Jobs and Income

CBS Moneywatch: Must work for food stamps: A modest proposal or recipe for hunger?

“… Those who work to combat hunger in Maine say that while food-stamp enrollment has declined, the work requirement hasn’t done anything to reduce hunger in the […]

CBS Moneywatch

Posted May 17, 2018

Tags Employment, Food Insecurity

Jobs and Income

Letter to the editor: Maine bill to restrict food stamps both harmful to poor and expensive

“… The proposed bill limits waivers, creates a benefits cliff and applies work requirements to individuals over 50 and parents of school-aged children. These restrictions were modeled on Maine […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted May 15, 2018

Tags Employment, Food Insecurity

Jobs and Income

MECEP Statement on Maine's July 2016 Employment Data

“A correction of the artificially low unemployment rate” Augusta, Maine (Friday, August 19, 2016) The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) issued the following statement from Policy Analyst […]

Posted August 19, 2016

Tags Employment, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Maine Jobs Numbers Yet to Recover to 2008 Levels (line graph)

Mark Sullivan

Posted August 15, 2016

Tags Employment, Jobs

Jobs and Income

During the Recession and Recovery (2008-015) Maine's small businesses lost more jobs than large companies (bar chart)

Mark Sullivan

Posted August 3, 2016

Tags Employment, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Maine State Government Is Already at Its Smallest Size in 20 Years (line graph)

Mark Sullivan

Posted July 28, 2016

Tags Employment

Jobs and Income

MECEP Statement on Maine's June 2016 Employment Data

“Another bumpy month for Mainers looking for work” Augusta, Maine (Friday, July 22, 2016) The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) issued the following statement from Policy […]

Posted July 22, 2016

Tags Employment, Jobs

Jobs and Income

MECEP Statement on Maine's May Employment Data

“Today’s report confirms that, unlike residents of most states, Mainers are still waiting for employment levels to recover to pre-recession levels” Augusta, Maine (Friday, June 17, 2016) […]

Posted June 17, 2016

Tags Employment, Jobs

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

MECEP: Jobs Report Confirms that Maine's Recovery is Incomplete

One hundred months after the recession began, Maine is among a handful of states yet to reach pre-recession employment levels For a PDF version of this release, […]

Posted May 20, 2016

Tags Employment, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Policy Basic: Maine’s Unemployment Rate, More than Meets the Eye

“. . . despite an apparently-low official unemployment rate, there are still thousands of Mainers in jobs that don’t offer the hours they need and thousands more […]

James Myall

Posted May 17, 2016

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CBS Moneywatch: Must work for food stamps: A modest proposal or recipe for hunger?

Letter to the editor: Maine bill to restrict food stamps both harmful to poor and expensive

MECEP Statement on Maine's July 2016 Employment Data

Maine Jobs Numbers Yet to Recover to 2008 Levels (line graph)

During the Recession and Recovery (2008-015) Maine's small businesses lost more jobs than large companies (bar chart)

Maine State Government Is Already at Its Smallest Size in 20 Years (line graph)

MECEP Statement on Maine's June 2016 Employment Data

MECEP Statement on Maine's May Employment Data

MECEP: Jobs Report Confirms that Maine's Recovery is Incomplete

Policy Basic: Maine’s Unemployment Rate, More than Meets the Eye