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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PublishedJuly 19, 2018
Work starts on removal of 200-year-old dam on Sheepscot River
Dismantling of the Coopers Mills dam is part of a larger project aimed at giving salmon and other sea-run fish greater access to the river.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2018
Question for Maine’s highest court: Is Gov. LePage breaking the law by stalling Medicaid expansion?
Justices grill expansion advocates and the administration’s lawyer as they consider whether to give the governor more time to file a plan to extend coverage to another 70,000 Mainers.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2018
Lawmakers await details on LePage’s plan for hospital tax to fund Medicaid expansion
Maine’s high court is poised to hear arguments Wednesday on the governor’s refusal to implement the voter-approved expansion.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2018
Maine seeks $3.1 million in federal money to beef up voter registration security
Secretary of State Matt Dunlap says the funding could be used to improve the firewall and security around the state’s central voter registration system.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2018
LePage withholds details on his multiday trade, National Guard trip to Montenegro
Maine forged a formal partnership with the Balkan nation soon after it separated from Serbia in 2006.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2018
Milbridge physician announces plans to challenge Sen. Collins in 2020
Dr. Cathleen London, a Democrat, accuses Maine’s senior senator of putting the Republican Party ahead of Maine constituents.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2018
Video: Green crabs’ crabbier cousins pushing into Maine waters
Researchers say a highly aggressive strain is migrating south from the Canadian Maritimes. Shellfish beware.
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PublishedJuly 12, 2018
LePage says he’ll go to jail before he lets Maine expand Medicaid without funding
The governor vows he won’t ‘put the state in red ink,’ but the Democrat who wants to succeed him, Janet Mills, says she’d act on expansion during her first day in office.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2018
Lawmakers overturn 20 of governor’s 43 vetoes
A bill to increase reimbursement rates for group homes serving adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities is among those that became law over LePage’s objection.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2018
LePage’s veto may doom future of correctional facility
A legislative override seems iffy, so advocates of the Machiasport prison look to the next governor instead.
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