Taxes and Budget

Improved Child Tax Credit long overdue for Maine families

Maine families will get a significant boost from the Biden Administration’s expansion and improvement of the Child Tax Credit (CTC). Starting in July, the families of 229,000 […]

MECEP

Posted July 1, 2021

Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Economic Security, Federal, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness

Taxes and Budget

Families of 229,000 Maine children eligible to receive first monthly payment as part of enhanced Child Tax Credit

Biden administration launches new web portal to sign up, manage automatic payments AUGUSTA, MAINE — President Joe Biden has declared today “Child Tax Credit Awareness Day” to raise […]

Posted June 21, 2021

Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Federal, Poverty, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Progressive group calls for permanent extension of enhanced child tax credit

Flaherty-Stanford, citing a projection from the Maine Center for Economic Policy, says the payments will bring more than $435 million into the state. “That’s money that’s going […]

WMTW

Posted June 15, 2021

Tags Children, Federal, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

MECEP statement on Gov. Mills' plan for federal ARP funds

AUGUSTA, MAINE — MECEP executive director Garrett Martin released the following statement regarding Gov. Janet Mills’ plan for spending more than $1 billion in federal COVID relief […]

Posted May 4, 2021

Tags Coronavirus, Federal

Maine’s Economy

MECEP statement on Biden's American Families Plan

AUGUSTA, MAINE — James Myall, economic policy analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy, released the following statement regarding the American Families Plan, a new legislative […]

Posted April 28, 2021

Tags Coronavirus, Economic Security, Federal

Maine’s Economy

Transformative “American Rescue Plan” will deliver $6 billion to Maine’s economy

The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act recently approved by Congress will deliver roughly $6 billion to Maine’s economy, according to recent MECEP analysis. The top initiatives that will support Maine’s economic […]

James Myall

Posted April 2, 2021

Tags Children, Coronavirus, Economic Security, Economy, Education, EITC, Federal, Housing, Infrastructure, K-12 Education, SNAP, Taxes, Unemployment

Education

One easy way for Maine to increase grants for college students with low incomes this year

Thanks to federal forbearance on student loan payments during the pandemic, Maine has an opportunity to make college more affordable this year for students with low incomes by […]

Jody Harris

Posted March 17, 2021

Tags Education, Federal, Higher Education, Student Debt

Maine’s Economy

MECEP applauds passage of American Rescue Plan to provide much-needed relief to Mainers

AUGUSTA, MAINE — The Maine Center for Economic Policy applauds the passage today of the American Rescue Plan. This legislation is the kind of action the country […]

Posted March 10, 2021

Tags Coronavirus, Economic Security, Federal

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Why is Maine’s revenue picture better than expected?

Past recessions wreaked havoc on Maine’s state budget and the COVID recession was expected to do the same. While Maine’s current revenue forecast, finalized in early December […]

Sarah Austin

Posted March 5, 2021

Tags Coronavirus, Federal, Recession, Revenue, Taxes

Jobs and Income

Collins pushes for federal minimum wage even lower than Maine’s rate

Analysts have pointed out that, factoring in inflation, Collins’ new proposal provides even less for low-wage workers than what she supported previously. In 2014, Collins voted against a $10.10 […]

Beacon

Posted February 26, 2021

Tags Federal, Incomes, Minimum Wage

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Improved Child Tax Credit long overdue for Maine families

Families of 229,000 Maine children eligible to receive first monthly payment as part of enhanced Child Tax Credit

Progressive group calls for permanent extension of enhanced child tax credit

MECEP statement on Gov. Mills' plan for federal ARP funds

MECEP statement on Biden's American Families Plan

Transformative “American Rescue Plan” will deliver $6 billion to Maine’s economy

One easy way for Maine to increase grants for college students with low incomes this year

MECEP applauds passage of American Rescue Plan to provide much-needed relief to Mainers

Why is Maine’s revenue picture better than expected?

Collins pushes for federal minimum wage even lower than Maine’s rate