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 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. -
Officers in the Maine Capitol Police force were informed this week that their unit would eventually be folded into the much-larger state police. But a union official said officers are surprised and concerned about the shift. -
U.S. Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins both voted Thursday to advance a proposed three-year extension of subsidies under the Affordable Care Act. The two were divided on a Republican plan that would have replaced the subsidies with health savings accounts. -
The bipartisan 231-195 came after Golden, D-District 2, used a parliamentary maneuver known as a "discharge petition" to force a vote on the measure despite opposition from House Republican leaders who typically control the floor agenda. -
The citizen's initiative also seeks to impose strict testing and tracking requirements on Maine's medical marijuana industry. But first, the proponents will have to gather enough signatures to send the issue to voters. -
Independent Sen. Angus King has indicated that he supports the simple 3-year extension proposed by Democrats. But Republican Sen. Susan Collins is co-sponsoring a 2-year extension that would also impose income caps and require ACA users to pay at least $25 a month. -
The class-action lawsuit is challenging the constitutionality of an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that sought to end the automatic citizenship for babies born on U.S. soil regardless of their parents' citizenship status. The dispute centers on differing interpretations of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. -
Gov. Janet Mills and U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree have accused the Trump administration of targeting hungry people as it threatens to cut off some SNAP funding to about 20 left-leaning states. But the Trump administration says it needs personal data on all SNAP recipients nationwide to root out fraud and waste in the food stamps program.
