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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In this week’s Pulse: LePage's history with Medicaid expansion, LePage gets an "incomplete" from sportsmen, money dumps, police union calls out ‘misinformation’ in high-profile race, and upcoming debates. -
The number of attorneys willing to take on indigent defense cases in Maine has fallen from more than 400 to just 163 during the past two-and-a-half years.
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As the state's wind power trailblazer, Mars Hill exposed some of the regulatory and legal pitfalls that can result when 400-foot-tall wind turbines are built near homes.
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In this week’s Pulse: Maine pols unite over lobster "red listing," channeling book-ban fever, GOP candidates decline to answer BDN survey questions, swamped election officials, and a few programming notes.
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Maine’s congressional delegation also wants federal officials to provide Maine fishermen and other stakeholders with access to a tool to assess the effect of new fishing management measures.
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Shawmut is one of four dams that Brookfield Renewable U.S. owns along the Kennebec River. And it has become the latest flashpoint in Maine's decades-long debate over how to restore habitat for Atlantic salmon and other sea-run fish while preserving jobs and tax revenues that rely on the dams.
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In this week’s Pulse: Democrats target LePage's policies instead of character, an up-and-coming GOP governor's visit to the state, and who tracks the trackers?
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Abortion and economic issues are dominating the political debate in Maine. But a high-profile fundraiser this week for former Gov. Paul LePage highlights how Republicans and Democrats disagree on which issue is most important to voters.
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Maine Democrats continue to target former Republican Gov. Paul LePage on the issue of abortion, which polls suggest is a top motivator for many voters headed into the midterm elections.
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In this week’s Pulse: The national GOP effort to ban books could come to Maine's gubernatorial race, new life for CMP corridor (or just life support?), and a posthumous endorsement?
