Kevin Miller joined the staff of the Portland Press Herald in 2012 and has worked as a journalist in Maine since 2005. He currently covers state politics, the Maine Legislature and environmental/natural resources issues. A policy wonk, Kevin previously wrote about Congress and federal issues as the Press Herald’s Washington, DC correspondent. Before settling in Maine, he covered state government, higher education and environmental issues for newspapers in Virginia and Maryland. In his spare time, Kevin enjoys hiking, camping, fishing, kayaking, cross-country skiing or doing pretty much anything else outdoors. He lives in Newcastle with his wife, Carissa, and their dog.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2013
Designers of health care website: Full testing done far too late
Federal officials decided to ‘go live’ despite the brief test period, causing a chaotic rollout, a congressional panel is told.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2013
Shenna Bellows launches effort to unseat Susan Collins
The Democrat, the first to challenge the popular incumbent U.S. senator, is in her first run for office.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2013
Washington Notebook: Bipartisan Senate group plans to stick together
Collins, King and others tried to break the recent stalemate
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PublishedOctober 17, 2013
Maine workers, parks are ‘back in business’
But Gov. LePage’s civil emergency edict is still, inexplicably, in effect.
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PublishedOctober 16, 2013
Congress avoids default, ends shutdown
The deal prevents global economic damage, allows full federal operations to resume, reopens Acadia and averts furloughs for 2,700 state workers.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2013
House Republicans cancel vote on debt deal
The pressure is now on Senate leaders to end the government shutdown and avoid default.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2013
If no debt deal reached, deep pain for Maine
Because of its relatively high number of federal employees and veterans, and more people who rely on Social Security and Medicaid, Mainers are more vulnerable than many others if the government defaults on its payments.
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PublishedOctober 13, 2013
Sen. Susan Collins’ proposal rejected
Senate Republicans earlier blocked a Democratic bill and the day ends with no deal to reopen government and avoid a default.
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PublishedOctober 13, 2013
Lawmakers negotiating but no deal
Sen. Susan Collins hopes her plan will be part of an agreement to reopen the government and avoid a federal default.
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PublishedOctober 12, 2013
Sen. Susan Collins’ proposal rejected
Senate Republicans earlier blocked a Democratic bill and the day ends with no deal to reopen government and avoid a default.
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