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How Maine can use deposits of state tax revenue to tilt the economic playing field back toward Main Street businesses, our community banks, and long-term job growth. 

Research
Heather C. McGhee
Jason Judd

Prison-based gerrymandering is the practice of counting incarcerated persons as “residents” of a prison when drawing legislative districts in order to give extra influence to the districts that contain the prisons. The U.S. Constitution requires that election districts be roughly equal in size, so

Policy Briefs
Brenda Wright
We have analyzed the likely impact on voter turnout should Nebraska adopt
Policy Briefs
Jonathan Nagler

A look at state disinvestment in public higher education

Research
John Quinterno

An Analysis of the Fiscal Year 2013 Congressional Progressive Caucus Budget 

Policy Briefs
David Callahan
Jack Temple
Demos submits the following comments strongly supporting the proposed Department of Labor (Department) rule to amend Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)  regulations by extending minimum wage and overtime premium pay to nearly 1.8 million low-wage home care workers.  Demos is a non-partisan, non-profit
Testimony and Public Comment
Amy Traub

By enacting H.B. 5024, Connecticut would become the 10th state to permit eligible citizens to both register and vote on Election Day and/or during the early voting period. 

Testimony and Public Comment
Steven Carbó
Thank you, members of the Committee for this opportunity to present testimony. I am a Senior Policy Analyst in the Economic Opportunity Program at Dēmos. We are a national, non-partisan research and advocacy organization, established in 2000 and headquartered in New York City. The Dēmos Economic
Testimony and Public Comment
Amy Traub

A Vermont Partnership Bank will generate new revenue for Vermont, save local governments money, and make our small businesses, farms and consumers less vulnerable to cutbacks in lending in our state.

Policy Briefs
Heather C. McGhee
Jason Judd

By passing this proposed constitutional amendment, and laying the groundwork to enact SDR, Maryland would become the 10th state to permit eligible citizens to both register and vote on the same day.

Testimony and Public Comment
Liz Kennedy