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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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The poll from the University of New Hampshire Survey Center is the first to gauge Maine voters' feelings about the presidential race since President Biden dropped his bid for a second term.
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Late filings of campaign finance reports are not unusual. But staff at the Maine Ethics Commission said the Building the Maine House PAC run by Rep. Dick Campbell of Orrington has a lengthy history of not complying with deadlines.
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In a letter sent the same day that an Army report was released, the delegation members urged the Defense Department to implement the recommendations immediately and to "carefully assess" could be applied across the military.
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The long-awaited report from the Army about how leaders handled shooter Robert Card in the months leading up to the Lewiston, Maine mass shootings will be released on Monday.
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But not all of the state's Democratic leadership immediately endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to become the party's nominee.
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Maine voters will decide this November whether to keep the current state flag or revert back to a 1901 design, albeit likely with some modern updates.
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If confirmed by the Maine Senate, Sara Gagne-Holmes would take over the Maine Department of Health and Human Services at a time when the state's largest agency faces multiple challenges, including within child welfare programs.
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While details are still emerging about the incident, delegation members praised the immediate response from Secret Service agents when shots rang out at the Pennsylvania rally.
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Army medical professional who first deemed Lewiston shooter 'unfit for duty' testifies to commissionMajor Matthew Dickison told the special commission investigating the Lewiston mass shootings that he was surprised Robert Card was released two weeks later from a private psychiatric hospital.
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The 2nd District congressman also did not attend this week's House Democratic caucus meeting to discuss the state of the president's reelection campaign because he says only Biden — not Democratic leaders — can decide the next steps.