Kevin Miller
State House CorrespondentKevin joined Maine Public’s reporting team in 2021 after nearly 25 years in newspapers. He covered the State House for the Portland Press Herald as well as the Bangor Daily News and spent a few years on Capitol Hill as a Washington correspondent. A graduate of New York University, Kevin wrote about politics, higher education, and the environment for newspapers in Virginia and Maryland before finally landing in Maine in 2005. In his spare time, Kevin would like to be kayaking, hiking, camping or fishing but also enjoys a good history book or a yard project. He and his wife live in the Midcoast with their short-legged but big-hearted dog.
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Nearly one year after President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in the hopes of stopping certification of the 2020 election, the Maine House of Representatives debated a resolution commemorating the assault on Congress that ultimately led to the conviction of more than 1,270 rioters. -
Republicans are looking to cut nearly $300 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — formerly known as food stamps — in part by requiring states to share the costs of paying out benefits. -
During the debate in the Maine House, one Republican lawmaker who was there in D.C. that day even suggested that police officers or other actors — not Trump supporters — incited the violence that day. -
Supporters of the Voter ID referendum accused Secretary of State Shenna Bellows of releasing a "deliberately confusing" question that they say obscures the core goal of the ballot initiative. -
MaineCare patients have complained for years that the private vendors who are paid to shuttle them to non-emergency medical appointments sometimes show up late or not at all. But DHHS said the bill is unnecessary — and potentially costly. -
Bills that would rollback transgender rights and ban them from participating on girls' sports teams are receiving more scrutiny amid the Trump administration's lawsuit against Maine. -
But the fate of the measure remains unclear despite bipartisan support for filling the nearly $120 million shortfall in the state's Medicaid program. -
The two senators spoke during committee hearings where Cabinet secretaries fielded a variety of questions about the president's cost-cutting measures and policy priorities. -
Maine's legal showdown with the White House over transgender athletes could affect schools and students nationwide, especially if the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Maine becomes the national test case. -
The Maine Republican, who is chairwoman of the budget-writing Senate Appropriations Committee, said the panel would hold an aggressive schedule of hearings on the White House's plan to cut more than $160 billion from federal programs.
