Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy USDA reports progress on child hunger, but still a long way to go to eradicate food insecurity for all Mainers and all Americans Congress is currently deliberating over reauthorization of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which is crucial to protect school kids in Maine where the child food insecurity rate […] Mark Sullivan Posted October 28, 2015 Tags Children, Food Insecurity, Poverty
Taxes and Budget Allowing working family tax credits to expire will make it more difficult for these families to make ends meet Congress has the opportunity this fall to prevent key federal working family tax credits from expiring, resulting in cuts for 50 million working Americans, 16 million of […] Mark Sullivan Posted October 22, 2015 Tags EITC, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Maine workers who will lose all or part of benefits if EITC/CTC benefits expire Mark Sullivan Posted October 22, 2015 Tags EITC, Taxes
Education, Health Care, Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget An agenda to give American families a much-needed raise Our colleagues at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) note that “wages for the vast majority of American workers have stagnated or declined since 1979—and wage stagnation’s reach has broadened […] Mark Sullivan Posted October 15, 2015 Tags Economy, Immigration, Inequality, Infrastructure, Jobs, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Wages
Health Care Health Insurance Coverage in Maine: Heading in the Wrong Direction, Particularly for Children New Census Bureau data released yesterday paint a bleak picture for Maine when it comes to improving access to affordable health coverage Maine is the only state […] Garrett Martin Posted September 17, 2015 Tags Children, Health Care
Health Care Status of Medicaid Expansion in 2015 Mark Sullivan Posted September 16, 2015 Tags Health Care, Medicaid
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget Time to turn off Maine’s wasteful tax expenditure “faucet” One of the most fundamental obligations of the governor and legislature is careful, vigilant stewardship of how the state spends taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars. There are many competing […] Mark Sullivan Posted September 2, 2015 Tags Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Health Care Fix the ACA family coverage “glitch” In the two years since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) took effect, more Americans have health insurance than ever before. In 2013, before the law took effect, […] Marpheen Chann-Berry Posted August 18, 2015 Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care
Health Care Medicaid works in Maine Here are just a few examples of how. Maine children, the elderly, and people with disabilities derive the greatest benefit. But we are all better off when […] Mark Sullivan Posted August 11, 2015 Tags Health Care, Medicaid
Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy Mainers’ food security depends upon a stronger, improved SNAP Over the course of one year, nearly 1 in 5 Mainers will rely on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to put food on the table. […] Marpheen Chann-Berry Posted August 10, 2015 Tags Children, Food Insecurity, SNAP