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.

#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”, […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Maine Jobs Numbers Yet to Recover to 2008 Levels (line graph)

Mainers’ personal income growth third slowest in the nation; are big businesses to blame?

Since the Great Recession, Mainers’ personal incomes have grown at a slower rate than residents of nearly every other state, according to a new Pew Research Center […]

During the Recession and Recovery (2008-015) Maine's small businesses lost more jobs than large companies (bar chart)