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 letter, which was signed by roughly 130 legislators from both parties, urges the Maine Department of Heath and Human Services to start a new process to find a contractor to provide MaineCare clients with rides to medical appointments. -
The independent also said he was appalled by Trump administration's suggestions that the U.S. could use the military to take control of the arctic territory. -
While Democrats highlighted a suite of bills that they say will lower costs for Mainers, Republicans focused most of their press conference on allegations of fraud by a MaineCare provider. -
Gov. Janet Mills has been holding the bills since the summer after the Legislature adjourned the 2025 session. She now has two options: either let the bills become law without her signature or veto them now that lawmakers are returning to Augusta. -
The four lawmakers agreed the Trump administration should have consulted Congress and called Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro a dictator or an illegitimate leader. But Republican Sen. Susan Collins was less critical of the Trump administration than Democratic Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden and independent Sen. Angus King. -
This is an excerpt from a lengthy conversation with Golden, a Democrat, about what motivated his decision not to seek a fifth term representing Maine's 2nd District. The 43-year-old said he has no immediate plans to seek elected office after more than a decade in Congress and the Maine Legislature. But he also isn't ruling it out. -
Maine Public chief politics correspondent Steve Mistler and fellow politics correspondent Kevin Miller recently sat down with Rep. Jared Golden for a lengthy conversation about hyper-partisanship and his decision not to run again. -
The shift directed by President Trump — and President Biden before him — could also open the door to more research on the medical benefits of cannabis. But some observers also worry that implementation will come with significant challenges. -
King also believes the full video should be released to the public but says he's even more disturbed by President Trump massive military build-up off the coast of Venezuela. -
Cutler, a former two-term gubernatorial candidate in Maine, was convicted in 2023 of four felony counts of possession of sexually explicit materials involving children. His probation officer accused Cutler of multiple violations of the terms of his probation last month.
