Health Care MECEP on WGAN to Explain the Benefits of Voting "YES" on 2 for Medicaid Expansion This morning, MECEP Executive Director Garrett Martin went on-air on WGAN to lay out the benefits to Maine people and Maine’s economy if Mainers vote “yes” on […] WGAN Posted October 20, 2017 Tags Economy, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid
Jobs and Income Out of work, out of hope – This is what a depressed economy looks like Tens of thousands of Mainers disheartened by the dim prospects of good paying, middle-class jobs have given up looking for work. Some are discouraged to the point […] James Myall Posted September 21, 2017 Tags Economic Security, Jobs
Health Care, Jobs and Income Decline in health tied to decline in workforce People of prime working age have dropped out of the workforce at levels not previously seen by labor economists, especially outside greater Portland. According to a forthcoming study by […] Sun Journal Posted September 4, 2017 Tags Health Care, Jobs
Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget Pine Tree Development Zones fail to create quality jobs in areas of need As part of a multiyear review of business tax credits, the state’s government accountability office reported today that the Pine Tree Development Zone (PTDZ) program does not live up to its promise of creating good jobs in higher unemployment areas. Sarah Austin Posted August 23, 2017 Tags Economy, Jobs, Tax Breaks, Taxes
Maine’s Economy #DefendDACA: Dreamers are good for jobs and the economy New Mainers are part of the solution to Maine’s demographic problems and help us fill labor needs. Beneficiaries of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), or “Dreamers”, […] MECEP Posted August 23, 2017 Tags Economy, Immigration, Jobs
Jobs and Income Testimony in Opposition to LD 1609, “An Act To Support Maine's Employers and Encourage Employers To Hire Young Workers” Maine’s minimum wage increase will help to restore the value of work for tens of thousands of Mainers. It will increase wages for one-third of Maine’s workforce, […] Mark Sullivan Posted May 23, 2017 Tags Jobs
Education Testimony in Support of LD 1467 An Act To Expand Competitive Skills Scholarships and Strengthen Maine's Workforce Development Programs The Competitive Skills Scholarship program provides grants to low-income students not only for tuition and books, but also for child care, transportation, and emergencies critical for adult […] Mark Sullivan Posted May 2, 2017 Tags Education, Jobs
Jobs and Income Testimony in Support of LD 895 An Act To Help Maine Manufacturing and LD 956 An Act To Establish the Maine Buy America and Build Maine Act We urge to the committee to support this legislation, which would help preserve good-paying manufacturing jobs in Maine and elsewhere in the United States by helping our […] Mark Sullivan Posted March 27, 2017 Tags Jobs
Jobs and Income Maine August Job Numbers Suggest “a Correction from Recent Artificially Low Unemployment Rates” “Eight and a half years after the Great Recession began, there are still fewer Mainers with jobs than in 2007.” Maine still lacks a clear and coherent strategy […] Posted September 20, 2016 Tags Jobs, Unemployment
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