The Senate candidates tell a debate audience what people wouldn’t already know about them.
Kevin Miller
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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Summers camp raises $507,000 in quarter
King and Dill didn’t give their reports yet, but the FEC says outsiders are by far outspending all three.
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Portland resident takes charge as top U.S. official in Libya
Laurence Pope, a career diplomat, arrives in Tripoli, where he will serve until a new ambassador to Libya is named.
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Senators push for cybersecurity law
Three moderate Republicans favor legislative action over plans to issue an executive order.
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Collins, Snowe to Obama: Let Congress handle cybersecurity
After Congress failed to strengthen computer defenses, the White House began developing its own order to address what some say could be the next major attack on the U.S.
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NYC’s mayor to host fundraiser for Angus King
King’s trip to Michael Bloomberg’s home likely will intensify the debate over out-of-state ties to Maine’s U.S. Senate race.
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Candidate sparring gets lively in debate
A crowd of 400 watches as the top three Senate rivals tangle over taxes, negative ads and federal spending.
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Washington Notebook: Debate had sharp claws at PBS event
Mitt Romney’s reference to cutting public broadcasting funding elicits gasps at a debate-watching gathering.
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U.S. to check if Canada’s rescue of mill is proper
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s top international trade official has agreed to look into whether a Canadian financial package to restart a Nova Scotia paper mill violates trade agreements and threatens Maine papermaking jobs. U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said recent news reports about the Canadian government’s $125 million rescue package for a mill in […]
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U.S. trade ambassador to investigate Canadian paper deal
Maine papermakers have expressed concerns that a government rescue package to a Nova Scotia mill could threaten jobs in Maine.