Taxes and Budget

STATEMENT: Tax Committee's unanimous vote to fund EITC expansion by closing business tax loophole

CONTACT Mario Moretto mario@mecep.org 207-620-1101 AUGUSTA, Maine — Sarah Austin, tax and budget policy analyst at Maine Center for Economic Policy, released the following statement in reaction […]

Posted June 6, 2019

Tags EITC, Inequality, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

Fact Sheet: Data on racial inequality shows need for solutions to advance racial justice

Publicly available data in Maine paints a picture of economic, health, education, and criminal justice systems that work better for whites than for people of color in […]

MECEP

Posted June 3, 2019

Tags Inequality, Racial Equity

Maine’s Economy

Maine must do more to understand, and address, the root causes of racial inequality

Publicly available data in Maine paints a picture of economic, health, education, and criminal justice systems that work better for white Mainers than for Mainers of color. […]

James Myall

Posted June 3, 2019

Tags Inequality, Racial Equity

Maine’s Economy

Racial inequality in Maine is real. A proposed commission would help undo the damage.

As it does throughout the country, publicly available data in Maine paints a picture of economic, health, education, and criminal justice systems that work better for whites […]

James Myall

Posted May 3, 2019

Tags Inequality, Racial Equity

Taxes and Budget

Fixing Maine's estate tax will reduce inequality, secure funds for our future, and make our tax code more fair

Mainers experience dramatic economic inequality. Between 1973 and 2015, the top 1% of Maine families captured 42% of all income growth, leaving just 57% for the remaining […]

Sarah Austin

Posted March 4, 2019

Tags Estate Tax, Inequality

Bills considered to protect, restrict Maine voters’ referendum rights

Sarah Austin, a policy analyst with the Maine Center for Economic Policy, said Maine’s ballot process allows for a level of direct democracy not found in some […]

Beacon

Posted February 21, 2019

Tags Inequality

Education, Jobs and Income

Maine women have higher student debt burden

A new poll released this week by the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) finds Maine women — who in Maine represent the majority of adults with student debt […]

Beacon

Posted December 5, 2018

Tags Inequality, Polling, Student Debt

Health Care

Maine Voices: Proposed gag rule would hit hardest the most vulnerable women

Title X, a crucial part of our health care system, is under attack. If successful, the Trump-Pence administration will undermine health care for millions of Americans, undermining […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted August 11, 2018

Tags Federal, Health Care, Inequality

Education

New program aims to educate about race

The Maine Center for Economic Policy found in 2014 that blacks and African Americans in Maine have some of the highest rates of poverty in the country. […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted September 29, 2017

Tags Education, Inequality, Racial Equity

Jobs and Income

Women have the right to vote, but still don't get equal pay for equal work

At the current pace, Maine women won’t see equal pay for equal work until 2057. Despite significant advances in civil rights, women still face economic inequality.

Sarah Austin

Posted August 26, 2017

Tags Incomes, Inequality

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STATEMENT: Tax Committee's unanimous vote to fund EITC expansion by closing business tax loophole

Fact Sheet: Data on racial inequality shows need for solutions to advance racial justice

Maine must do more to understand, and address, the root causes of racial inequality

Racial inequality in Maine is real. A proposed commission would help undo the damage.

Fixing Maine's estate tax will reduce inequality, secure funds for our future, and make our tax code more fair

Bills considered to protect, restrict Maine voters’ referendum rights

Maine women have higher student debt burden

Maine Voices: Proposed gag rule would hit hardest the most vulnerable women

New program aims to educate about race

Women have the right to vote, but still don't get equal pay for equal work