Latest Census Data: Maine's Economy Remains Stagnant; Children's Health Coverage Continues to Improve

Maine median income and poverty rates statistically show no sign of improvement; number of children without health care down 31% since 2000 Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, September […]

Posted September 17, 2013

Tags Economy, Health Care

Maine’s Economy

MECEP Economist Joel Johnson Named to State’s Consensus Economic Forecasting Commission

Augusta, Maine (Thursday, April 4, 2013) Governor Paul LePage has appointed Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) economist Joel Johnson to the state’s Consensus Economic Forecasting Commission […]

Posted April 4, 2013

Tags Economy

Jobs and Income

Raise the Minimum Wage to Reward Work and Boost Maine’s Economy

Today, Maine’s Joint Standing Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research, and Economic Development (LCRED) takes action on LD 611, which would raise Maine’s minimum wage from $7.50 to […]

Joel Johnson

Posted March 22, 2013

Tags Economy, Incomes, Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage

Taxes and Budget

A Capital Gains Tax Cut Would Worsen Maine’s Budget Gap and Make the Tax System Even More Unfair

Just when you thought that Maine lawmakers might be getting the message that a majority of Mainers want the wealthy to pay their fair share of taxes, […]

Joel Johnson

Posted February 19, 2013

Tags Economy, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Jobs and Income

Community is important to our economy too

Our political leaders often are singularly focused on business growth as our economic savior. And there is no doubt, businesses are vital as employers, purchasers, and investors. […]

Jody Harris

Posted January 14, 2013

Tags Economy, Employment

Taxes and Budget

Buy Local; Invest in Maine People

“What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store? What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more?” ―Dr. Suess’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas It’s […]

Jody Harris

Posted December 8, 2012

Tags Economy, Jobs

Maine’s Economy

Gap between Maine’s Wealthiest and Poorest Families Grows

Augusta, Maine — Income gaps widened in Maine and across the nation between the late 1990s and the mid-2000s, but Maine’s inequality problem is milder than in […]

Posted November 15, 2012

Tags Economy, Inequality

Taxes and Budget

Maine's Tax Solution: Fairness and Investing in Economic Growth

MECEP’s new tax report should not be a surprise to anyone. It shows that income tax cuts made in 2011 are not the panacea that proponents have […]

Jody Harris

Posted October 18, 2012

Tags Economy, Income Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

What New Census Data Say About Maine’s Economy

Today the US Census Bureau released data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) on income, health insurance coverage, and poverty. Maine ranks in the middle of the […]

Garrett Martin

Posted September 12, 2012

Tags Economy

Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

Immigrants: Fueling Maine's Economy

The nonpartisan, New-York-based Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI) reports that rather than being a drag on our economy, immigrants actually help grow it and by remarkably large amounts. […]

Jody Harris

Posted July 11, 2012

Tags Economy, Immigration, Jobs

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Latest Census Data: Maine's Economy Remains Stagnant; Children's Health Coverage Continues to Improve

MECEP Economist Joel Johnson Named to State’s Consensus Economic Forecasting Commission

Raise the Minimum Wage to Reward Work and Boost Maine’s Economy

A Capital Gains Tax Cut Would Worsen Maine’s Budget Gap and Make the Tax System Even More Unfair

Community is important to our economy too

Buy Local; Invest in Maine People

Gap between Maine’s Wealthiest and Poorest Families Grows

Maine's Tax Solution: Fairness and Investing in Economic Growth

What New Census Data Say About Maine’s Economy

Immigrants: Fueling Maine's Economy