What you should know about the Cutler property tax relief plan
Today, Eliot Cutler released a plan for providing property tax relief to Maine residents. The center piece is a dramatic increase in Maine’s homestead exemption program, elimination of revenue sharing...
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Jobs Recovery Nationally Showing Promise, But Maine Still Lags Far Behind
Today’s national jobs report highlights an important milestone. As a nation, we have recovered 101 percent of jobs lost during the recession. Clearly we are headed in the right direction but the...
View ArticleWhat to Look for in Friday’s Jobs Report
Tomorrow, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its monthly state-by-state jobs and employment report. While the data are subject to revision and should be viewed with some skepticism,...
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Maine’s bankrupt health policy
This year, 1,300 Mainers will be saddled with catastrophic health costs. Here’s how it could have been avoided – while creating thousands of jobs and boosting state GDP. Yesterday, the White House...
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Maine’s Real Unemployment and Jobs Picture Reflects Continuing Challenges for...
Over 90,000 Mainers are still struggling to find work according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A stubbornly large number of part-time workers who want more work but can’t...
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LePage Proposal Will Exacerbate Maine’s Hunger Crisis
The facts are shocking. In the U.S. today, 1 in 7 Americans―more than 46 million people, including 12 million children and 7 million seniors―rely on food pantries and food kitchens to eat. Of the...
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Maine’s Working Families Deserve to Earn a Living Wage
The new report by the Alliance for a Just Society, “Families Out of Balance: How a living wage helps families move from debt to stability,” provides sobering data about how much Mainers must earn just...
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A simple 1-2 punch to give working Mainers a raise
Increasing Maine’s earned income tax credit and raising the state’s minimum wage would go a long way toward making work pay for Maine’s families today and lay the foundation for a stronger economy...
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Maine’s Economic Recovery: Limited job growth, persistent underemployment,...
For months, we’ve written about Maine’s anemic economic recovery relative to the rest of the country. Today’s August jobs report does little to change that story. Maine has recovered just 63 percent of...
View ArticleHealth Reform is Making History – But Maine is Slipping Behind
History is happening: the percent of Americans without health coverage is the lowest it’s been since the 1990s. Medicare costs are declining – not just slowing – making the program more sustainable in...
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