Closing the Gap: Maine’s Direct Care Shortage and Solutions to Fix It

Download the PDF version full report Summary Stories Today in Maine, thousands of older adults, people with disabilities, and individuals with behavioral health challenges do not receive […]

Arthur Phillips

Posted June 17, 2024

Tags Caregiving, Direct Care Work, Economic Security, Employment, Health Care, Job Quality, Jobs, Wages

Jobs and Income

Mainers unable to find caregivers for all authorized home care hours

Eliminating the waitlist — even temporarily — is still progress, according to Arthur Phillips, the economic policy analyst with the Maine Center for Economic Policy. “It represents […]

The Maine Monitor

Posted June 15, 2024

Tags Caregiving, Direct Care Work, Economic Security, Employment, Job Quality, Jobs

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

Jobs and Income

Gov. Mills signs executive order to boost employment of women in construction

The percentage of jobs unfilled in Maine has nearly doubled compared to 20 years ago, according to the annual “State of Working Maine” report from the Maine […]

Yahoo! News

Posted May 6, 2024

Tags Economic Security, Gender, Inequality, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Gov. Mills vetoes 3 bills, including measure to set minimum wage for farmworkers

“After a year of deliberation, with all relevant stakeholders at the table agreeing farmworkers should be guaranteed at least the minimum wage, Gov. Mills still chose to […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted April 23, 2024

Tags Economic Security, Job Quality, Jobs, Wages

Jobs and Income

Labor advocates call Gov. Mills’ veto of her own farmworker wage bill ‘an embarrassment’

Arthur Phillips, policy analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy who served on the minimum wage committee, said Mills “has reaffirmed farmworkers’ second-class status in Maine’s […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted April 23, 2024

Tags Economic Security, Job Quality, Jobs, Wages

Education, Jobs and Income

Poor pay and strained working conditions cause staffing shortages in Maine schools

At a glance: Maine has a shortage of educators due to wages that are not competitive Maine educators make less on average than peers with similar levels […]

James Myall

Posted April 8, 2024

Tags Children, Economic Security, Education, Job Quality, Jobs, K-12 Education, Wages

Taxes and Budget

Rent relief can help ease Maine’s housing crisis now

Maine should have enough safe, affordable homes for all, including renters. But for many Mainers, a lack of affordable homes and sky-high rents are pulling their bank accounts […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted March 11, 2024

Tags Economic Security, Housing

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

How public policy has and hasn’t increased equity for Black Mainers

Black History Month is an opportunity to reflect on the extent to which Maine has seen recent progress on reducing inequalities that impact Black Mainers. Data shows […]

James Myall

Posted February 27, 2024

Tags Economic Security, Employment, Immigration, Incomes, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Poverty, Racial Equity, Unemployment, Wages

Taxes and Budget

Fiscal prudence means addressing Maine’s challenges

Governor Mills recently released her proposed supplementary budget. While her budget contains promising investments in the health and financial security of Maine communities, it also withholds resources […]

Josie Phillips

Posted February 16, 2024

Tags Budget, Caregiving, Corporate Power, Economic Security, Economy, Education, Housing, Inequality, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

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Closing the Gap: Maine’s Direct Care Shortage and Solutions to Fix It

Mainers unable to find caregivers for all authorized home care hours

Lawmakers can do better for Maine workers, families and communities

Gov. Mills signs executive order to boost employment of women in construction

Gov. Mills vetoes 3 bills, including measure to set minimum wage for farmworkers

Labor advocates call Gov. Mills’ veto of her own farmworker wage bill ‘an embarrassment’

Poor pay and strained working conditions cause staffing shortages in Maine schools

Rent relief can help ease Maine’s housing crisis now

How public policy has and hasn’t increased equity for Black Mainers

Fiscal prudence means addressing Maine’s challenges