Kevin Miller joined the staff of the Portland Press Herald in 2012 and has worked as a journalist in Maine since 2005. He currently covers state politics, the Maine Legislature and environmental/natural resources issues. A policy wonk, Kevin previously wrote about Congress and federal issues as the Press Herald’s Washington, DC correspondent. Before settling in Maine, he covered state government, higher education and environmental issues for newspapers in Virginia and Maryland. In his spare time, Kevin enjoys hiking, camping, fishing, kayaking, cross-country skiing or doing pretty much anything else outdoors. He lives in Newcastle with his wife, Carissa, and their dog.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2018
Maine leads nation with $2.1 million spent here on TV ads for and against Kavanaugh confirmation
Home to a key swing vote, the state has received almost a quarter of all the money targeting the court issue nationwide.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2018
Maine DHHS urges pot users to keep drug away from children
The Northern New England Poison Center received 16 calls for accidental marijuana ingestion in 2017, up from 2 such calls in 2016, and Maine officials believe edible forms of the drug present the greatest risk.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2018
Nonprofit drops call to replace LePage administration in Medicaid expansion
The shift came Friday as attorneys for Maine Equal Justice Partners and DHHS wrapped up witness testimony in a legal case over Medicaid expansion.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2018
Judge hears arguments in Medicaid expansion lawsuit as applicants get denied
Lawyers for Maine Equal Justice Partners tell Justice Michaela Murphy that the LePage administration should have implemented expansion by July 2, but the administration’s attorney contends the Legislature must fund the measure first.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2018
Maine Med files plans for 6-story building on Congress Street
The 265,000-square-foot building is a high-profile portion of Maine Medical Center’s 5-year, $525 million expansion project in Portland’s West End.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2018
LePage’s secretive wind energy commission appears near collapse
Chris O’Neil, a consultant to wind power opponents, quit the Maine Wind Energy Advisory Commission last week, the third departure in recent months from the panel that LePage exempted from Maine’s right-to-know law.
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2018
How a member of Maine’s political elite found himself in Mueller’s cross hairs
Sam Patten, a Camden native who aided top-level campaigns in Maine and served as a power broker overseas, is ensnared in the special counsel’s probe.
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PublishedSeptember 21, 2018
Overdoses kept taking toll on Maine in first half of 2018, claiming almost 1 life a day
In the first six months of 2018, 180 people in Maine died of drug overdoses – down from the 185 for the same period in 2017 – with most killed by the synthetic opioid fentanyl.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2018
Lawmakers turn out the lights on political messages projected on State House
The Legislative Council says the Capitol building must be maintained as a ‘neutral institution of democracy’ and not tainted by political messages.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2018
In first policy rollout, governor candidate Mills releases economic ‘action plan’
The Democrat proposes consolidating economic development and workforce programs, low-interest loans to employers for hiring workers, and expanding broadband internet access.
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