Jobs and Income Department of Defense moves to protect service members and their families from abusive creditors A soldier returns from a tour of duty in Afghanistan to find his car repossessed in his absence. A sailor on patrol in the Persian Gulf receives […] Marpheen Chann-Berry Posted July 23, 2015 Tags Consumer Protection, Federal
Maine’s Economy Complaints from military consumers about payday loans have soared in recent years Mark Sullivan Posted July 23, 2015 Tags Consumer Protection
Maine’s Economy MECEP Legislative Summary – First Regular Session of the 127th Maine Legislature For a PDF of a chart that summarizes the bills on which MECEP presented testimony during the legislative session which ended on July 16, 2015, click here. Mark Sullivan Posted July 15, 2015 Tags Economy
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget Bonds: Building blocks for a stronger Maine economy “Maine has a lot of work to do in order to keep up with our rapidly changing world and to compete successfully in the global marketplace. Implementing […] Marpheen Chann-Berry Posted July 13, 2015 Tags Bonds, Infrastructure
Jobs and Income New overtime regulation changes are welcome “Two days ago, President Obama announced that he’s taking the easiest route to fixing this loophole. He is updating the standards so that employers cannot deny overtime […] Marpheen Chann-Berry Posted July 2, 2015 Tags Federal, Job Quality, Overtime
Maine’s Economy Legislators can help working families by overriding bonds release bill veto “Governor LePage has it all wrong when he says LMF is only for the rich. LMF very specifically helps working families. In particular, it keeps farm lands in […] Jody Harris Posted June 30, 2015 Tags Bonds, Revenue
Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget Budget deal includes refundable tax credits for low- and moderate-income Mainers “Combined with Maine’s circuit breaker property tax relief program, which was renamed and converted to a refundable income tax credit two years ago, there will now be […] Marpheen Chann-Berry Posted June 30, 2015 Tags Budget, EITC, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Refundable Sales Tax Fairness Credit Will Benefit Low-Income Mainers Mark Sullivan Posted June 30, 2015 Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes
Jobs and Income Protecting Mainers from unscrupulous debt collectors “There has been an explosion of debt collection companies known as debt buyers in recent years. Debt-buyers buy old debt that creditors have written off as uncollectable. […] Jody Harris Posted June 29, 2015 Tags Consumer Protection
Health Care Mainers win in King v. Burwell The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in King v. Burwell ensures that over 60,000 Mainers, will continue to be able to afford health insurance under the Affordable Care […] Marpheen Chann-Berry Posted June 26, 2015 Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care