Jobs and Income

Money for all: Panel to explore idea of basic income payments for Mainers

Sarah Austin, policy analyst at the left-leaning Maine Center for Economic Policy, said the center supports the concept of basic economic security, but would reserve judgment on […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted November 22, 2019

Tags Economic Security, Economy, Incomes, Inequality

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

STATEMENT: EITC expansion will boost economic security for roughly 100,000 Maine households

CONTACT Mario Moretto mario@mecep.org 207-620-1101 AUGUSTA, Maine — Sarah Austin, policy analyst at Maine Center for Economic Policy, released the following statement regarding the unanimous enactment Thursday […]

Posted June 20, 2019

Tags Economic Security, EITC, Tax Fairness

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

State of Working Maine 2018

Contents Editor’s note: State of Working Maine 2018 contains extensive endnotes and citations not reflected in this online version of the report. To see the complete report […]

James Myall

Posted November 19, 2018

Tags Economic Security, Economy, Education, Employment, Job Quality, Jobs, Wages

Jobs and Income

With Brunswick shelter forced to turn people away, local, state officials discus state of homelessness in area

In many respects, Maine has not fully recovered from the 2008 recession, according to James Myall, a policy analyst for the Maine Center of Economic Policy and […]

The Times Record

Posted October 19, 2018

Tags Economic Security, Economy, Housing

Jobs and Income

Brunswick library series to examine housing affordability

[Library manager Sarah] Brown said she was inspired to hold the series after reading a blog post from James Myall, a policy analyst with the Maine Center for Economic […]

The Forecaster

Posted October 3, 2018

Tags Economic Security, Economy, Housing

Jobs and Income

MECEP Policy Brief: Minimum wage increase brought higher wages, reduced child poverty in 2017

Summary: Maine’s voter-approved minimum wage increase in 2017 led to the fastest wage increase in a decade for low-income Mainers and helped lift 10,000 Maine children out […]

James Myall

Posted September 24, 2018

Tags Children, Economic Security, Minimum Wage

Jobs and Income

Seniors’ quality of life on a shaky foundation

“The LePage administration appears to be trying to solve the federal deficit at the state level,” said MECEP Associate Director Jody Harris. “(It) doesn’t agree with applying […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted September 9, 2018

Tags Economic Security, Seniors

Taxes and Budget

Experts disagree whether Maine home care referendum will result in ‘marriage penalty’

MECEP’S Executive Director Garrett Martin says [the proposal would not penalize married couples for filing jointly] because the tax on earned income is a payroll tax, deducted […]

Maine Public

Posted August 17, 2018

Tags Caregiving, Economic Security

Taxes and Budget

‘Marriage penalty’ debate takes center-stage in Maine home care fight

Garrett Martin, the executive director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy, a progressive group that has taken no position on the referendum, said the LePage administration’s […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted August 17, 2018

Tags Caregiving, Economic Security

Maine’s Economy

Could you cover an unexpected $400 expense? Nearly half of Mainers could not

A modest unexpected expense could overturn the finances of nearly half of all Mainers, and one in five Maine residents cannot pay all their bills on time. […]

James Myall

Posted June 26, 2018

Tags Economic Security

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Money for all: Panel to explore idea of basic income payments for Mainers

STATEMENT: EITC expansion will boost economic security for roughly 100,000 Maine households

State of Working Maine 2018

With Brunswick shelter forced to turn people away, local, state officials discus state of homelessness in area

Brunswick library series to examine housing affordability

MECEP Policy Brief: Minimum wage increase brought higher wages, reduced child poverty in 2017

Seniors’ quality of life on a shaky foundation

Experts disagree whether Maine home care referendum will result in ‘marriage penalty’

‘Marriage penalty’ debate takes center-stage in Maine home care fight

Could you cover an unexpected $400 expense? Nearly half of Mainers could not