021

Tags Coronavirus, Education, Higher Education, Student Debt

Jobs and Income

Maine must end carveouts that take workers’ rights away from essential farmers and food producers

Everyone deserves the same basic protections and rights on the job. Laws guaranteeing the minimum wage, overtime, and the right to form a union are foundational to creating […]

James Myall

Posted April 7, 2021

Tags Inequality, Job Quality, Minimum Wage, Racial Equity, Unions, Wages

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EITC makes up to $7,459 available to low-income, working Mainers — but only if they file their taxes

Dental care is health care. MaineCare should cover it.

Anti-retaliation law would guarantee real rights for Maine workers

Maine has a chance to correct injustice by expanding health care to New Mainers with low incomes

To advance racial equity, Maine’s Permanent Commission needs permanent resources

Maine can clamp down on corporate tax dodging by targeting tax haven abuse

Increasing Maine’s minimum wage to $16 would boost wages for more than 350,000 Mainers

Anti-minimum wage bills would cut Mainers’ wages by $193 million, with big impact on essential workers

COVID compounds Maine’s education debt crisis. The time to act is now.

Maine must end carveouts that take workers’ rights away from essential farmers and food producers