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 bill is the latest manifestation of tax tensions between the town of Wiscasset and Maine Yankee nearly 30 years after the nuclear power plant was decommissioned.
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The governor's proposal expands background checks to advertised gun sales while two other bills would impose a 72-hour waiting period on gun purchases and ban "bump stocks." Republicans opposed all three measures.
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Under the proposal, a lithium mine could be regulated more like a gravel quarry as long as the developers can show that it wouldn't result in the type of toxic runoff that triggers Maine's more stringent metallic mining laws.
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Under the proposal, manufacturers would have two additional years to remove the "forever chemicals" from many products. But makers of cosmetics, cleaning products and other consumer goods would face an earlier deadline.
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The unanimous committee vote came one day after Maine's Board of Environmental Protection rejected a controversial proposal for Maine to adopt California's "clean cars" standards requiring automakers to sell more electric vehicles.
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The bill would protect health care professionals and others who assist transgender individuals who come to Maine from states where access to gender-affirming care is restricted or prohibited.
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The additional offices and staff come at a time when state officials acknowledge Maine is in the middle of a "constitutional crisis" because there are not enough attorneys available to represent low-income criminal defendants.
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Supporters want Maine to join other states that have adopted California's "clean cars" standards, which require carmakers in increase the percentage of electric vehicles sold in a state. But opponents questioned whether Maine is ready for a dramatic transition to EVs.
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An interim report from the independent Lewiston shooting commission said it was an "abdication of law enforcement's responsibility" when they chose to rely on Robert Card's family to remove his guns.
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Maine and other states that have legalized marijuana are now grappling with how to treat the many people who were previously convicted of marijuana-related crimes.