EARN in Maine

Maine Network publications

• Budget pressures facing lawmakers in January — and how to address them

  • December 19, 2025
  • Maine Center for Economic Policy
  • James Myall
  Budgets

• State of Working Maine 2025: Strengthening Economic Opportunity in Rural Communities and Beyond

  • December 17, 2025
  • Maine Center for Economic Policy
  • James Myall
  Children and Families Education Healthcare Housing Income Inequality Job Quality State of Working X Unions and Worker Power Wages

• Maine’s opportunity to lead on clean energy and good jobs

  • November 7, 2025
  • Maine Center for Economic Policy
  • Arthur Phillips
  Climate Justice Job Quality

• LD 1932: Maine Direct Care Bill Could Raise Pay, Improve Services

  • August 20, 2025
  • Maine Center for Economic Policy
  • Arthur Phillips
  Care Economy

• How Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Further Enriches the Rich and Immiserates the Poor

  • July 8, 2025
  • Maine Center for Economic Policy
  • James Myall
  Budgets Children and Families Immigration Taxes

• Progress for Farmworkers — but Full Justice Still Denied

  • June 19, 2025
  • Maine Center for Economic Policy
  • Arthur Phillips
  Minimum Wage

• New Federal Bill Threatens Immigrants and Maine’s Progress

  • June 18, 2025
  • Maine Center for Economic Policy
  • Megan Michaud
  Budgets and Taxes Children and Families Immigration

• Maine’s Paid Family Leave Law is Under Attack — and Must Be Defended

  • May 15, 2025
  • Maine Center for Economic Policy
  • James Myall
  Paid Sick, Family, and Medical Leave

• Memo: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Maine’s Eviction Prevention Program

  • May 6, 2025
  • Maine Center for Economic Policy
  • James Myall
  Housing

• Tariffs — An Explainer

  • April 9, 2025
  • Maine Center for Economic Policy
  • Karin Leuthy
  Budgets Employment