Taxes and Budget

November 12, 2010 Letter Urging Senators Snowe and Collins to Support Tax Cuts for Maine Families, Oppose Tax Cuts for the Wealthy and Extend Unemployment Benefits

The Honorable Susan M. Collins United States Senator 413 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Collins: In less than two months, virtually all of […]

MECEP

Posted November 12, 2010

Tags Employment, Federal, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

Short Term Challenge, Long Term Optimisim

In his State Fiscal Policy Conference presentation (“Struggling to Hit Escape Velocity”) in D.C. yesterday, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics Mark Zandi stressed that the nation’s economic […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted November 10, 2010

Tags Economy, Federal

Maine’s Economy

Congress Must Expand the Availability of the Successful Federal Housing Choice Voucher Program

New report urges passage of the Section 8 Voucher Reform Act (SEVRA) to remove cumbersome red tape and improve the program’s accessibility Augusta, Maine (Monday, October 25, […]

Posted October 25, 2010

Tags Federal, Housing

Jobs and Income

Statement Urging Senate Passage of Legislation to Extend Unemployment and TANF Benefits and Enhanced Federal Medicaid Funding

MECEP strongly urges Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins to demand that before it adjourns for the July 4th break, the Senate pass comprehensive legislation to extend […]

MECEP

Posted June 30, 2010

Tags Employment, Federal, Health Care, Medicaid, TANF

Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

Federal Climate Change Legislation Will Help Maine to “Grow More Efficient, More Competitive and More Energy Independent”

Colby Economist Tom Tietenberg warns that the longer Congress waits to act the higher the environmental and economic costs will be Augusta, Maine (Thursday, June 10, 2010)—The […]

Posted June 10, 2010

Tags Economy, Federal

Maine’s Economy

Choices: Climate Change: Maine Makes the Case for Federal Action Now

In the latest in the 15-year MECEP Choices series, Colby College Mitchell Family Professor of Economics Emeritus Tom Tietenberg examines how Maine has responded to the climate […]

Jody Harris

Posted June 7, 2010

Tags Federal

Maine’s Economy

Urging Maine’s Congressional Delegation to Provide Leadership to Extend Federal Benefits to the Unemployed and Financial Assistance to States. Press Conference with Other Advocates, Ocean Gateway, Portland, Maine, June 3, 2010

This is a critical juncture for the economic security of thousands of unemployed Mainers, for the effort to recover from the Great Recession and for the future […]

MECEP

Posted June 3, 2010

Tags Employment, Federal

Jobs and Income

We Need the Local Jobs for America Act to put Mainers back to work

Statement of Christopher St. John recognizing the 75th anniversary of the creation of the Works Progress Administration To view a YouTube video of Kit’s remarks, click […]

Posted April 6, 2010

Tags Federal, Jobs

Maine’s Economy

MECEP Welcomes News that China and India Have Joined the International Climate Change Agreement

Senate must act on bill to address this “potentially devastating threat to Maine’s natural resource based economy and to the quality of life for all Maine people” […]

Posted March 10, 2010

Tags Federal

Jobs and Income

MECEP Applauds Senate Passage of $15 Billion Jobs Bill; Urges Swift, Bipartisan Action to Extend Unemployment Benefits, Provide States Fiscal Relief

“We need to get Maine and America’s unemployed back to work and shift our economy back into high gear” Augusta, Maine (Wednesday, February 24, 2010)—The Maine […]

Posted February 24, 2010

Tags Federal, Jobs, Unemployment

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November 12, 2010 Letter Urging Senators Snowe and Collins to Support Tax Cuts for Maine Families, Oppose Tax Cuts for the Wealthy and Extend Unemployment Benefits

Short Term Challenge, Long Term Optimisim

Congress Must Expand the Availability of the Successful Federal Housing Choice Voucher Program

Statement Urging Senate Passage of Legislation to Extend Unemployment and TANF Benefits and Enhanced Federal Medicaid Funding

Federal Climate Change Legislation Will Help Maine to “Grow More Efficient, More Competitive and More Energy Independent”

Choices: Climate Change: Maine Makes the Case for Federal Action Now

Urging Maine’s Congressional Delegation to Provide Leadership to Extend Federal Benefits to the Unemployed and Financial Assistance to States. Press Conference with Other Advocates, Ocean Gateway, Portland, Maine, June 3, 2010

We Need the Local Jobs for America Act to put Mainers back to work

MECEP Welcomes News that China and India Have Joined the International Climate Change Agreement

MECEP Applauds Senate Passage of $15 Billion Jobs Bill; Urges Swift, Bipartisan Action to Extend Unemployment Benefits, Provide States Fiscal Relief