Jobs and Income

Maine’s Economic Recovery: Limited job growth, persistent underemployment, and declining incomes

For months, we’ve written about Maine’s anemic economic recovery relative to the rest of the country. Today’s August jobs report does little to change that story. Maine […]

Garrett Martin

Posted September 19, 2014

Tags Economy, Employment, Jobs, Recession

Maine’s Economy

MECEP Matters (August 2014 edition)

MECEP Matters 8-29-2014 In This Issue Interns Lend MECEP Their Talents, Creativity, and Hard Work New Report: Living Wage for a Single Maine Adult with Two Kids: […]

Posted August 29, 2014

Tags Economy

Maine’s Economy

MECEP Matters (June 2014 edition)

MECEP Matters June 2014 In this issue: Putting Economic Data in Context Health Care Expansion Veto Override: One More Vote Employment Statistics: MECEP Looks beyond the […]

Posted June 30, 2014

Tags Economy

Jobs and Income

Jobs Recovery Nationally Showing Promise, But Maine Still Lags Far Behind

Today’s national jobs report highlights an important milestone. As a nation, we have recovered 101 percent of jobs lost during the recession. Clearly we are headed in […]

Garrett Martin

Posted June 6, 2014

Tags Economy, Employment, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Today's Employment Report “Shows that Maine’s Labor Market Continues on a Slow Path to Recovery”

Weak employment growth for prime-working-age adults and Maine’s large number of part-time workers are concerns; recovery remains confined largely to urban areas. Augusta, Maine (Friday, May 16, […]

Posted May 16, 2014

Tags Economy, Jobs

Maine’s Economy

MECEP Matters (April 2014 edition)

MECEP Matters April 2014 edition In this issue: Property Tax Relief: A Major Win for Maine’s Working Families Health Care Expansion Veto Override: One More Vote Employment […]

Posted April 30, 2014

Tags Economy

Health Care, Jobs and Income

Small Businesses and the Self-employed Will Lose if Maine Does Not Accept Federal Health Care Funds

Maine has a higher-than-average number of small businesses and one in seven Mainers is self-employed. More than half of Mainers are self-employed as farmers, loggers, fishermen, and […]

Christy Daggett

Posted April 22, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Economy, Education, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid

Health Care, Jobs and Income

The LePage Case against Medicaid Expansion: A House of Cards Built on Fallacies, Contradictions, and Ideology

“We cannot go grab federal money without understanding just how much Maine taxpayers will wind up paying. Furthermore, it is incredibly irresponsible to put taxpayers on the […]

Garrett Martin

Posted April 18, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Economy, Health Care, Medicaid

Maine’s Economy

Fed Chairman Yellen: The Recovery Still Feels Like a Recession

In case you needed more evidence that the labor market recovery in Maine and across the nation is still far from complete, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Janet […]

Joel Johnson

Posted April 1, 2014

Tags Economy, Federal

Maine’s Economy

MECEP Matters (March 2014 edition)

MECEP Matters March 2014 edition In this Issue: Campaign Continues to Accept Federal Funds for Health Coverage in Maine Social Media Also Helps Make the Case The […]

Posted March 14, 2014

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Maine’s Economic Recovery: Limited job growth, persistent underemployment, and declining incomes

MECEP Matters (August 2014 edition)

MECEP Matters (June 2014 edition)

Jobs Recovery Nationally Showing Promise, But Maine Still Lags Far Behind

Today's Employment Report “Shows that Maine’s Labor Market Continues on a Slow Path to Recovery”

MECEP Matters (April 2014 edition)

Small Businesses and the Self-employed Will Lose if Maine Does Not Accept Federal Health Care Funds

The LePage Case against Medicaid Expansion: A House of Cards Built on Fallacies, Contradictions, and Ideology

Fed Chairman Yellen: The Recovery Still Feels Like a Recession

MECEP Matters (March 2014 edition)