Taxes and Budget

Trump budget would shift huge SNAP costs to Maine and put more Mainers at risk of going hungry

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Posted June 13, 2017

Tags Budget, Federal, SNAP

Jobs and Income

A Year after Draft Payday Protections Issued, Congress Moves to Protect Loan Sharks

Meanwhile, payday lenders drain a half million dollars in fees from Maine’s economy Augusta, Maine (June 2, 2017) Today marks the one-year anniversary of the federal Consumer […]

Posted June 2, 2017

Tags Consumer Protection, Federal

Taxes and Budget

Testimony in Opposition to HP0987, “Joint Resolution Making Application to the Congress of the United States for Calling a Convention to Propose Amendments to the Constitution of the United States to Limit the Power of the Federal Government”

A convention such as this threatens our constitution and the protections it affords to our most fundamental rights. It will hurt Mainers’ economic security and have disastrous […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted May 17, 2017

Tags Federal

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

There’s no doubt Maine has unspent federal cash. The fight is over how to use it.

Gideon claims the number of Maine children in extreme poverty — families living at 50 percent of the federal poverty level of $10,000 per year for a […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted May 10, 2017

Tags Economy, Federal

Health Care

MECEP Statement on the House Passage of the American Health Care Act

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Posted May 4, 2017

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care

Health Care

Republicans base their new Obamacare repeal on a Maine program they call a success. Don't believe them.

“People who were young and healthy certainly benefited,” says Garrett Martin, executive director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy. “But small businesses that had older employees […]

Chicago Tribune

Posted April 19, 2017

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care

Taxes and Budget

LePage administration forfeits almost $2 billion in federal aid to Maine

Drew Gattine, chair of the House Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee, says that “turning away federal funds doesn’t lower your tax burden; it sends your tax dollars […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted April 18, 2017

Tags Federal

Taxes and Budget

LePage’s responsibility is first to Maine people, not to shrinking the federal deficit

The Maine Center for Economic Policy last week released a compendium of federal funding opportunities Maine has missed out on over the past six years. The organization […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted March 31, 2017

Tags Budget, Federal

Health Care, Taxes and Budget

Testimony in Support of LD567 – “An Act To Ensure Timely Expenditure of Federal Funds in the Department of Health and Human Services”

“Our primary reason for supporting this bill is the need for more transparency from the executive branch and the department. We believe Maine needs to do better. […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted March 22, 2017

Tags Federal

Taxes and Budget

Lost Federal Funds: Lost Opportunities for Maine (Executive Summary)

Since 2011, Maine has forfeited over $1.9 billion in available federal resources that could have helped protect Mainers’ health and well-being, promote tax fairness, and boost the […]

James Myall

Posted March 21, 2017

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Trump budget would shift huge SNAP costs to Maine and put more Mainers at risk of going hungry

A Year after Draft Payday Protections Issued, Congress Moves to Protect Loan Sharks

Testimony in Opposition to HP0987, “Joint Resolution Making Application to the Congress of the United States for Calling a Convention to Propose Amendments to the Constitution of the United States to Limit the Power of the Federal Government”

There’s no doubt Maine has unspent federal cash. The fight is over how to use it.

MECEP Statement on the House Passage of the American Health Care Act

Republicans base their new Obamacare repeal on a Maine program they call a success. Don't believe them.

LePage administration forfeits almost $2 billion in federal aid to Maine

LePage’s responsibility is first to Maine people, not to shrinking the federal deficit

Testimony in Support of LD567 – “An Act To Ensure Timely Expenditure of Federal Funds in the Department of Health and Human Services”

Lost Federal Funds: Lost Opportunities for Maine (Executive Summary)