Maine’s Economy Keeping Mainers out of Poverty: Let Me Count the Ways Too many Maine families struggle to put food on their tables and keep a roof over their heads. That our neighbors suffer in this tough economy is […] Jody Harris Posted September 25, 2012 Tags Incomes, Poverty, Tax Fairness
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
Maine’s Economy Maine Has Too Many Children in Poverty and it Would Be Worse Without Government Intervention It’s an exciting time of year when the US Census Bureau releases lots of great new demographic and economic data about Americans. Last week, we learned from […] Joel Johnson Posted September 19, 2012 Tags Children, Poverty
Maine’s Economy What New Census Data Say About Maine’s Economy Today the US Census Bureau released data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) on income, health insurance coverage, and poverty. Maine ranks in the middle of the […] Garrett Martin Posted September 12, 2012 Tags Economy
Taxes and Budget Reordering Legislative Priorities, Step One: Middle Class Property Tax Relief As I wrote in yesterday’s Lewiston Sun-Journal, lawmakers in Augusta have made their priorities clear: tax relief for the wealthiest Mainers is more important than tax relief […] Joel Johnson Posted September 10, 2012 Tags Property Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Health Care Maine’s 2011 Health Insurance Law: Winners and Losers MECEP illustrates the impact of Maine’s new health insurance law on rates for small businesses by region. The information is from Consumers for Affordable Health Care’s new […] MECEP Posted September 6, 2012 Tags Health Care