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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But the Maine Principals' Association is asking a federal court to block the request for a trove of information, saying it is irrelevant to the central issue in the DOJ's lawsuit against the state. -
Diamond, a Windham resident who died over the weekend, also served as Maine's secretary of state for eight years. -
The well-known progressive from Vermont also used the event to boost two Democratic candidates for statewide office in Maine: former Senate President Troy Jackson, who is running for governor, and U.S. Senate hopeful Graham Platner. -
The Republican chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee made the statement after the Trump administration used a "pocket rescission" to attempt to withhold an additional $5 billion to foreign aid and peacekeeping programs. -
Use of the gun confiscation law has surged since the Oct. 2023 mass shooting in Lewiston. But Maine voters will cast ballots this November on a "red flag" gun proposal that would allow family members to go directly to a judge with their concerns about a member of their household. -
The new Capital Center complex features nursing simulation labs as well as a state-of-the-art training facility for UMA's cybersecurity degree program. -
An official with the Maine Department of Health and Human Services said this is the single largest electronic fraud incident to hit the state's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. -
So far this week, about 300 households have lost approximately $76,000 in benefits. That figure may rise, however. And the state officials say federal rules prohibit them from replacing stolen benefits. -
The 2026 gubernatorial election is 16 months away, yet Republican hopeful Bobby Charles has already managed to break through the mostly routine campaign rollouts by the rest of the ever-growing field of candidates. -
Lawmakers from Maine and Massachusetts also said New England should take a regional approach to PFAS, especially amid uncertainty over the Trump administration's plans for regulating the "forever chemicals."
