Taxes and Budget Question 4 will fix crumbling transportation network, save lives Maine’s roads badly need work. On Tuesday, voters have the chance to make a small dent in our road needs. Question 4 will make $41 million available […] Jody Harris Posted October 31, 2012 Tags Bonds, Jobs
Jobs and Income September Employment Report Shows Maine's Job Growth Remains "Anemic at Best" Augusta, Maine (Friday, October 19, 2012) Garrett Martin, Executive Director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP), issued the following statement concerning the September employment report […] Posted October 19, 2012 Tags Employment, Jobs
Jobs and Income Maine Should Be Adding Jobs. Our Population Growth Doesn’t Matter Right Now. Maine’s population declined in 2009 and 2010. It barely grew at all in 2011. So it makes sense that we don’t have any job growth right? Wrong. […] Joel Johnson Posted September 21, 2012 Tags Jobs
Jobs and Income August Employment Report Provides “Further Evidence that Job Growth in Maine is Non-existent” Augusta, Maine (Friday, September 21, 2012) Garrett Martin, Executive Director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP), issued the following statement concerning the August employment report […] Posted September 21, 2012 Tags Employment, Jobs
Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget Immigrants: Fueling Maine's Economy The nonpartisan, New-York-based Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI) reports that rather than being a drag on our economy, immigrants actually help grow it and by remarkably large amounts. […] Jody Harris Posted July 11, 2012 Tags Economy, Immigration, Jobs
Taxes and Budget Governor Defies Maine Voters Governor LePage announced on Tuesday night that he would not borrow funds for bonds Maine voters approved in 2009 for important state economic investments. We’ve seen politicians […] Jody Harris Posted June 15, 2012 Tags Jobs
Jobs and Income Faulty Jobs Numbers Fuel Governor LePage's Premature Victory Lap Today Governor LePage’s office released a report called Making Maine Prosperous, subtitled “The First 500 Days of Governor Paul LePage”. In that report, the unidentified authors from […] Joel Johnson Posted May 18, 2012 Tags Jobs
Taxes and Budget Bonds: A Prudent Investment with a Big Payoff If your roof were leaking, would you delay repairs while the problem worsens? With Maine’s roads and bridges crumbling, doesn’t it also make sense to invest in […] Jody Harris Posted April 24, 2012 Tags Bonds, Jobs
Taxes and Budget A More Constructive Way to End the Legislative Session Recent unemployment figures remind us that Maine’s jobs problem continue. In their rush to pass more budget-crippling tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthy before the session […] Mark Sullivan Posted April 10, 2012 Tags Bonds, Budget, Jobs
Taxes and Budget “Bait and switch” legislation is bad for Maine now and in the future A troubling tactic to push bills through the Legislature with minimum public scrutiny has begun to result in the passage of ill-conceived, irresponsible legislation under the radar […] Garrett Martin Posted March 19, 2012 Tags Budget, Jobs, Taxes